Evidence of meeting #6 for National Defence in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was russia.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Elinor Sloan  Professor, Carleton University, As an Individual
Margarita Assenova  Director of Programs for Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia, The Jamestown Foundation, As an Individual
Aurel Braun  Professor, University of Toronto, As an Individual
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Philippe Grenier-Michaud

10:45 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

Just to clarify, that was part of your initial—

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

Did you vote against that?

10:45 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

No. Your suggestion was incorporated, so it's a study of the defence of North America with an initial focus on aerial readiness.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

But we're going to finish it?

10:45 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

Yes.

10:50 a.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

That's by the end of June.

10:50 a.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

It's not by the end of June.

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

No. The aerial readiness was going to go to the end of June, and then we were going to shift to something else that we were going to decide on leading into that.

10:50 a.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

All right.

10:50 a.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

That's what I'm trying to feed into.

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

Okay. The door is still open to move down that road.

10:50 a.m.

Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON

What he's trying to do is just incorporate all this into the rest of the study.

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

As you've added to our original statement, the door is still open to do this. As it's written, it says that the study will “focus on the following”. It doesn't say “may”, but is very direct language. It says those seven are great things and, from what I'm hearing over here, we'll vote on it, but the door is still open to go where you want to go.

10:50 a.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

This is the door right here, so let's go.

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

All in favour of the motion as moved by Mr. Bezan. All opposed.

It looks as if it's defeated.

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Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

Could I have a recorded vote?

10:50 a.m.

The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Philippe Grenier-Michaud

Yes, we could.

We need to proceed to the recorded vote. It won't take long. Please answer yea or nay when I call your name.

(Motion negatived: nays 5; yeas 4)

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

Could I have a motion to adjourn?

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON

I move that the committee adjourn.

10:50 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

Thank you very much.