Evidence of meeting #5 for International Trade in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was deal.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Dean Allison Conservative Niagara West—Glanbrook, ON
Just as a proposal, would the committee consider meeting an extra hour on Tuesday and maybe inviting the CAW people for that?
Liberal
Navdeep Bains Liberal Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
There's that, or another suggestion is why don't we take the agriculture section and move it post-Christmas break, and get all those stakeholders to come after? Because that is a whole new section—
Conservative
NDP
Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
I would prefer having them here before the break. This is a bit of a nuance; having them right off, say, on December 11, and then having the other categories on December 13 would be fine, and agriculture after Christmas.
The reason why the automotive parts, and the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, and the CAW should be first off is they're the sector that raised the greatest concerns about this. As long as we're meeting with them as promptly as possible, and I think December 11 would be the earliest date, then that would be fine.
So it's just a slight amendment on Mr. Bains' proposal. If they're here on December 11, then we're hearing from them right off the bat, right after the ministry officials.
Conservative
Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
The minister on December 4, the ministry on December 6, the automobile sector on December 11, other sectors on December 13, agriculture after the break.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
That's fine with me. Let me just ask the clerk.
Why don't we proceed on that basis between now and Tuesday and ask the clerk to do that, starting with the ones we're going to hoist, to see if we can move these people along. Apparently, there's also a slight possibility we might not be here on December 13, as well, so we want to keep that in mind.
Bloc
Guy André Bloc Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
Can you summarize? We are going to give priority to the auto sector. We are going to meet with their representatives before Christmas and we will also meet with the minister before the break.
Bloc
Guy André Bloc Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
And we will deal with agriculture after the break. Is that it? I agree.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
So we're going to hear from the minister on Tuesday and hopefully get rid of this other business, the department officials on December 6, and the group that is in the category of automotive transport will move to December 11. We'll move the others as listed to December 13 and ask the agriculture people to come back after Christmas.
Okay, fine. We didn't need to--
Bloc
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
Yes. The clerk has agreed to get that out right away.
I'd like to go in camera and finish this report, if we can do that in 12 minutes.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
