Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Feb. 18th, 2016

[Blake Richards, Conservative, Banff—Airdrie, AB]

The only qualification I would make, Mr. Chair, is that obviously we as a committee will want to determine how many meetings we want and how many witnesses we want to hear.

Once we've done that and all parties have put forward their witnesses, we'll have to determine which ones we'll include, to be able to fit into the scope and time frame that we're putting on it.

Rather than indicate that we're hearing from those witnesses.... It's not that I'm voicing objections to them, necessarily, it's just that obviously we wouldn't want to make a determination as to, once we've decided how many we'll see, which ones are a priority.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

I didn't mean to suggest we would hear them. I meant to suggest we'll add them all to the list. They may come. It's a very good point. We have to winnow down that list. We can't go on forever.

We'll get a big list for March 8. Then we'll decide the number of meetings, as you've said. Then we'll figure out how many of those witnesses we can bring.

Mr. Masse.

[Brian Masse, NDP, Windsor West, ON]

I would like to add a name to the front end of the list, not the forefront, but during the process of transition, Christine Moore might be appropriate. That's up to the committee but I just thought that name should be put somewhere in the placement.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

To be on that March 8 list.

Mr. Chan, was there anyone else?

[Arnold Chan, Liberal, Scarborough—Agincourt, ON]

I was simply going to make a suggestion on the total number, but we could discuss that at the next meeting.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

It's probably easier once we—

[Arnold Chan, Liberal, Scarborough—Agincourt, ON]

Would it be 15 to 20? When we see the whole list we'll have a chance.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

Once we have the list it will be easier to decide.

Anything else?

Thank you. The meeting is adjourned.