Evidence of meeting #106 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was elections.
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NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
This is all so clipped.
You have to say let's identify a typical rural scenario that's convenient to the airport, and something we can make happen.
Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
Rather than starting to get into saying it has to be Portage...because now we're getting back into where we're making it logistically more difficult.
We authorize the clerk to say he's going to find what flight schedules work the best. Once you've picked which one of the cities you're going to fly into, I'm sure people can help, if need be. As I mentioned, I can certainly help with Alberta, and to some degree with Saskatchewan. I have someone on staff who is originally from Manitoba, and they can help pick a community there. I'm sure others can do the same. Let them choose a city to fly into first, and then we can figure that out.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Okay, so we have five cities, and one rural community. We'll start first thing Monday morning. We'll get—
Liberal
Andy Fillmore Liberal Halifax, NS
We have five days to work with, so it has to be four and one, I believe, four cities and one rural.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
The clerk thinks that of those five prairie cities that would be the rural one, and we wouldn't be meeting in the city.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver, plus a rural community in the Prairies that the chair can find that would work logistically.
Is that good for what you need for your budget?
The Clerk
One more thing, it might be helpful if the chair had some discretion, if between now and tomorrow we see that Halifax has an issue getting in, or getting hotel rooms, the chair could deviate from this plan and perhaps go to Moncton or Saint John.
Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
The other option you have, just because of flight logistics, is that you could additionally do a rural community in Nova Scotia. You would end up getting two rural communities, if that becomes a problem.
Conservative
Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON
Another possibility that might make more sense is to go to a rural community near Ottawa. It doesn't have to be tied into our flights, and there are a number of really lovely rural communities nearby, one of which I live in.
I say that not just to promote my riding but to make the point that it might resolve the logistical issue.
Conservative
Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON
Yes, it's not that close, but you're right. It's definitely rural.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Nathan, what's that first nation that's just down the bay, on the way to Whistler from Vancouver?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Would that be a good one to invite to come to the Vancouver meeting?
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Yes, the Squamish come down all the time. You have some very strong first nations, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, on the north shore within a cab ride of Vancouver.
NDP
Liberal