National Defence Committee on Oct. 26th, 2010

Evidence of meeting #29 for National Defence in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was report.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Arctic Sovereignty

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Wolfgang Koerner Committee Researcher

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Jean-François Lafleur

5 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Maxime Bernier

Mr. Harris.

5 p.m.

NDP

Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL

I just want to make a final comment. As far as the stakeholders go, our responsibility to the stakeholders was to hear them and make the report. If something is not done by the government, well, my answer is pretty easy: you blame it on the government.

But as far as what we do here as a committee is concerned, I think if we're not going to talk further about the report, perhaps we can just leave it with members. If they want to bring forth a motion on this report, then we'll do the usual process and have the committee deal with it.

Is that acceptable?

5 p.m.

Liberal

Bryon Wilfert Liberal Richmond Hill, ON

I agree; a concurrence motion is--

5 p.m.

NDP

Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL

That's another way of following through on that, absolutely.

5 p.m.

An hon. member

That's a mechanism you can use.

5 p.m.

Liberal

Bryon Wilfert Liberal Richmond Hill, ON

I'm also thinking of the future.

5 p.m.

Committee Researcher

Wolfgang Koerner

On a concurrence motion? I have no idea what that means.

5 p.m.

Liberal

Bryon Wilfert Liberal Richmond Hill, ON

I'll tell you afterwards.

5 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Maxime Bernier

My understanding is that we have a consensus that our analyst will come with...[Technical difficulty--Editor]

Laurie.

5 p.m.

Conservative

Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB

We're done with that?

Can we go back to the Lockheed trip, just briefly?

5 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Maxime Bernier

Yes.

5 p.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

Was that a concurrence motion for the House?

5 p.m.

Conservative

Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB

No, no, we're just saying that's an option.

5 p.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

Okay. Very good.

5 p.m.

Conservative

Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB

To go back to the Lockheed thing for a second, the president of Lockheed is available on the 29th or 30th of November, which is a Monday or a Tuesday. It would be either fly down Sunday, do it Monday, come back Tuesday, or fly down Monday, do it Tuesday, come back Wednesday.

Do you want the Sunday to Tuesday and hit caucus, or do you want the Monday to Wednesday and miss caucus?

5 p.m.

Liberal

Bryon Wilfert Liberal Richmond Hill, ON

Miss caucus.

5 p.m.

Conservative

Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB

It wouldn't ruin my life.

Oh, this is not in camera, eh?

5 p.m.

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