Evidence of meeting #5 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was poffenroth.
A recording is available from Parliament.
October 27th, 2020 / 12:55 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Thank you, Ms. Poffenroth.
Unfortunately, that's all the time we have today, and I want to thank both of our witnesses, Ms. Poffenroth and Mr. Garrity. I know this is a very busy time for you, and we really appreciate your taking this much time out to help make sure that we better understand what needs to be done if there is a federal election.
Thanks for all your tips. You're free to log off if you wish. We're just going to discuss some housekeeping matters.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Mr. Doherty, I'm sure your colleagues may have notified you. I know you logged on a little bit later. We did wait for some time. I just wanted to let you know that we're going to discuss your motion, which has been put on notice in committee business, at the next meeting on Thursday. I'll set aside around half an hour for us to discuss that.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
In the upcoming meeting this Thursday, we have PHAC and the B.C. chief medical officer of health, Bonnie Henry, as witnesses. Right now we have the B.C. and Saskatchewan chief electoral officers on November 3, and the Saskatchewan and New Brunswick chief medical officers at the November 5 meeting. That's how we have the meetings slotted in for now, and then it's a break week.
I'm assuming that upon discussion of Mr. Doherty's motion, since there's a timeline for that, we may delve into how we're going to arrange the meetings so that we can meet that deadline perhaps, and meet our interim report deadline of December 1 as well. If you can, please come prepared this coming Thursday to discuss the work plan in a little bit more detail and also to incorporate Mr. Doherty's motion.
That's it for today. Are there any comments or suggestions before we end?
Conservative
Todd Doherty Conservative Cariboo—Prince George, BC
Again, I just apologize for the technical difficulties on my end, guys. I know it's an inconvenience.
Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
Mr. Doherty should know that Ms. Vecchio really wanted to continue, but I told her we had to wait.
Conservative
Karen Vecchio Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON
That is true. That is true. I'm sorry, Todd. That's three under the bus.
Conservative
Todd Doherty Conservative Cariboo—Prince George, BC
I actually heard that. That clunk that you might have heard—or maybe you didn't—was me falling out of my chair because you actually did that, Mark.
Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
I'm glad to see you've recovered from that fall.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Mr. Doherty, had there been something to vote on or something like that happening, I think we would have just chosen to suspend for longer, but we knew that wasn't really the case for today's meeting. That's why we, with the help of your colleagues, made that decision, so we apologize as well.
Conservative
Todd Doherty Conservative Cariboo—Prince George, BC
The IT gentleman was kind enough to put the volume of his phone on high so I could hear what was going on.
Conservative
Todd Doherty Conservative Cariboo—Prince George, BC
Let me tell you, it's another 15 centimetres, so there'll be a foot of snow.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
I guess we always know that at this time of year we need to brace ourselves for that.
Everyone, have a good day tomorrow and the rest of your day today. I'll see you on Thursday.
Thank you.
