Public Safety Committee on April 8th, 2024

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

Mr. Chair, if I may, I have a special point of order. It's a good thing. I have three things to say.

First off, I circulated a notice of motion that forest wildland firefighters should be included under the firefighter category in the national occupational classification, the NOC, and that this be reported to the House. There hasn't been sufficient notice, but of course if there is a groundswell of support, we could have UC and adopt this motion. If not, I certainly leave it as something, hopefully, that could be adopted at the next meeting of the public safety committee. I'm hoping that it would have all-party consensus and support.

Second, this is my last meeting on the public safety committee and I want to thank all members of the committee—you, Mr. Chair, and of course all members of the committee. This is a very smart and very effective committee. I've been very impressed with every single member on it and enjoyed the spirit that everybody brings to this table. Sometimes we have disagreements, but we work through them. I find that extremely important.

I also want to extend a big thank you to the committee staff, the clerks, analysts and interpreters, as well as everyone on this well-functioning committee.

I would like to thank, as well, the person who takes the lead on our team, Doris Mah, who's been a big part of our work over the last 14 months. I've been here 14 months, and I've really enjoyed it.

I will be coming back for special guest spots and look forward to the same welcome that Alistair MacGregor got when he came back for guest spots, but Alistair will be joining this committee as of Thursday.

Thank you for all the work we've done together.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

Thank you, Mr. Julian. It was a real pleasure getting to know you a little better as chair. I appreciate everything that you brought to the table and I'm sure everyone else around here does as well.

To get back to your motion, you want unanimous consent on your—

[Glen Motz, Conservative, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB]

If I understood Mr. Julian correctly, is he saying that if we don't get unanimous consent, he's coming back Thursday to move this motion?

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

No, I wasn't threatening to come back. I was—

[Glen Motz, Conservative, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB]

That affects my decision.

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

I was suggesting that if all members felt comfortable and there was a groundswell of support, I would be more than pleased if there was unanimous consent. If folks want to check back with their respective teams, that's quite all right. This would then be a notice of motion for the next meeting, and Alistair MacGregor would be moving it on my behalf.

I understand that a number of people around the table, including Mr. Lloyd and Madame Michaud, are already very supportive of this, so we would hopefully have consensus on it, if not today, then in the coming days.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

Thank you, Mr. Julian.

Do we have unanimous consent?

Ms. O'Connell, go ahead, please.

[Jennifer O'Connell, Liberal, Pickering—Uxbridge, ON]

Thank you.

First of all, thank you, Mr. Julian, for your service on this committee. It has been nice to work with you, although my time was short with you.

In terms of the motion itself, I just don't know enough and have enough background on it. I'm not sure if the committee had dealt with it previously, before I was here, but I would ask if I could go back and have a little bit of a briefing on it. It's not to say we're necessarily opposed; I just don't know enough and I would appreciate a more thorough conversation, if that's okay.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

Fair enough.

Go ahead, Ms. Damoff.

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

I just want the record to show that thanks to the NDP, this committee has done exceptional work.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

There you go.

These officials are going to want to come back every week, you guys.

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

Next time, wear blue.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

I need a motion to adjourn.

[Jennifer O'Connell, Liberal, Pickering—Uxbridge, ON]

I move to adjourn.

[The Chair, Liberal, Heath MacDonald]

It is so moved. The meeting is adjourned.