Evidence of meeting #17 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was study.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
Thank you for that suggestion, Ms. Dancho.
With that, do we have consensus to proceed in that fashion? The subcommittee will seek to get its work done promptly, ideally as soon as this Tuesday. Do we have consensus on that or do we need a vote? I don't think we need a vote. I think we've talked this through. We will proceed in that fashion.
In terms of our schedule, colleagues, this coming Tuesday the 23rd we will have our second meeting on the EI study. There will be witnesses from the Canada Revenue Agency and Statistics Canada on the first panel. The second panel will be the C.D. Howe Institute. On Thursday the 25th, we will commence our examination of Bill C-220. The week following is a constituency week, and the work of the subcommittee will dictate what will be done when we return. That's a bit of a look ahead.
Is there any other business to come before the meeting? Is it the will of the committee to adjourn? I think it is.
Ms. Chabot, you have the floor.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Louise Chabot Bloc Thérèse-De Blainville, QC
I'm sorry, I don't want to prolong the meeting too much, but I do have a question to ask.
Each party had until February 9 to send in its list of witnesses for the study on employment insurance reform. I know that, in your schedule, February 9 was not the deadline. Some expert witnesses are still wondering if they will be called. I imagine that we are not the only party to have submitted a list of witnesses, but I wanted to know what motivated that choice.
5:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
I will ask the clerk for assistance. However, I can tell you that you are right: all parties submitted their witness lists. Normally they are allocated to each party according to the priorities established.
Having said that, I will now invite the clerk to provide further details.
5:20 p.m.
The Clerk
To date, we have consolidated the witnesses proposed by all parties. So we have a list of all the witnesses. When the subcommittee meets, we can at least discuss the dates for future meetings. That will help us organize the meetings. We can then call the witnesses and invite them.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Louise Chabot Bloc Thérèse-De Blainville, QC
Thank you.
If I understand correctly, we can discuss this at the next subcommittee meeting, when we have the schedule.
5:20 p.m.
The Clerk
At the very least, we need to establish the schedule. It can help us organize when witnesses will appear.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Louise Chabot Bloc Thérèse-De Blainville, QC
Can we have the list of witnesses? Are we going to receive it?
5:20 p.m.
The Clerk
If all committee members want the list, I can send it to them.
5:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
Thank you, Ms. Chabot.
Are there any other interventions? Is there any other business to come before the meeting?
Do we have consensus to adjourn? I believe we do.
Have a nice weekend and we'll see you on Tuesday. Thank you.
