The House is on summer break, scheduled to return Sept. 15

Evidence of meeting #1 for Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was report.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Members speaking

Before the committee

Lyne Casavant  Committee Researcher

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

To weigh the content in some sort of balance is the only thing we're asking. I know that's a chore, because you'll have to sift through what many of those people said and sort of condense certain comments. They may be tied in with the police, or the folks out of Vancouver--part of the feminist movement that testified. I think you know them all, Hedy. I know you don't have full agreement with your position, even within that. I think that's what we're asking for, or what I would like to see in there.

From what Mr. Ménard has said, I think that's what we're going to get. So it will all come into a form so we can sit back and debate it and then look at what's going to come out at the other end in recommendations. I'm satisfied.

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Do you agree that while they're doing that we can go to the recommendations and start debating where we're at? If the body of the report is going to be, “We heard X, Y, and Z”, without interpreting it or saying, “We refuse to accept”, or “We do accept”--

Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC

That's subjectivity.

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

But it's much more straightforward.

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

We might be able to come up with agreement on some of those recommendations and reject the others.

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

I think that would be the way to go.

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

We can start there. It would be a bit of a refresher. I'm hoping it won't necessarily be cast in stone until we look at everything, but I think there are some things we can agree on.

The Chair Liberal John Maloney

Can we start that exercise tomorrow night?

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

I think so.

The Chair Liberal John Maloney

Without our researcher, who will be working on cleaning up the...?

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

We can do that.

6:10 p.m.

Committee Researcher

Lyne Casavant

We'll be making it shorter.

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

No, broaden it.

The Chair Liberal John Maloney

So let's look at the recommendations tomorrow night.

Patricia, you probably don't even have a copy of the report.

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

It's 6,000 pages long, and we expect you to read it all by tomorrow.

Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON

If he can send me a copy of the recommendations, that would be great.

The Chair Liberal John Maloney

Is there anything else? We're all agreed then.

We have votes tomorrow night if we can find a room.

6:10 p.m.

Conservative

Art Hanger Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB

At least our committee is not too big.

The Chair Liberal John Maloney

It will be after the vote, so there won't be anything else.

Are there any other comments?

The meeting is adjourned. Thank you.