Evidence of meeting #11 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was adoption.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Laura Eggertson  Board Member, Adoption Council of Canada
Barbara MacKinnon  Executive Director, Children's Aid Society of Ottawa
Chantal Collin  Committee Researcher

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Candice Bergen

--and Mr. Etoka is even more efficient.

5:35 p.m.

NDP

Tony Martin NDP Sault Ste. Marie, ON

I want to continue in the good spirit of consensus in which we've been working on this report going forward.

Anyway, I'm willing to wait for the information, put the motion again on the floor, and have people vote on it.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Candice Bergen

That's good. I think we will probably have time, even on the 26th, for committee business.

Do you want to speak, Madam Beaudin or did you want to wait?

5:35 p.m.

Bloc

Josée Beaudin Bloc Saint-Lambert, QC

No, everything is fine, we can adjourn. I will wait, hopefully, until the committee reconvenes.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Candice Bergen

We'll debate it further.

All right. You have one final point, Mr. Komarnicki?

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I wanted to raise it at this time and I obviously couldn't. But at the next meeting, I would like to raise an issue with respect to the appearance of the minister, the asking of questions, and the provision of answers, particularly with respect to Mr. Lessard's seven minutes. Of course he's not here today, so I haven't raised it specifically, but I will want to at the next meeting when he returns.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Candice Bergen

I anticipate that we'll have time for committee business a week from today, so we can address some of these issues then. If we do have time on Wednesday, we'll do it.

We are adjourned for now.