Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Feb. 28th, 2019

[André Gagnon]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

On the Tuesday we come back, we have Bruce Stanton, Deputy Speaker of the House, who was here earlier today, for the first hour. The second hour will be the Centre Block rehabilitation witnesses from administration, related—

[David Christopherson]

Why is he here?

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

He did a big article on this before we started the study.

[David Christopherson]

Yes, it was on the chamber. Okay, fine.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

The second hour will be our initial meeting on the Centre Block rehabilitation, and people from administration will report back from BOIE if they've met on this.

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON]

That's actually happening right now.

[Linda Lapointe, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Lib.]

When we come back on March 19, we will hear Mr. Stanton. Who else is there, afterwards?

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

We will hear Mr. Stanton during the first hour.

[Linda Lapointe]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

During the second hour, the topic will be

project rehabilitation

from the Centre Block.

[Linda Lapointe]

Fine.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

We will also discuss administration, and we will hear the witnesses’ statements.

Related to Stephanie's study, the minister said she's available to come on April 9. Would that be okay?

[Stephanie Kusie]

If that's when she's available, that's great.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

It would be Tuesday, April 9.

Go ahead, David.

[David Graham, Liberal, Laurentides—Labelle, QC]

I have another topic. It's a question for the analyst. In the fall of 2016 we started a study on the Standing Orders, which resulted in that famous meeting 55. I'm just curious as to whether the standing order study is still technically open.

[The Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Andrew Lauzon]

This committee has a permanent mandate to study the Standing Orders. Any element of the Standing Orders that interests the committee is open to study.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

Scott, can you remind me where your motion is?

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON]

You mean the motion about the long-term vision and stuff. I have it right here. If you have a second, we can put it on notice.

[A voice]

It's not on paper, though.

[David Graham, Liberal, Laurentides—Labelle, QC]

You can put it on notice early, Scott.

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON]

We have it in both official languages.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

If we have unanimous consent, we can just discuss it. It's the one about carrying forward the study.

[David Graham, Liberal, Laurentides—Labelle, QC]

It was about the committee's long-term vision and plan.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

Go ahead, Mr. Bittle.