Evidence of meeting #19 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was additive.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
Thank you very much. Thank you for quite an interesting session today. It was very valuable very worthwhile. To our guests, thank you very much for coming in.
We will suspend for about two minutes and then come back to do the housecleaning.
Thank you.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
We will come back to order.
I want to take a few minutes to quickly go through the schedule because we still don't know if we're here or not here on the 23rd.
I'm suggesting that we not have witnesses for the 23rd. If we are here, the analysts are going to do some preliminary table of contents work, and maybe we could have a quick discussion on where we are so far in this study before we break for the summer. I thought it would be a good idea. Are we okay with that?
Conservative
Earl Dreeshen Conservative Red Deer—Mountain View, AB
I wouldn't have minded having a little bit more notice than just this, but—
Liberal
Conservative
Earl Dreeshen Conservative Red Deer—Mountain View, AB
I understand. It is often in that last week and perhaps on that last day that you find out that there won't be any meeting at all. There could be other changes. Sometimes the Thursday becomes a Friday schedule. We might find that it disappears at any rate, so I don't know whether I would spend a whole bunch of extra time planning on something that might not happen.
Certainly as a fallback....
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
We're already planning with the analysts to do this. Depending on what happens, we have the flexibility. We may just cancel that day. I don't know. I'm just trying to give flexibility so that if we're here, we can take advantage of that time, and if we're not, then we don't have any challenges with any of the witnesses.
Conservative
Ben Lobb Conservative Huron—Bruce, ON
I was just wondering about Tuesday. Do you want to cancel Tuesday as well, or do we have guests committed? I mean next Tuesday.
Conservative
Ben Lobb Conservative Huron—Bruce, ON
You never know what can happen around here with votes and everything else.
You know me. I'm never looking to duck out of work. I'm just trying to be practical.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
We have witnesses. Next week on Tuesday we have Unifor, Ford, and Electra Meccanica electric vehicles from Vancouver. They're going to teleconference in. On Thursday we have Startup Canada, Communitech, and Futurpreneur. That's on the 16th, and on the 21st we have the University of Waterloo research centres, Groupe Savoie Inc., and Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada. I don't think we want to cancel that one.
That's what I'm saying about trying to schedule witnesses for the 23rd. I just wanted to let you guys know and make sure that we're okay with all of that. We'll be flexible. If the 23rd is like a Friday, then we don't have to do it.
Go ahead, Ms. Benson.
NDP
Sheri Benson NDP Saskatoon West, SK
If we do meet on the 23rd, is there something that's going to be prepared that we'd actually go through on the 23rd?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
Yes. We're just trying to be as productive as we can and get a sense of where we are up to now.
Liberal
Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
I'm just learning. I have ideas on the table of contents. Is it normal that we would submit ideas on the structure of the table of contents, or do we wait for the analysts to give it to us? What's the protocol?
André Léonard Committee Researcher
Usually we would send you the table of contents in advance. If there's a meeting, we can discuss it, and you can add whatever you want. If there's a meeting, perhaps you could send your—
Liberal
Frank Baylis Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
You would do a first draft and then we would look at it. We would then work on the table of contents to say that we have ideas. Are you saying you would do a first draft and then we would discuss it?
Conservative
Earl Dreeshen Conservative Red Deer—Mountain View, AB
Just on that point, we do that together. We have discussions on it.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Dan Ruimy
Yes, hence the reason I'm leaving this for the 23rd. This is our study, like it or not. It's non-partisan. This is our study. It's important for all of us to make sure we're going in the direction that everybody is comfortable with. On that note, look at that: we have two minutes to spare.
The meeting is adjourned.
