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.
February 18th, 2021 / 1:05 p.m.
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.
1:05 p.m.
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.
1:05 p.m.
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.
1:05 p.m.
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.