Evidence of meeting #6 for Justice and Human Rights in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was work.
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3 p.m.
Liberal
Lena Metlege Diab Liberal Halifax West, NS
It was sent. If you don't mind, I can just say that the request was for $5,525. It was sent while we were doing this.
There's “review the government's obligations”.
If he's in front of you, he can explain it to us. There are dial-in phone lines, for 16 hours, and headsets, for a total of 2,000 headsets—
3 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Randeep Sarai
Thank you for raising that, Ms. Diab. I think everybody has it.
Mr. Anandasangaree, is this on this issue? No.
Is everybody okay with it?
(Motion agreed to)
3 p.m.
Bloc
Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Chair, you are talking about a document that would have been sent to us during the meeting. However, I have not received anything.
3 p.m.
The Clerk
This is a standard budget, which was sent to all committee members during the meeting and covers the next study, so that we have the means...
3 p.m.
Bloc
Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
I will certainly not oppose the budget, but I still want to mention that I did not receive it. I don't know if my email address is on the mailing list.
3 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Randeep Sarai
We're good with the budget, Mr. Fortin. I know it was a bit rushed. The clerk wanted to get it out because of the two-week constituency break. We wanted to make sure that it's approved and the next rounds of witnesses have their headsets. That was the main thing.
I think we're okay, but we'll make sure that we get it earlier next time.
3 p.m.
Bloc
Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
I did not receive this email, but my parliamentary assistant, who had it, has just copied me on it. It is likely that my own address is not on the mailing list. So I would like this to be checked so that I receive the documents in the future. This would be appreciated, thank you.
3 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Randeep Sarai
Definitely. We will make sure that happens.
Go ahead, Mr. Anandasangaree.
3 p.m.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
Mr. Chair, this is really for the analyst.
I wanted to see if it is possible to get a summary of the evidence as we move forward. We have a two-week constituency break. It would be good to go over the evidence during this time and maybe start thinking about the report and the next steps.
3:05 p.m.
Julia Nicol Committee Researcher
Yes, we can.
There's one thing to flag if you want the briefs as well. I've started doing a table, and I'm at 300 pages or so. That will be pretty overwhelming for you. If you want to give me some guidance on what you'd like to focus in on or any limits, I'm open to that as well, of course, to make it more manageable. Then I'll use the longer one for the report drafting when that comes.
3:05 p.m.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
I think we do have the briefs for most of them, except for the ones that were not translated today. I believe that we did get a number of the briefs.
What would be ideal would be a summary of what the witnesses said, the highlights of where people are leaning and just a sense of if there are any missing pieces that we have at this point. That will help us generate a report and findings.
3:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Randeep Sarai
Thank you.
There are a lot of briefs that are coming, and they need to be translated.
Go ahead, Mr. Garrison.
3:05 p.m.
NDP
Randall Garrison NDP Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, BC
Mr. Chair, we have a number of other things that we're going to have to deal with as a committee, like main estimates, and I have an outstanding motion. My suggestion would be that we may need a subcommittee meeting to deal with committee business or a full committee meeting to deal with committee business so we can get a better sense of where we're heading in the next little while.
When we come back, I would encourage us to pay some attention to committee business overall.
3:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Randeep Sarai
I think we're planning on scheduling a subcommittee meeting for March 25. I will get my assistant to circulate that.
If it's all good, we'll adjourn.
Thank you. Have a good constituency break. We'll see you in a couple of weeks.
I'm sorry. Go ahead, Mr. Moore.
3:05 p.m.
Conservative
Rob Moore Conservative Fundy Royal, NB
I was going to say that I hope everyone gets some rest over the next two weeks. I look forward to seeing them.
I think you're doing a good job, Mr. Chair.
3:05 p.m.
Liberal