Evidence of meeting #117 for International Trade in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was carm.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Ted Gallivan  Executive Vice-President, Canada Border Services Agency
Mike Leahy  Director General, Commercial Projects, Canada Border Services Agency
Kim Campbell  Past Chair, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
Mark Weber  National President, Customs and Immigration Union
Tammy Bilodeau  Vice President, Customs Brokerage and Compliance, UPS Canada
Renate Jalbert  Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs, Federal Express Canada Ltd.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Okay.

Do you have them in writing in English and French?

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

No.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Can you read them?

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

I'll read them slowly. They're very short anyway.

I move that the first sentence, which begins with, “That the committee recommend that the federal government suspend...”, end before the first semicolon, with, “that demonstrates their improved confidence and readiness for CARM implementation”.

In addition, I would like to add “reception of the documents requested last spring” to the conditions, so that nothing would come into force before the documents are received.

Finally, at the very end of the motion, I move to add “and report to the House”.

I hope my Conservative colleagues are prepared to accept these proposals.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

I want to suggest that we suspend for a few minutes so that we thoroughly understand the amendments from Monsieur Savard-Tremblay.

I will suspend for a very few minutes, if you don't mind.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

I'll bring the meeting back to order.

Mr. Badawey.

Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON

Through you, Madam Chair, to the clerk, is there any opportunity for us to also invite the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers?

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Yes. It's a question of when. I think we need to keep the witnesses all in the same time. We'll add the custom brokers as well.

Do we have anyone else who we think is really pertinent to trying to bring this discussion to a direction?

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Madam Chair, this request is sort of unexpected. Can we send you names by email?

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

You don't have to give them to me now. You can send them by email to the clerk if you have a couple of suggestions of people who you think are pertinent to our dealing with this issue.

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Tony Baldinelli Conservative Niagara Falls, ON

I think the key is trying to get it done on Wednesday, because the blackout period starts on the fourth, right?

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

We'll invite the witnesses that we can get for Wednesday.

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Tony Baldinelli Conservative Niagara Falls, ON

That we can get; yes.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

What we get, we get.

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Tony Baldinelli Conservative Niagara Falls, ON

Bravo.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

We think half an hour will be sufficient to deal with the motion. That will be the first half hour. The other hour and a half will be some additional witnesses over and above what we possibly have today.

Maninder Sidhu Liberal Brampton East, ON

Can we flip that?

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Tony Baldinelli Conservative Niagara Falls, ON

Yes. Let's flip that. We'll hear from the witnesses, and then we'll do the last bit.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

The last half hour will be dealing with this motion. All right.

Is everybody good with that? Okay.

The meeting is adjourned.