Evidence of meeting #20 for Justice and Human Rights in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was witnesses.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Oh, sorry, Mr. Fortin. The meeting is on Tuesday, but I'm talking about the deadline to submit your witnesses for Bill C-218.
Bloc
Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Okay.
My concern is not about the list of witnesses, but about having a subcommittee to agree on the recommendation. It seems simple to me. I don't think it will take us much time—less than one hour—but we would have to make a decision.
It's a matter of bringing a recommendation to the House. I don't want us to debate it among ourselves. I just want us to adopt the proposal and recommend it to the House for consideration. I think we could take care of it quickly in subcommittee—in 30 minutes—before the next meeting.
We could meet at 10:30 a.m. next Tuesday to deal with this issue.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
How about we continue this discussion after we finish giving our draft instructions to the analysts at our next meeting on Tuesday? We have a full hour. Maybe we can take some of that hour to talk further about when we should be having a steering committee meeting to discuss your motion, if that's okay.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Thank you, Mr. Fortin. You're a really great man. I appreciate your patience.
With that, I adjourn this meeting.