Evidence of meeting #23 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 jobs.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Chris D. Lewis  Retired Commissioner, Ontario Provincial Police, As an Individual
William Ford  President, Racetracks of Canada Inc.
Jim Lawson  Chief Executive Officer, Woodbine Entertainment Group
Christina Litz  Vice-President, Media and Business Development, Woodbine Entertainment Group
Murielle Thomassin  Racetrack Manager, Trois-Rivières Racetrack, Club Jockey du Québec
Stewart Groumoutis  Director, eGaming, British Columbia Lottery Corporation
Sue Leslie  President, Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario
Jamie Wiebe  Director, Player Health, British Columbia Lottery Corporation
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard

1 p.m.

Bloc

Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC

Thank you, Madam Chair.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid

Thank you, Monsieur Fortin.

That concludes the time Monsieur Fortin requested, and I really appreciate all of your patience.

I just want to clarify one thing. Madam Findlay, you raised the CFL. It was, in fact, the commissioner we had invited, not the actual league, so thank you for clarifying that.

1 p.m.

Conservative

Kerry-Lynne Findlay Conservative South Surrey—White Rock, BC

If I might, Madam Chair, there are two separate organizations. One is the CFL, which is the league. I understand that the commissioner will give a written brief. The other is the CFLPA. That's the players' association. I did want them to be invited to testify, and my understanding is that they wish to be.

We're hearing from great witnesses here, but we discussed before that it seemed to be overly skewed to horse racing and that we weren't hearing from the sports leagues, so I would very much like to see us hear from the CFLPA.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid

Thank you for that.

Mr. Clerk, if it's possible, can we perhaps add that to our list and send off an invitation to them as soon as possible?

Do members agree with that?

1 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid

Thank you very much.

That concludes all the housekeeping items I had on my list today. Is there anything else that members would like to raise at this time?

All right. In that case, thank you, members, for a wonderful meeting.

The meeting is adjourned.