Justice Committee on Dec. 11th, 2007

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

I'd like to call the members to the table.

We have two very quick items that have to be dealt with.

The first, of course, is the future business of the committee. After our break, we have to deal with the legislation we have on our plate. There are two items we would like to see come out of the Senate, Bill S-203, which is animal cruelty—it's sitting in limbo right now—and also Mr. Moore's motion on impaired driving.

I would request that committee members get their lists of witnesses forward. We ran into a serious problem here with this particular bill, calling witnesses at the last minute just to fill in the time. That should not be the case. It was well noted what we were going to be handling. And there was a real shortfall with the witnesses.

Dealing with this particular bill, for next Thursday we will have present the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Department of Health, and a professor from the University of Montreal.

[Derek Lee, Liberal, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

On this bill?

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

On this bill. There will also be the possibility of one other witness.

Some of Ms. Davies' questions will be answered by these experts.

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

I know there was a witness who was requested to come today. It's Donald MacPherson. Is that who you're trying to get for Thursday?

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

We tried to get him for today, but there's been no connection.

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Apparently he couldn't come today because he was on his way back from somewhere. But I'm wondering if we could try to get him for Thursday. Perhaps someone could contact him.

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

We will make that effort, Ms. Davies.

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

Please submit your witnesses for Bill S-203, and then more for Mr. Moore's motion on the issue of impaired driving, which will be taking place when we get back in the new year.

Mr. Lee.

[Derek Lee, Liberal, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

I was going to ask if our analyst could make sure we had a really quick recap of how methamphetamine and the precursor chemicals are now handled in the CDSA. I don't know precisely. You could probably tell us in about one minute rather than.... But it's up to you, as long as—

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

Do you want that for Thursday?

[Derek Lee, Liberal, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

That's fine.

Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

Please note, too, that there is an amendment. It will be distributed.

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Is that the one from the government?

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

Yes.

[Larry Bagnell, Liberal, Yukon, YT]

Is it clause-by-clause on Thursday?

[The Chair, Conservative, Art Hanger]

Yes, we're going to make that effort.

Is there a motion for adjournment?

The meeting is adjourned.