Evidence of meeting #4 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was crisis.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
Can I ask for clarification? We haven't finalized the witness list, to my understanding, right?
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
It's in the report. Was I wrong, or...?
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
My understanding is that it's a suggested list that's still subject to being finalized by us as a committee.
Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
The concern we had is that I thought it was approved, but if it hasn't been, the proposal we saw only included two of our witnesses and other parties did not have theirs finalized.
Liberal
Marlisa Tiedemann Committee Researcher
For any study, the Library is going to prepare a proposed witness list, which can be used by the members as they're putting together their own witness lists. The timelines here were a little backwards in that members submitted their witness lists prior to the Library's list going out. We have not finalized anything; those are simply for your consideration.
For us to go through and slot witnesses into a work plan, we need to know if the committee wishes to have the study for six, eight or 10 meetings.
Different committees have different processes for determining how to slot witnesses into the work plan. On some committees it's strictly proportional, based on party. For that we would then go through the witness list that has been submitted by each party and slot the witnesses into the work plan.
Our understanding is that nothing has been finalized. The list that was sent by the Library of Parliament is simply a list of witnesses the committee may wish to consider as it's putting the study together.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
Mr. Chairman, subject to my colleagues, I'm going to suggest that we have a proportional division of witnesses. That will give the analysts some guidelines. Perhaps if you can do a work plan for us with the budget that we can approve at the next meeting, it will allow us to have two or three options for the number of witnesses.
Just a clarification, Madam Clerk, is there a deadline for submissions to—
Conservative
Bob Zimmer Conservative Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC
I have a point of order.
We're way past time. If we're going to talk here it has to be brief.
We have question period literally in 15 minutes.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
My suggestion is that we leave it to the analysts to come back at the next meeting, and we'll finalize the witness list then.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina
Okay.
The witness list is not finalized, and we'll have an opportunity to go over it.
We'll move on with food security and suspend the other one?
Liberal
