Evidence of meeting #2 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was money.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
And can you tell me where this particular $17 million will be directed?
Deputy Minister, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
We'll be working that out through negotiations with particular provinces and communities.
Deputy Minister, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Yes.
Deputy Minister, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Yes, it's tripartite. If you don't have three partners, it won't happen.
Deputy Minister, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
It think it's largely a call for proposals, and the first call is out now.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
Thank you, Mr. Bélanger.
On behalf of the members of the committee, I would like to thank the witnesses for their presentations this morning.
Go ahead, Mrs. Crowder.
NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
On a point of order, I noticed that when our agenda comes out, it normally reflects the amount of time that witnesses will be before the committee. So if the minister were only going to be here for an hour, it would show that the minister was going to be here from 9 till 10. But when I looked at this agenda, I assumed the minister was going to be here for the whole time.
I am just wondering if in the future the times that witnesses are going to be before us could be reflected more accurately on the agenda.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
Okay, that's noted.
You may recall that because of the shortness of time in this regard, we concluded that we would try to get the minister for as much time as he was available for. We'll continue with that.
Mr. Duncan, do you have a question?
Conservative
John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC
It's in the same vein as Jean Crowder just asked.
When we got here, I noticed on the agenda that this meeting was to be televised. But we hadn't talked about that, and I'm not sure if we shouldn't be given some knowledge or notice of that.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
Thank you, Mr. Duncan.
This issue was raised by another member this morning. I would simply say that in the normal course, in the absence of a motion to the contrary, and, again, in the shortness of time, the traditional protocol is that when a minister appears before a standing committee, the meeting will be televised. In the absence of a motion to the contrary, I chose to proceed that way, feeling there was a prerogative to do that. However, I'm at the indulgence of the committee on these matters. In fact, we're going to have a subcommittee meeting immediately after today's meeting and we can discuss these matters there. The committee sets the direction as to how we will manage our proceedings, and I'll abide by the wishes of the committee in that regard.
Just to finish this, members, we've now reviewed supplementary estimates (B). There were no motions for any reductions or any expressions of dissent in regard to these supplementary estimates. If it stands that way, it's assumed they're adopted and there is no need to report to the House.
If the committee is in agreement with that, we can adjourn. I would only say that at this point in time, there is not an item for business on Tuesday. However, as I said, we're going to subcommittee right away. So I think you should plan for our regular committee Tuesday morning, unless you hear otherwise.
Merci beaucoup.
The meeting is adjourned.