Evidence of meeting #27 for Natural Resources in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was green.
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2:45 p.m.
Liberal
Marc Serré Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
Thanks, Mr. McLean. Essentially, this was to try to see if we could compromise. Normally, it makes it harder for his schedule to have two hours. I think he's made himself available to the committee, and normally he comes for the one hour. Because of the end of the study here in June and everything else, the compromise being suggested is to have an hour and a half with the minister and to have the officials here for the two hours.
That's kind of the compromise, Mr. McLean.
2:50 p.m.
Liberal
2:50 p.m.
NDP
Richard Cannings NDP South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
I think it's a good idea to have the minister here for that one day. We have a lot of other things that we're doing. Normally, the minister would come for one hour, but if we have two large...with the supps and the main estimates.... We'll move the whole thing ahead, and I would be willing to have that compromise of an hour and a half. Like Mr. McLean, I would much prefer him before us for the full two hours, but I'm not going to die on that hill, as they say.
2:50 p.m.
Bloc
Mario Simard Bloc Jonquière, QC
I fully agree with Mr. Serré's compromise.
I would propose a compromise within the compromise. As Mr. Cannings and Mr. McLean said, I feel that having a two-hour meeting would address everyone's concerns and it would save the Minister from having to testify twice. That may be the best thing to do and I am pointing it out in passing.
2:50 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
All right. Thanks, Mr. Simard.
I think where we are is that right now the minister is scheduled to appear two weeks from today, on the 28th. What always happens is that the minister comes for the first hour and the officials stay for the full two hours. The proposal here is that in anticipation of the supps coming out, rather than starting a new process over and losing another meeting—keep in mind we're going to be running out of weeks when we get back—that we combine the two, and that the minister come for an hour and a half in one meeting rather than two separate meetings for one hour. It sounds like Mr. Cannings is agreeable to that compromise. It sounds like Mr. Simard is as well.
Greg, I appreciate you'd rather have him here for the full two hours, but it becomes a big scheduling challenge for him at that point. The question is whether or not you can see your way to agreeing to the hour and a half, and we can move on.
Dane, go ahead.
2:50 p.m.
Conservative
Dane Lloyd Conservative Sturgeon River—Parkland, AB
Mr. Chair, what do we do with the remaining half an hour? Are we going to be able to talk to officials?
2:50 p.m.
Conservative
Greg McLean Conservative Calgary Centre, AB
Yes, I will accept the compromise. My colleagues and I will accept the compromise of an hour and a half. Thank you.
2:50 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
Okay. I think we're done. We're all in agreement here. The minister will be coming two weeks from today, on Friday, the 28th.
All right. There are a couple of other housekeeping matters.
On Tuesday, May 25, the clerk is going to distribute the draft report on the study on critical minerals. Everybody could look at it. If you have any revisions, it would be great if you could suggest them by Monday, May 31, which gives everybody almost a week to do it. That would allow for translation services to deal with the submissions and then they could be distributed. Then when we go to review the report it would make things much smoother. Other than that, I think that takes care of all of our business.
I just want to say thank you. We've had several long but very productive weeks, and I know I, and I feel everybody else, is looking forward to a constituency week next week. I hope everybody enjoys it. Get some work done and some downtime. I look forward to getting back at it in 10 days' time. Thank you, everybody. We'll see you then.
The meeting is adjourned.