Human Resources Committee on May 16th, 2019

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Good morning, everyone.

Mr. Diotte.

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

Mr. Chair, I would like to table this motion for which notice was given.

I move:

That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities accept the Auditor General's offer and invite him to appear before the committee to present the findings of the spring 2019 report related to Call Centres.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Is there any discussion on the motion?

Mrs. Falk.

[Rosemarie Falk, Conservative, Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK]

It would be a great opportunity to have the Auditor General come to talk—

[Dan Ruimy, Liberal, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC]

Point of order, Mr. Chair.

It's just a notice of motion; it's not a debatable. It's entered as a notice of motion.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Fair enough. I'll let Mrs. Falk finish her thought and then we'll move on.

[Rosemarie Falk, Conservative, Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK]

Thanks, Chair.

It's just a great opportunity, especially coming out of the AG's report last week. We know that call centres are definitely part of what this committee studies. It's important for us to have a conversation on that to know what's going to be done, what the agenda is or what the objectives are to fix that backlog and delay. There are millions of Canadians who are unable to access somebody on the other end of the phone.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Thank you.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the committee will resume its consideration of the main estimates 2019-20, Votes 1, 5 and 10—

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

Mr. Chair—

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

—under Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation—

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

Mr. Chair—

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

—Vote 1 under Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, and Votes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65—

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

Mr. Chair, this motion was already tabled—

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

—70, 75, 80 and 85 under Department of Employment and Social Development, referred to the committee on Thursday, April 11, 2019.

[Karen Vecchio, Conservative, Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON]

Point of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Before us today, we have the Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Hon. Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors.

Welcome, to both of you.

[Karen Vecchio, Conservative, Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON]

Point of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

We do have opening statements by the ministers. I'd like to get going with this if that's okay with all of you.

[Karen Vecchio, Conservative, Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON]

Point of order, because I do have a question.

The motion tabled today was not a new motion. The motion was something that had already been tabled more than 48 hours in advance. I'm wondering why there would not be a vote on this motion.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

We're going to move on. The member actually said in his statement at the beginning that it was a notice of motion.

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

Yes. I have another notice of motion—

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

We're going to continue with this—

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

—that has been on the table here for quite some time.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

—and we're going to start with the Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, for 10 minutes.

[Kerry Diotte, Conservative, Edmonton Griesbach, AB]

Mr. Chair, I move:

That the Committee invite the Minister of Families—