Evidence of meeting #31 for Public Accounts in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was agreed.

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MPs speaking

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11:10 a.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

11:10 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe

Thank you.

So departmental actions, etc., it's done.

Could I have somebody move that the entire report be....?

That is moved by Madame Faille and seconded by Mr. Christopherson.

(Motion agreed to--[See Minutes of Proceedings])

None opposed: this is good.

Thank you very much.

I have one other item for your information and observation. I think it goes to one of the questions that Mr. Kramp was trying to address as we were going through the report.

Again, I put it there for your observation; we don't need to have a serious debate on it yet. This reflects what we've just agreed to. You'll note that November 16 is “Canada's Economic Action Plan, of the Fall”, etc. It reflects the list of priorities that people put down. It also reflects the availability of the departmental officials for us.

What we'll try to do--and I do this for illustrative purposes only--is that you'll notice that on the 16th we have the discussion on the study. On the 18th, we have draft reports for approval. I think we ought to expect that if you go down diagonally to November 25, any report that might come from the discussion of chapter 1 wouldn't take place until November 25. That will give our analysts an opportunity of about a week to get a draft report together, and to get it translated and distributed for serious discussion.

Fair enough?

So that's what this does, and I think that addresses the question you asked.

You'll find that this tentative calendar--because it's always subject to some modifications--is what essentially came out of our discussion yesterday. We tried to fit that in, as best we could for everybody, so we know what we're going to be doing on a particular day.

Okay?

Thank you very much, colleagues.

Let's suspend for a moment so we can go into consideration of the draft report on e-health records.

[Proceedings continue in camera]