Evidence of meeting #45 for International Trade in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was meeting.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Paul Cardegna

3:50 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

For an hour after.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

—for an hour or so afterwards.

3:50 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

Sure.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Okay.

You're—

3:50 p.m.

The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Paul Cardegna

This is to defray costs.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Okay. Go ahead.

3:50 p.m.

The Clerk

In the event that the committee does want to pay for any hospitality related to the meeting with the Icelandic delegation, it would have to adopt a motion to that effect. The motion that's in front of you was prepared by me for consideration by the committee, and I'll read it:

That, subject to availability, the Standing Committee on International Trade meet informally with a delegation of parliamentarians from Iceland, that the Committee defray the hospitality expenses related to this meeting, and that these expenses be equally shared with the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, subject to that Committee' s approval.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

All in favour?

(Motion agreed to)

Moving on to Japan, there are a couple of things here.

We need the motion on hospitality, is that right? I believe there are two motions, one on hospitality and one on gifts. It's kind of a protocol thing that we have to have a motion to be able to accommodate this.

Mr. Cannan, go ahead.

September 18th, 2012 / 3:50 p.m.

Conservative

Ron Cannan Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I just think it would be more appropriate that we discuss it in camera. I'd like to move that we go in camera.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

We have a motion to go in camera now.

(Motion agreed to)

[Proceedings continue in camera]