Evidence of meeting #26 for Status of Women in the 40th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was aboriginal.
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Liberal
Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
I have a suggestion. I think it would be very beneficial to attend that round table. I would be very interested, but I also want to hear from these officials. Could we see if the officials could come the following week? And then we could do both. And if they couldn't, obviously we can't stand up the witnesses, but could we see if they could come and you could let us know?
We could just make an agreement, as a committee. If the officials can come the following week, then let's, as a committee, go to the round table. That would be my suggestion.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Well, I'll have to get the sense of the committee on that.
Madam Mathyssen.
NDP
Irene Mathyssen NDP London—Fanshawe, ON
Madam Chair, I would like to ask about when we will be looking at a report in regard to the testimony we've heard on pay equity. I know there's interest in moving our schedule around, but I don't want us to be at a point at the end of June or whenever that we can't get to this report.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
All right. That's an important point.
Does anybody else need to comment?
What is the sense of this committee? Do we continue with the schedule, as scheduled, with the officials coming on June 11, and ask Senator Jaffer to give us a written report on what she heard at that round table with regard to the Congolese women?
Yes?
Conservative
Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Can we check and see if the officials can come Tuesday?
Conservative
Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON
She asked the question on the schedule and I haven't heard it.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
No, she wants to make sure we don't run out of time to finish the report. If we postpone this, we will eventually be running out of time for us to discuss the report before we rise for the summer.
Conservative
Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON
I thought she asked what the schedule was for the upcoming weeks, and I haven't heard that.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
We know what the upcoming weeks are going to be. We already know how many weeks we have left.
Madam McLeod.
Conservative
Cathy McLeod Conservative Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC
Madam Chair, with the bells going off any minute now, as we look at our work plan, we are also going to have to—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Unfortunately, we have to humbly apologize to the officials. There is a vote, and the bells will be going off any minute now. We won't have time to listen to you. I will have to request that you return. We can work on that afterwards and discuss when that would be.
So there you are. We have another piece to fit into the short period of time we have.
With everyone's permission, then, I think Ms. Demers gave us a sensible option. I think we should just go with that.
The meeting is adjourned.