Procedure and House Affairs Committee on March 21st, 2013

[Mark Strahl, Conservative, Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, BC]

Okay.

Sorry, I've—

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Could you repeat what Mr. Duncan just said?

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[Mark Strahl, Conservative, Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, BC]

We'll have to maybe get a summary of that.

[A voice]

I could have explain it yesterday.

[John Weston, Conservative, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

Yes. It was in the very extensive response from Mr. Duncan yesterday.

I guess in a perfect world you could express preferences. You could tell the commission, “Here's our preference: if it doesn't fit within your guidelines, then this is our second choice.”

[Stéphane Dion, Liberal, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, QC]

Thank you very much.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

We've heard that from other members, Mr. Weston. I thank you for articulating it very well.

There is no part of my riding that I would want to give up, but there are some that make sense. I would never say out loud that I would happily let them go. So thank you very much for putting it that way.

Are there other questions? I have nobody else on my speakers list.

Mr. Weston.

[John Weston, Conservative, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

You started by mentioning the name of the riding.

I would just say that the name has received such celebrity around the world that I would plead that it remain even if the riding boundaries change, because we'll still have part of that highway.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

So that's a name request also.

Okay, great.

[Mark Strahl, Conservative, Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, BC]

I have copies of what I proposed, if members would like to take a look at that visually. I'll give those to the clerk and she can distribute them.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

We've been pretty tolerant regarding translation on maps. So if they are maps we're okay. We find the words on the maps get in the way of the actual map. The pictures are better.

Can we colour them? No, never mind.

[Mark Strahl, Conservative, Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, BC]

They are coloured.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Is there anything else for our witnesses today? Super.

Then we'll excuse our witnesses and suspend.

Thank you very much.

We'll suspend and go in camera, because we have committee business.

[Proceedings continue in camera]