Evidence of meeting #23 for Status of Women in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was meetings.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
These names have already been submitted. The first two pages have been submitted by the committee members. The others are requests that have come in from the organizations.
The Clerk
There are two different situations. The names on the list are those of groups that requested to appear before the committee. The committee must decide at some point—perhaps not today—if it will accept briefs or briefing notes from groups that are unable to appear before the committee. That is another aspect of the discussion. In all probability, we will not make that determination today, but it is up to the committee.
Bloc
Maria Mourani Bloc Ahuntsic, QC
The deadline needs to be postponed because if we decide next week to let everyone table a brief, it will be too late for them. So we need to postpone the deadline so that, when we make our decision, we will be setting a deadline for the submission of briefs by groups who will not have the opportunity to appear before us. At least they will have been able to make their views known through their briefs.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Well, I think if there are any groups that want to make a comment, they can submit it in a brief form to us. The clerk needs time to line up these witnesses and get everything organized. It's difficult already with the timelines we're trying to have.
So if you know of any groups in particular that will want to make submissions, or whatever, I suggest you--
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Exactly. So they can be submitting something in writing at any time. We will receive those at any time on that particular--
Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
Madam Chair, just to confirm the format, then, this is going to be what you'd call more of an open forum where we're not necessarily having to put every witness up at the table here. What did you call that, Madam ?
Liberal
Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
Right. Okay. And that will be the format for both meetings then.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
I think so. But if we keep the witnesses to three minutes and questions and answers to three minutes or so, so that we get enough groups through and we get their points and they get ours, we should be all right.
All right. Thank you all very much.
The meeting is adjourned.
