Evidence of meeting #48 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 local.
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NDP
Richard Cannings NDP South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
I'm just saying that in those situations, these are on offer to the government because of the lottery system. Private members' bills are put out there to say that these are good ideas.
5:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Thank you very much.
We are pretty much at the end. Are there any questions on this side? Mr. Seeback, are you folks okay?
We're okay. No clarifications are needed.
All right, I'm going to thank the witnesses, and then we need to do a few minutes of business in preparation for upcoming meetings. I suggest we don't need to go in camera, if that's okay with everybody. It will be a brief meeting.
Thank you very much to the witnesses. This was very valuable information today.
I'm going to suspend for a second while the witnesses leave.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Concerning the business that we have before us, on Monday we have a continuation of this mining study that's coming on the 13th.
On the 16th it was the BDC and the minister, but the minister is travelling, and BDC is not available either, so I'm suggesting, in discussions with the official opposition, that on the PMB that was referred to us yesterday, we start that on the 16th. I understand that it is of real interest to a lot of people, so to try to be efficient with our time, we'll start on the 16th with Bill C-282.
5:05 p.m.
Conservative
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
I would just suggest that we have a minimum of three meetings. We might need more, but three might do it. I would think that on Thursday we could have the sponsor of the bill and perhaps government officials, and then we could bring stakeholder witnesses after the break.
5:05 p.m.
Liberal
Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON
Madam Chair, should we set a time limit for when we should be submitting the witnesses?
The chair is nodding her head. The clerk is nodding.
5:05 p.m.
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Dancella Boyi
As per what Mr. Seeback just suggested, if the members are looking to resume the meetings on Bill C-282 around March 5 or March 8, it would be best, if possible, to submit lists by February 24.
5:05 p.m.
Liberal
Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON
What's next?
I see it's going to be Family Day that week.
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The Clerk
That's correct.
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Conservative
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Is more notice better?
Can't we do it by next Friday, the 17th? That gives us eight days.
5:05 p.m.
Conservative
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
We can give the list. Let's say we give the list by the 17th.
5:05 p.m.
Bloc
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
Madam Chair, everything is going very fast and there is no interpretation.
The conversations are in English. There is no interpretation, because these are closed-mike exchanges. Would it be possible to know in an organized way what we are talking about?
5:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
I'm sorry, Mr. Tremblay. I'm not getting any interpretation. I don't want to miss the valuable words you are sharing.
What's happening?
5:05 p.m.
Liberal
Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Savard-Tremblay, we were thinking of starting the study next Thursday and first receiving officials from the department, and the sponsor of this bill. After that, we may hear other witnesses when we return in March.
We were also wondering what the deadline would be for submitting a list of witnesses. I suggested February 24, and Mr Seeback suggested February 17.
5:15 p.m.
Bloc
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
We are talking about Bill C-282, which deals with supply management, correct?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Is everybody okay with this? We can do it in the middle and do the 21st—
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
I'll get witnesses in by the 21st.
Is there anything else?
Do we want to do the 16th and then try to do the ArriveCAN?
5:15 p.m.
Bloc
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
I would like a clarification, Madam Chair.
Before we determine how many meetings the committee will need, I'd like to know how many we had on the identical bill we considered in 2021.
Can we check that?
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Right now we're talking about a minimum of three meetings. The clerk will have to look that up and report back on that issue on Monday, if possible. It was three meetings then as well.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Chair, I would suggest this. Next Thursday, when we have the sponsor and government officials coming, that's not a lot of people for a full two hours. Why don't we give them an hour and 45 minutes and then take 15 minutes to finish the ArriveCAN app study? Aren't we this close?
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
It won't be ready until the sixth.
Right now we were scheduled to do it on the sixth and complete any more finalizations on the ninth. Could we not split up the meeting of the sixth and do one hour on ArriveCAN and hopefully finish it? There isn't much left that we have to do, as I recall. We could then do the other hour on this private member's bill.
