Evidence of meeting #17 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was illness.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Michael Kirby  Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada
Jayne Barker  Director of Policy and Research, Mental Health Commission of Canada
Howard Chodos  Director, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Commission of Canada
Micheal Pietrus  Director, Anti-stigma/Anti-discrimination Campaign, Mental Health Commission of Canada

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Are you also suggesting that we could have a subcommittee meeting to try to figure out when we could work it into the schedule?

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

Michael Savage Liberal Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS

That's fine, too.

Also, I have a question on travel. Not all of us are travelling starting the week of May 11, and there may be a possibility for some of the committee to get together to do that.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

The only problem is that we'll have no support staff at that point.

I have Massimo.

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC

I know it's not my committee, but to offer advice, in our committee every time we put in time limits we never respect them, because things come up.

I would just as well vote for a motion like this, have the officials come forward, and then at that point have your steering committee meeting and decide where you want to go and how many meetings you want to have. The officials will provide you with more information at that point.

I'm in favour of the motion as is, and I would recommend that the committee go ahead with it.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Okay. Is there any more discussion on the proposed amendment?

Go ahead, Ed.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

Mr. Chair, in light of the discussion I'm hearing, I think it would be appropriate for me to withdraw the amendment and have the motion as it stands, with the understanding that the time would be set having regard to the staff and whatever else we're doing.

1 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Do we have unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment?

(Amendment withdrawn)

Great. Then we'll go back to the main motion as it was read out earlier. Is there any more discussion on that?

Sorry, did you have a final comment, Mr. Lessard?

1 p.m.

Bloc

Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC

Mr. Chairman, I am asking for a recorded vote on the motion.

1 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Most definitely.

All right. We'll have a recorded vote.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)

We're at one o'clock, so I'm going to adjourn the meeting. We'll be meeting with the ministers when we meet next Tuesday.

The meeting is adjourned.