Marla Israel Director, International Policy and Agreements, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat, Social Development Sectors Branch, Department of Human Resources and Social Development

Nancy Lawand Director General, Canada Pension Plan Disability Directorate, Department of Human Resources and Social Development

Ross MacLeod Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Branch, Service Canada

Suzan Kalinowski Senior Economist, Department of Finance

5:15 p.m.

Bloc

Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC

Mr. Chair, it's related to the provisions concerning the six-year time period, which we've also previously disposed of.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Yes, we did, and thank you, Mr. Lessard.

That will be deemed as defeated.

(Amendment negatived) [See Minutes of Proceedings]

We have NDP-4, which you withdraw.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

Chris Charlton NDP Hamilton Mountain, ON

That was withdrawn, yes.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Thank you very much.

Amendment NDP-4 has been withdrawn.

We've got BQ-22. It is on page 26, and it concerned the same issue of the six years. We will deem that as not approved.

(Amendment negatived) [See Minutes of Proceedings]

We're going to the last amendment we have here, which is the same thing, and it is BQ-23. We'll deem that as not approved either.

(Amendment negatived) [See Minutes of Proceedings]

(Clauses 28 to 39 inclusive agreed to)

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

We've got to move forward. We've got a few more things left.

Shall the title carry?

5:15 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Shall the bill as amended carry?

5:15 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Shall the chair report the bill as amended to the House?

5:15 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

I want to thank the officials for being here.

We have a little bit of housekeeping on what we need to deal with in terms of committee business.

I will dismiss the witnesses and the government officials.

Thank you very much for being here this afternoon.

5:15 p.m.

Bloc

Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC

Mr. Chair, can we take three or four minutes to freshen up?

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

You look good, sir. I don't know if you need freshening up, but go ahead.

5:15 p.m.

Bloc

Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC

Mr. Chair, some things in life are stronger than the police.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

This is a very short amount of business.

What we have is this. On February 7 the committee adopted a motion whereby it decided to hear from witnesses on the employability study on March 20, 22, and 27. On March 20 and 27, we are supposed to have two panels of five witnesses, which would go from 3:30 to 5 for the first panel, with the second panel from 5 to 6:30.

We've been having votes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so it does not seem likely that we're going to get a chance to hear them. My suggestion, at the suggestion of the clerk, is to recommend that we modify the calendar, hear witnesses on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd, and on March 27 and 28.

We're adding a couple of additional meetings. I know we don't like this, but we'd like to get this done on Wednesdays. Then, should we have a chance, the meetings could be 90 minutes rather than 120. We're going to still do the same thing; we're going to tide over to Wednesday.

On March 29 we have an in camera meeting to give instructions for the analysts to write the report.

The question is, do I have unanimous consent to modify the previous order of the committee to that effect? Will that be all right?

5:15 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

If I have unanimous consent, then it is so carried.

Thank you very much.

The meeting is adjourned.