Public Safety Committee on March 29th, 2007

Evidence of meeting #36 for Public Safety and National Security in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was goods.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Committee Business

Counterfeit Goods

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Michael Murphy Executive Vice-President, Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Lee Webster Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Doug Geralde Chair, Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network

Brian Isaac Partner, Smart & Biggar Fetherstonhaugh, Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network

Lorne Lipkus Chair, Education and Training Committee, Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network

Graham Henderson President, Canadian Recording Industry Association

Lyne Casavant Committee Researcher

Philip Rosen Committee Researcher

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

And the justice department, I would think: Justice, Public Safety, and the RCMP—

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

All right.

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

—taking everybody through the current situation. Then we can question from there.

I just draw attention to the time. We're a bit over.

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

Is there anything else that's urgent at this point?

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

No.

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

Mr. MacKenzie.

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON

The only thing, Mr. Chair, is that we don't seem to be able to plan very far on items. I think Mr. Ménard has mentioned the Laval thing, and as a committee, I think we had decided at one point that we need to look at pandemic planning, and that was where that fell in.

We don't have to do it today, but I think we can't lose from the radar screen that we need to look at some items. We have a concern. We think we should be spending some time on stolen vehicles that are shipped out of the country. I think it's a significant issue.

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

I have no objection, Mr. Chair, that we use the operation of a steering committee, because we--all of us--spend a lot of time doing this; we're doing the steering committee's business.

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

We tried it that way. Then we come back to the main committee and people don't agree with what we're doing. We don't save any time. That's why it happens to be this way.

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

Can I move to adjourn?

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

Tentatively, we may go to Laval on April 26.

Okay. This committee is expected to do certain things, and we're not doing some of the basic things that we should do at this committee, so....

This meeting stands adjourned.