Evidence of meeting #31 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 44th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was water.
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Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, before you adjourn the meeting, I have two questions, if I may.
One is with respect to the study we are discussing today. When are we expecting to discuss drafting instructions?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
On that question, given the fact that last week we agreed among ourselves, with a couple of amendments, to focus priority on Bill C-29, that will take us to October 28 for the last session. Then, of course, we have to follow that up by doing clause-by-clause consideration in an expeditious manner, so we're into early November.
I would just add that I mentioned two other things that we need to revisit. One is the updated NIHB report, which the analysts are going to update, given the amendments, new resolutions and new recommendations that we proposed. Also, at some point—this Thursday, for example—we were going to look at future studies. The drafting instructions for this study are important as well.
In the coming days and weeks we should decide what should come right after Bill C-29. Should it be how quickly we want to do one of the three? Which of the three should we do, and in which order? Should it be the drafting instructions, the NIHB report or deciding on future studies, and in what order?
Mr. Schmale, go ahead.
Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
Chair, given the fact that we on this side could potentially have one more week left in our time here, could we use time later this week to talk about drafting instructions? I don't want to leave navigating this to the new group, who will have no idea of what has been said in the past.
Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
I don't know. We don't know. If you could message Pierre, that would be awesome. Maybe later in Question Period, you could throw a note that way. I will miss you too, Vance.
If we could get this part out of the way—I mean that in a nice way—before we leave, that would be great.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
I have a suggestion.
We said we wanted to start off with Bill C-29 this Thursday. That would probably be with the ministers coming. It's up to the committee to decide whether we might want to reserve 20 minutes at the end of that meeting to look at drafting instructions, so that the old gang from the Conservative Party—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
—the former gang can have an opportunity to speak up.
Is that something that would be acceptable?
Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
Did you say to take 20 minutes with the ministers?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
The ministers will be asked to be here on Thursday in connection with Bill C-29. It's the normal thing to invite the sponsoring ministers.
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
That I don't know at this point. The committee hasn't made a decision on that. Normally they come for an hour, but that would leave us some time.
Do we have agreement on that, or is this another connected—
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
I want to put it forward that we set some time aside on Thursday afternoon.
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
Yes, that would be out of the two hours. Maybe for 20 minutes we could discuss some drafting instructions for—
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
The second question I would have, Mr. Chair, is with respect to Bill C-29. I'm assuming that the names of witnesses are to be submitted by October 5, which is this Wednesday.
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
That's great. Thank you.
Finally, Mr. Chair, through you to the clerk, if we could have the amended and adopted Bill C-29 forwarded to the members so that we can be prepared, that would be wonderful.
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Vanessa Davies
The minutes will be posted later today for the meeting.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
Right, but he's also confirming that we will get the proposed changes to Bill C-29 that may be coming up to the members—
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
[Inaudible—Editor] on Bill C-29. We can have that forwarded.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
Yes. As you know, any proposed changes will go through the legislative clerks, to see what shape they're in and if they're allowable. They'll then go to the clerk, who will distribute them.
Liberal