Evidence of meeting #21 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 44th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was families.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Conservative
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
For me and for the witnesses, I think we need two meetings.
Liberal
Conservative
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Yes. As much as I would like to be here for clause-by-clause consideration, I'm unfortunately going to be travelling with the Minister of the Environment from May 30 until June 4.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
The important thing is that you're here for the presentation, and then for clause-by-clause study you can direct it to the other members also.
If the members are looking for two meetings with the witnesses, that would mean we will have 12 witnesses. It would be four panels with three witnesses on each panel.
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
Should we do three panels, then, so one and a half...? We have to do clause-by-clause. We might run out of time otherwise, before the House adjourns, because we still have the main estimates to do, and we now have the minister coming for two hours on this.
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
I would also like to go through the legislation quickly, because it always should be a priority for the committee.
I will work with the clerk, because now we also have to look into the minister's availability before May 27. I think the best thing would be that I work with the clerk to see how we can schedule these things. We have Mr. Seeback's availability for the 17th and 19th. Then we can work offline and work out the calendar around that.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
This gives me and the clerk an idea of what the members are looking for. Let me work with the clerk on the calendar. We have to schedule this meeting, also, so I can get back to you on Tuesday with the proposed calendar.
Go ahead, Ms. Kwan.
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
It's maybe one to two meetings, so it could be one and a half. Instead of four panels, it might be two panels or three panels, depending on our schedule. It's just to be a little more flexible so that we can try to get this work done.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
It's up to the will of the members, but I can propose that if Mr. Seeback wants to do a presentation for an hour, we can have three panels and then have clause-by-clause.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Two hours.... Kyle, I have lots of questions.
Bloc
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
Madam Chair, Mr. Seeback said I was going to call in a witness, but I don't know yet whether I'm going to call one for the study of Bill C‑242.
I want the clerk to know that I haven't made a decision yet.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Okay, we can have this discussion offline. Members can also think in regard to the witnesses, and then I can present to you on Tuesday what we are looking for.
The meeting is adjourned.
