Evidence of meeting #19 for Status of Women in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was budget.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
I want to congratulate the committee on the work they're doing. On the question of bipartisanship and apolitical nature, it's nice to see that this committee is chaired by the opposition; there are relatively few of those, other than the public accounts committee.
It's wonderful to see the bipartisan interest. I think that's a very important part in budget making. Budgets will always be political, but the extent to which we can look at the hard analysis in a bipartisan and truthful and analytical way is going to ensure that we will have better gender-informed budgets in the future, which I think has to be the objective this committee, as well as many other Canadians.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
Thank you very much.
Thank you both for being here. We really appreciate your input.
Committee members, the one item of business today is a motion by Ms. Mathyssen.
Ms. Mathyssen, could you read your motion for the benefit of the committee?
Irene Mathyssen NDP London—Fanshawe, ON
Thank you, Madam Chair. It reads as follows:
That, the International Olympic Committee should recognize and include women's ski jumping as an event at the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Games and; the government should encourage the International Olympic Committee to do so.
And I wish to add “and that the outcome of this decision be reported to the House”.
Conservative
Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Thank you very much.
I would like to thank the member for putting this motion forward. Certainly we're going to be supporting it. It's something we've already supported publicly. Secretary of State Guergis has already met with the IOC and supported this, and that's been publicly stated in the House.
Although we recognize that the IOC is an independent body, we certainly do recommend that this be done and we are supporting it.
Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
We will be supporting it as well, Madam Chair. I just want to put on record that I think my colleague Ms. Fry, the critic for sports, has spoken out on this on a number of occasions. I'm not certain, but I think she too has put forward a motion in committee that this be done. So I think you'll find some unanimity around the table.
Liberal
Glen Pearson Liberal London North Centre, ON
Ms. Neville said what I was going to say, but I would just add that Madam Fry did it in 2006 and had requested meetings, and they've been subsequently worked out. So we definitely would support it.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
Thank you.
Without further ado, I will call the question.
(Motion agreed to)