Evidence of meeting #1 for Natural Resources in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was motions.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Yes.
Okay, it's agreed. The clerk will put that request in to the minister.
Now, to next Tuesday's business, which is Mr. Boshcoff's motion.
I just want to say that we have a half-hour left of the meeting. Mr. Allen is next on the list, and I have you on the list, Mr. Trost.
Mr. Allen.
Conservative
Mike Allen Conservative Tobique—Mactaquac, NB
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think Mr. St. Amand's points were well made with respect to next week. I completely disagree with the Keystone pipeline. In the following week. I don't necessarily believe that might be in the best interest of all the committee, or that all of the committee is interested in that as a top priority.
I think we can dispatch with the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act pretty quickly. That should be our top priority for next week, and then the submissions that will be to the clerk by Tuesday. I would suggest that we might want to allocate time at that following Tuesday meeting to decide what the priority of the committee is going to be. That would allow us to secure witnesses for the following Thursday.
Quite frankly, I think we need all the committee members here to decide what that agenda is going to be and what the priorities are going to be. I'm not willing to say I'm going to support the Keystone pipeline at this point in time.
I suggest that next week should be on nuclear liability, and then the following Tuesday we, as a committee, should decide what our priority will be.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Okay. I think there are two parts to Mr. Allen's suggestion. One is—and this is just a reminder to me—could you all get your suggestions in for witnesses for next Thursday on the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act? Would you get those in to the clerk this week?
Yes, Mr. Anderson.
Conservative
David Anderson Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK
Does the committee think it's going to be able to dispense with the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act in two meetings? Is it the intention that we'll be done with that bill next Thursday, or is it the intention that you want to come back to it later?
The House will leave it here for a while, but it's not obligated to leave it with us forever. If we can dispense with it in two meetings, that would be great, from our perspective. Then we can move on to other things. But I don't want to be working against the committee members. I'm just wondering what your opinion is on that.
It seems to be generally acknowledged that two meetings might be enough on that bill. Is that accurate?
NDP
Catherine Bell NDP Vancouver Island North, BC
Can I ask when we're supposed to have our list in for witnesses on nuclear liability?
We're meeting with the minister on Tuesday, and then one more meeting is being suggested. I don't want to limit it if something comes up that we think we want to study further. Who knows what's going to come out with the witnesses.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
I believe that was also Mr. Anderson's point—that we have to make sure we do allow enough time to discuss that—but to have witnesses in for Thursday, we have to invite them by Monday afternoon, I would suggest.
NDP
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
If you could have them in by Monday noon to the clerk, we will have a discussion on that and take it from there.
Mr. Trost was next.
Conservative
Bradley Trost Conservative Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
Mr. Allen by and large covered most of my comments.
I'm just going to say that things like the Keystone pipeline project may be very good to study; I just don't have enough information on that one way or the other to make a decision. Could the members send me some more information? It's not quite like Ms. Bell's suggestion of the general forestry sector, which is easier.
I would agree with Mr. Allen's remarks. We have next week taken up with the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act, and then we can sit down and have one meeting to figure out what we want to cover. The Keystone pipeline project might fit perfectly, particularly if the members could get more information to the rest of us; it might be helpful at that point.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Could we do that at the Tuesday meeting, a week from next Tuesday? I don't have the dates right in front of me. Could we do that, and have the meeting to discuss the future business of the committee at that time? Is that agreed?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Okay, it is agreed.
I think we've probably covered the business we have to cover at this meeting. Is there any further business?
I have a reminder of the timelines. The recommendations for business should be submitted to the clerk by next Tuesday, and the witness lists by Monday noon, in order to give the clerk time to invite the witnesses so we can actually get them there. All right?
Is the any further business for this committee at this time?
The meeting is adjourned.