Public Accounts Committee on April 15th, 2026

[Coralia Bulhoes]

Yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

Thank you.

Mr. Kuruc, do you have a question for one of the witnesses?

[Ned Kuruc, Conservative, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON]

No. I would like to move a motion.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

Okay.

[Ned Kuruc, Conservative, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON]

With respect to our witnesses, they were very forthcoming in telling us what they could and couldn't answer, but I think all committee members had questions that they, respectfully, couldn't answer.

I would like to move a motion to see if we can get either the Governor of the Bank of Canada or the senior deputy governor to come in for an hour within the next 30 days to answer many of the questions we've asked.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

That's in order, and I will hear it.

Why don't I excuse the witnesses? They have been very co-operative in speaking within their area of expertise today. Thank you very much.

I have a motion on the table. It is in order.

Mr. Kuruc, you're welcome to speak to it, or I can go to others if they want to address it.

I'm going to tighten up your motion. It's either the Governor of the Bank of Canada or the deputy. Those are the two individuals who could speak to it, just to help you out.

[Ned Kuruc, Conservative, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON]

Yes. Simply put, we had a lot of questions here today and, with respect, they couldn't answer them. I think we need a lot of those questions answered, so let's bring them in.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

Let's see how we 're doing. We're not at the end of our time yet, but I'll look to the other members. There's a motion on the floor. When the debate collapses, I'll move to a vote, but I'm going to look for comments.

You have the floor, Mr. Lemire.

[Sébastien Lemire, Bloc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Obviously, I'd like to vote in favour of this motion. From what I understood through the interpretation, there is a timeline. What is the timeline for that meeting?

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

We've not set a date.

[Ned Kuruc, Conservative, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON]

It was 30 days.

[Sébastien Lemire, Bloc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC]

I understood three days, which I thought was ambitious. I was happy with that, but now I understand that it's 30 days. I support this motion, obviously.

Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

I'm sorry, I didn't hear that.

Very well.

Go ahead, Mr. McKinnon.

[Ron McKinnon, Liberal, Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC]

I support the motion in general, but I think 30 days.... We have no idea what the governor's schedule is. I would support inviting him and trying to find a time that works for him, but let's get rid of the 30 days from the motion.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

If you leave it to me, I'll endeavour to get one of the two officials in as soon as possible, before we rise for the summer. I'll work with them to get them in. Does that work? Do we have agreement on that?

[Ned Kuruc, Conservative, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON]

I agree.

[The Chair, Conservative, John Williamson]

I'm hearing from the committee that I have direction to invite the governor or the deputy governor of the Bank of Canada to come in for an hour to take questions from the committee before we rise this summer.

Do you all agree?

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

That's unanimous.

Without further ado, before I adjourn the meeting, I'll let you know that we're back here on Monday with the Department of National Defence on recruiting for Canada's military. Then, on Wednesday, April 22, it's the international student program with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency, which is another report.

Thank you very much, everyone. We're a little over, but we're doing well. We'll see you next week. Have a nice day.