Evidence of meeting #4 for International Trade in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was pandemic.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
The third one was in the first part of the motion, and it was to add:
d) to discuss committee business,
It was to authorize the in camera meeting to discuss committee business.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Is everybody in favour of that? Wonderful.
(Amendment agreed to)
Thanks very much, all of you.
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The Clerk
Can we ask the question please, Madam Chair?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
All those in favour of the motion as amended?
I don't see anything happening here. Just wave or do something or other. This is strange.
(Motion as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
All right.
Next week is a break week. The whips so far have not scheduled any committee meetings for that week.
Our next study is going to be on U.K.-Canada trade. We've asked the whip that the next two meetings—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
—be scheduled by the whip to allow the clerk to be in a position to proceed with the invitation for witnesses for the U.K.-Canada trade, once the whips have decided what the schedule is—that's our next issue, U.K.-Canada trade—and that the clerk have witnesses proposed by the members for the first meeting and officials for the second meeting. Once the clerk has decided what our next two meetings are, there would be the Canada-U.K. study. Is everyone okay with that?
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Conservative
Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Madam Chair, on a point of order, because we originally had scheduled a committee meeting for Friday the 13th, could you just clarify that you're saying that meeting won't be happening now?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
No, because the whips have not finalized the schedule. We will be meeting the following week.
Again, the very first thing we're dealing with is the U.K.-Canada agreement, which was your motion. All right?
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Liberal
Rachel Bendayan Liberal Outremont, QC
Sorry, Madam Chair, but I have a point of order.
On our side, we were certainly preparing to propose witnesses for the U.K.-Canada study. What I understood from our last meeting is that we were looking at stakeholders. Are we still beginning with stakeholders? It's just so I know how to prepare on our end.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Yes. The suggestion was for witnesses for our first meeting and officials for the second meeting.
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Madam Chair, I have another quick point of clarification.
When would you like an initial list of witnesses submitted or when should we be submitting witness lists?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
I think we need to get them submitted immediately. The clerk had given us a date.
Madam Clerk, what was the date?
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The Clerk
An email was sent requesting the list of witnesses for November 3, but it could be for Friday, because at this point we know that we won't be having a meeting next week.
If it's okay with the members, the list of witnesses for the Canada-U.K. trade study should be in for Friday. Is that fine?
