Public Accounts Committee on June 8th, 2021

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly Block]

Mr. Berthold, go ahead.

[Luc Berthold, Conservative, Mégantic—L'Érable, QC]

I totally agree with my colleague. Everyone can be allowed to rest. It was a great meeting.

I want to thank all of the witnesses who appeared today. These are not easy meetings, but they are absolutely necessary to maintain the confidence of Canadians.

Thank you very much.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly Block]

Thank you both very much. I will take that advice.

Colleagues, before we end the meeting, I would like to thank our witnesses for joining us today.

In reference to Mr. Sabia's comments regarding the distribution of documents, I have been advised that we can expect to receive them this Friday.

Also, Thursday's meeting will be to discuss a draft report on the Investing in Canada plan and the follow-up on the rail safety report.

[Michael Sabia]

Madam Chair, before you adjourn, could I just make one comment?

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly Block]

Sure.

[Michael Sabia]

Thank you.

Madam Chair, I just want to return to Mr. Lawrence's comment with respect to the timing of the delivery of documents. I think that's a reasonable comment on his part, but I also want to assure members of the committee that there are literally thousands of pages here and that translation takes a significant amount of time. There's a small team of people who are capable of doing this work, and I want to assure you that we are doing this as quickly, as thoroughly, and as professionally as we can. I do commit to getting you that material by the end of this week. I want to assure you that we're not dragging our heels here; we're doing everything we can.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly Block]

Thank you very much, Mr. Sabia.

With that, the meeting is adjourned.