Agreed.
Evidence of meeting #33 for Science and Research in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vehicles.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #33 for Science and Research in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vehicles.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC
Madam Chair, that's too tight, in my opinion.
Giving 24 hours' notice to review the witness list is something we've never done before.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Because we have to resume the study, you can give a partial list, whatever number you can give. The final submission of the witness list will be Monday at 5 p.m.
MP Noormohamed.
Liberal
Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal Vancouver Granville, BC
As we come to an end, I wanted to raise something that came up earlier in the committee.
Thus far, I think we have managed to work in a reasonably collegial, collaborative format. A couple of members have expressed some concern over some reasonably unparliamentary language that was used, in particular a comment that was made about somebody who may or may not consider switching teams, which folks were pretty offended by.
Among us, I wonder if there's a way we could try to—
Liberal
Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal Vancouver Granville, BC
I don't think it was very much on the record. That's part of the challenge.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Thank you, MP Noormohamed, for pointing that out.
I would request that all members use parliamentary language and work collegially with each other. This is one of the topics, I think, where too much partisan politics is not needed. I think we can do important work and contribute towards building Canada strong. I hope the members can work together. Building Canada strong is not partisan.
There's one quick thing before we end this meeting.
On March 23, the committee adopted a motion to invite the chief statistician, the president of the NRC, the chief science adviser and the president of the Canadian Space Agency each for two hours. Lisa Campbell, president of the CSA, is confirmed for Monday, May 25. The chief statistician is confirmed for May 28.
The president of the NRC would be available June 4, 8 or 18. Can we send an invitation for June 4? Would that work for everybody?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Okay. The chief science adviser has scheduled activities outside Canada in May and would be available in June. We could invite her for June 1 or June 8. Is that agreed?
Liberal
Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal Vancouver Granville, BC
Madam Chair, from a scheduling standpoint, we have the last meeting on EVs coming up. The meeting after that is going to be presumably the draft reports. God willing, we get through all of the draft reports in that meeting, inshallah. If not, then off we go to the next one.
Assuming we do, then we have break weeks. We would have two meetings on this study, and then would we go to the science advisers?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
What we will do is for next week, we will have the last meeting on the EVs and the consideration of the draft reports, and then we will start the new study.
We have break weeks coming up, so we will see about the rest of the work based on the dates that have been given, which are already scheduled for this motion which was passed on March 23 in regard to the chief statistician. Then we will schedule these.
Liberal
Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal Vancouver Granville, BC
My point is that it seems once we finish with the advisers, we have two more meetings left on the upcoming study and then we're pretty much done.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Yes, I will put all these things in the calendar, and the clerk will send it to everyone.
We have six weeks left before we rise for the summer. I will put everything in the calendar and work with the clerk. I will work on the calendar with the clerk, and then the clerk will send a tentative calendar to all the members.
Is it the will of the committee to adjourn the meeting?