Evidence of meeting #33 for Public Safety and National Security in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
Well, you have to make up your mind. You can't have it both ways.
Liberal
Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC
We should consider Tuesday, June 10, the first meeting, and every Tuesday thereafter there'd be a special meeting of this committee to deal with this issue until fully exhausted. It may be two, three, or four weeks. That way, we won't interfere with other work that we're doing and we'll be able to pay attention to this at least one meeting per week and deal with it.
Conservative
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
The reality is that you haven't anything scheduled most other Mondays. I don't know why you want to add a Tuesday when the regular scheduled day is Monday. There's one day that we have witnesses coming.
Liberal
Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC
I'm happy to reverse and say, when Monday becomes available, Tuesday folds. I don't have a problem with that. We're now talking mechanics.
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
Yes, you are, but you have to be fair to the clerk who is going to have to tell people when to be here, or ask people to be here.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
And book rooms. If it's so loosey-goosey as “Let's meet whenever we can meet”, in all fairness to the way things are run on the Hill here, that would not be very orderly.
Are there any other comments or questions? Mr. Cullen.
Liberal
Roy Cullen Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
I wonder if, presumably, we could have some assurance from the clerk or yourself, Chair, that we could get a room on a Tuesday.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
This is what I mean. If it's so loosey-goosey that we're going to meet whenever we can meet, how can you give a directive like that to the clerk? He can't set anything up if we're not even sure what we want to do.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
No, there's nothing happening around here. I mean, how could you have a problem?
I don't even know if it's fair to ask him to comment on that. How does he know what rooms are available, Mr. Cullen?
Roger Préfontaine Clerk of the Committee, Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security
We don't have priority.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Chairman, we have nothing scheduled for June 16 or for June 18. We could therefore set aside our meetings on Thursday, June 10, Monday, June 16, Wednesday, June 18, and if necessary Wednesday, June 19, for these proceedings.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Can you repeat that? Wednesday is June 18, not June 19. There was something lost in the translation here, because the dates didn't match the days. Please say it again.
Bloc
Bloc
Bloc
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
All right. The proposed dates are June 10, 16, 17, and 18.
Mr. Ménard, do I have that clear?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Okay, four days.
Is there any further discussion? Mr. MacKenzie.
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
I have just one more question. I'm wondering if the other side is prepared to sit if the House rises.
