Evidence of meeting #10 for Public Accounts in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was students.
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Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would just like one point of clarification. I know you were talking about something else, but I have a question about the next session. I want to make sure that our clerk really is going to have the action plan for our additional session on the taxation of e-commerce. I just want to make sure that we will not lose that thread, and that we will be able to start our work as scheduled next Thursday.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly Block
Thank you very much.
Madam Clerk, would you be able to provide him with an answer?
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The Clerk
Yes. I received the English version yesterday and I am waiting for the translation. It's on its way. I hope that I will be able to distribute the document by the end of today.
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Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Thank you very much for those clarifications.
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Conservative
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Liberal
Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON
Yes, I was looking forward to the workplace study, so given that that's our choice of one now, I'd like to move ahead with it.
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Conservative
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The Clerk
Mr. Lawrence would like to intervene.
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Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
I would generally like to disagree with my Liberal colleague, but as we are the public accounts committee and are supposed to be non-partisan, I will agree with his learned intervention.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly Block
Thank you very much, Mr. Lawrence.
Is there anyone else? If there is no further discussion—
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The Clerk
Madam Chair?
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The Clerk
I just might remind members that I sent an email yesterday asking if they would be amenable to taking the last half-hour of Thursday's meeting to in camera to talk about future business after the Christmas break. I've received a few responses, but not from everyone, so I just wonder if there's consensus to do that. Again, I'll make the proper arrangements so that the committee can do it.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly Block
Thank you very much for that reminder, Angela. Yes, if those members who did not respond to the clerk's email would indicate here and now if they are amenable to our taking the last half an hour, we would appreciate being able to try to get our calendar for the period after Christmas to some degree.
Can you all raise your hands? If you're in favour, give us a thumbs up.
I see thumbs up. Great.
Madam Clerk, I think you have your answer.
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The Clerk
Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly Block
Great. Thank you so much for that. I know it's a second part of a study that we'd already embarked on, so we are hopeful that we won't be taking our members' time for questions.
With no further discussion, next Tuesday, December 8, the committee will meet in camera to study draft reports, and you will be receiving these drafts by Friday so that you can prepare for the meeting.
With that, is it the will of the committee to adjourn the meeting? I see thumbs up again.
Thank you very much, colleagues. It was a great meeting. Enjoy the rest of your day.
The meeting is adjourned.