Official Languages Committee on Sept. 27th, 2016

[Sylvie Boucher, Conservative, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

We have to go a little further. We already had a list you had prepared, and another I had drawn up myself. We could perhaps sit down together, look at our witness lists, and add some if necessary.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

Yes. However, before we do that, I would like to give all members of the committee an opportunity to suggest witnesses, this Thursday or next Tuesday, so we can begin our work.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

Let's do that on Thursday, given that we want to proceed quickly at the beginning of next week. However, we have other lists to complete.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

All right.

Mr. Chair, is it possible also—because we are in the middle of the planning stage—for the clerk to send a request to all of the groups that are still on the list to submit a brief in response to four questions?

Are we in agreement on the choice of questions, exactly? I think so, is that right?

[An hon. member]

We have not voted.

[Sylvie Boucher, Conservative, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

We have not yet voted on the four questions.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

We could maybe get them for the meeting on Thursday.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

The document containing the four questions has already been distributed. You have them.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

We have the four questions?

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

Yes.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

All right.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

However, we have not gone into the subject.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

My objective is simply to move forward a bit. Let's agree on the four questions. It is not necessary to do it today, but let's do it by a week from now. We should also send them to all the other groups that appear on the list that will not be appearing before us.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

We could take 10 minutes at the beginning of the next meeting to resolve the subject of the four questions. I will ask the clerk to send you the document again, and we can look at it for 10 to 15 minutes at the beginning of the next meeting. We will delay the witness appearances, and we will take those few minutes to prepare the questions and review and adjust them.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

We must not take too much time.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

No.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

I am afraid of wasting ten to 15 minutes that could be spent on immigration, that I submitted myself.

[Sylvie Boucher, Conservative, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

I am going to make you immigrate somewhere yourself.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

It would be a good idea to get the questions in advance. Then we would need only 5 minutes, unless someone had problems.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

There is no difficulty. I quite agree.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

I would simply like us to proceed quickly.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

We will do it as fast as possible.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

A 15-minute discussion scares me.

[The Chair, Liberal, Denis Paradis]

That is fine.

[Darrell Samson, Liberal, Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS]

It's that we can change the world in 15 minutes.