International Trade Committee on Feb. 20th, 2020

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[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Mayor Dilkens, did you hear the question from Mr. Dhaliwal?

[Drew Dilkens]

I did. Can you hear me now?

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Yes, we can.

[Drew Dilkens]

I said absolutely it should pass right away without delay. Let the inertia carry it over the finish line.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Thank you very much.

I don't think any of us are looking for an election at all—not in the near future, for sure.

Thank you to all our witnesses. We very much appreciated all of your support and your comments back. It's valuable information for the committee.

Mr. Hoback.

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

I just have a question about the process with the clerk and analysts. Written submissions are coming in to the committee, so I'm just curious as to when the final submission date is. Also, when will we have access to those written submissions, and how are you going to put them together into the final conclusion?

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

I think the clerk needs to answer that.

[The Clerk of the Committee, Ms. Christine Lafrance]

As they come in, they are sent to translation. As soon as they are translated, they are distributed to the members. Because it's a bill, there's no briefing note as is usually done by the analyst. We just go directly to clause-by-clause.

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

It goes to translation and then after translation we'll get a copy. Is that what you're saying?

[The Clerk]

You will get copies as soon as the translation is out.

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

Translation understands the importance of getting this done in a timely fashion. Is that right?

[The Clerk]

Yes, they're doing their best.

The deadline hasn't been set by the committee, but what I write to the people is that they should get their brief in as soon as possible because clause-by-clause is scheduled for probably next Thursday.

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

We've all agreed that we're going to have the economic analysis before the committee, so I'm just curious. Do you have a date lined up for the presentation and when we'll actually receive those documents? Do you have any indication on that, maybe through the parliamentary secretary...?

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

The clerk has been in touch with that particular individual, who was....

[The Clerk]

I haven't received anything from the department yet as far as the document is concerned, but we are in contact to schedule Ms. Paquet.

[Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal, Surrey—Newton, BC]

Can we thank the witnesses first?

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

We're pretty well done here.

[Colin Carrie, Conservative, Oshawa, ON]

Would we be able to get an update from the parliamentary secretary, because it was a unanimous motion?

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

I think it's the clerk who's carrying that on. Can you respond to that?

[Rachel Bendayan, Liberal, Outremont, QC]

It was certainly a unanimous motion. I'd be happy to get back to the committee with an update.

[Colin Carrie, Conservative, Oshawa, ON]

Thank you very much.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Thank you again to all of the wonderful witnesses.

The meeting is adjourned.