National Defence Committee on Nov. 19th, 2013

[The Clerk]

If the committee wanted to see Shilo only, then flying in to Winnipeg on Monday night, driving up to Shilo the next morning, spending the day in Shilo, and then coming back and taking a flight out would get everyone back to Ottawa by Monday evening.

I took note of Mr. Bezan's suggestion of visiting 1 CAD. If I understood it correctly, that would entail flying out on Sunday night, going to Shilo the next morning, spending the day in Shilo, coming back to Winnipeg on Monday night, staying over in Winnipeg Monday night, visiting 1 CAD in the morning, and then catching a flight during the day on Tuesday to be back in Ottawa before the end of QP. I'll take that to the logistics officer, but off the top of my head, I think that proposal is also possible.

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

Mr. Harris.

[Jack Harris, NDP, St. John's East, NL]

I thought Mr. Bezan's suggestion was that we somehow get to Brandon on the Sunday night, and that we could do Brandon on Monday and do 17 Wing on Tuesday morning. The idea is to get here not necessarily by QP, but certainly by the votes.

So that would be half a day in Winnipeg on the Tuesday, a full day or a day in travel to get back from Shilo on Monday, and then be back here Tuesday afternoon.... Is that what we're looking at now? If we're going all the way to Manitoba on the Sunday, we may as well get ourselves to Brandon if we can fly WestJet from Winnipeg. Is it Winnipeg to Brandon on WestJet...?

[James Bezan, Conservative, Selkirk—Interlake, MB]

They come in from the west to Brandon. They might come from Toronto into Brandon. I don't know if there's a Winnipeg-Brandon connection.

[Jack Harris, NDP, St. John's East, NL]

But you can get into Brandon on another—

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

If the committee is willing to sacrifice a Sunday for travel, and if we can make the two-fer work, then I sense there's agreement.

If the committee agrees to that travel schedule, we will circulate a budget and itinerary. Agreed?

[An hon. member]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

We don't have the dates for the second. The first trip should work and give us four meaningful hours on the ground in Petawawa, weather notwithstanding, on the day.

Regarding acceptance of the first report of the subcommittee on agenda and procedure, those in favour?

(Motion agreed to)

We'll now suspend, colleagues, and go in camera for the next portion of the meeting.

[Proceedings continue in camera]