Evidence of meeting #69 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was commission.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bardish Chagger
Mr. Sheehan, I am hearing from you that you have consulted your neighbours and that, yes, they agree.
NDP
Carol Hughes NDP Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON
I'll just say there is a letter on file, which we had submitted, and it shows that all MPs in northern Ontario were supportive of maintaining the 10 seats in northern Ontario.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bardish Chagger
Mrs. Hughes, my question is in regard to the boundary changes you're proposing. Have you spoken to neighbouring colleagues and do they agree—yes or no?
If you've not spoken to them, that's cool.
NDP
Carol Hughes NDP Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON
We've spoken. We've met. We didn't just do a letter. We actually met for the initial proposal, and with this proposal we had discussions as well.
Liberal
Marc Serré Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
As indicated, we've been meeting on a regular basis on the proposed changes and we are in agreement.
Liberal
Viviane LaPointe Liberal Sudbury, ON
For my specific riding, I don't oppose the changes the commission made. In terms of northern Ontario, we have worked as a group to voice our concerns over the diminishing by one seat.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bardish Chagger
With that, we would like to thank you for your time and attention. If there is anything else you would like to submit, please submit it to the clerk, and we will distribute it among members.
With that, can I let them go?
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bardish Chagger
Whenever we start looking at the draft report.... You need it in the day before. That's how good your answers were.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bardish Chagger
Best wishes to you.
Have a great day. Thank you so much.
Go ahead, Mr. Turnbull.
Liberal
Ryan Turnbull Liberal Whitby, ON
I don't want to keep us for too long.
I know we had a pretty good list of witnesses who were due to come to committee at our last meeting. That meeting was cancelled. From my perspective, it would be really great to get those witnesses rescheduled as soon as possible. I'm eager to ask them some questions.
I wondered whether that was being made a priority in terms of our schedule. Thanks.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bardish Chagger
Thank you, Mr. Turnbull. That's noted.
We will try to prioritize having those witnesses come. We have been slotting in other witnesses. We're continuously playing this game of cancelling meetings. We just need to work with their schedules.
We would love to have all witnesses come, so we will work on that. I hope that satisfies your eagerness.
Have a great day. The meeting is adjourned. See you next week.
