Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Dec. 12th, 2017

Evidence of meeting #85 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 twitter.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Creation of an Independent Commissioner Responsible for Leaders’ Debates

MPs speaking

Larry Bagnell
David Christopherson
Chris Bittle
David Graham
Filomena Tassi
John Nater
Ruby Sahota
Blake Richards

Also speaking

François Cardinal  Editorial Page Editor, La Presse
Andree Lau  Editor-in-Chief, HuffPost Canada
Bridget Coyne  Senior Manager, Public Policy, Twitter Inc.
Yann Pineau  Senior Director, Continuous Improvement, La Presse

11:55 a.m.

Editorial Page Editor, La Presse

François Cardinal

I think it should be mandatory for CBC/Radio-Canada, as the public broadcaster. Broadcasting an event of that nature falls entirely within its public television mandate.

Noon

Conservative

Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB

Okay. That's all I have.

December 12th, 2017 / noon

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

Thank you all for being here; we really appreciate it. You've added another dimension to our very important study.

We'll suspend for a minute while we go in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]