Evidence of meeting #5 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was confidence.
A recording is available from Parliament.
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Order, please.
This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number five, on Thursday, March 5, 2009. There are two orders of the day: committee business, a notice of motion by Mr. Dykstra; and then we will proceed to in camera proceedings pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a study of the undocumented and temporary foreign workers.
We are ready to start. Mr. Dykstra, you have the floor.
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
After some consideration and discussions with my colleagues who sit on the opposite side of the table from me, while I am disappointed about the fact that we had what looked like a strange coincidence with respect to a report that we're going to be dealing with shortly, I have every confidence that people who sit around this table have the confidence in each other and also understand the importance of not having a report like this breached, in terms of not keeping it within the group. I have every confidence that that did not in fact take place.
At this point, I will withdraw the motion I have put forward.
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Thank you, Mr. Dykstra.
We will then proceed to the report.
Ms. Chow.
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NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
I believe I also have a motion on the floor, which I will also withdraw. It has been tabled.
9:05 a.m.
NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
Yes. There is a letter from the lawyer who put out the press release that we talked about at the end of the last meeting--which Mr. Dykstra was talking about. We can circulate it; it basically says he never received any secret documents.
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
From the chair's perspective, we do hope that things are kept confidential in this committee. I probably shouldn't be commenting on this, but I have some obligation to try to keep order, and it sounds like we're resolving things and we all have an understanding.
Thank you, very much, Ms. Chow.
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Of course. Thank you.
We will now go in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]