Transport Committee on June 20th, 2006

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Mr. Jean.

[Brian Jean, Conservative, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB]

I was going to suggest, Mr. Chair, that they are going to have the same message. If Mr. Julian would like them to be here, I'm in support of that as long as they present at the same time and take up the same time as one presenter would. They could invite comments that would be interesting for each. I think they're going to have the same message, in essence.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Mr. Scarpaleggia.

[Francis Scarpaleggia, Liberal, Lac-Saint-Louis, QC]

I agree with Mr. Julian in the sense that it's important not to assume they have the same point of view for the same reasons, but I would agree with Mr. Jean's suggestion that they sit at the table together and each do a short presentation. I'm sure their presentation would be very interesting, but I think many of us have questions we want to direct to them. I would hope they would give more time to questions and less to presentation, or something like that, but I agree that we should see all of them.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

With the will of the committee, we will invite the three groups requested by Mr. Julian. We will also try to contact the pilots association and we will bring Transport Canada in at the end. Agreed?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Mr. Jean.

[Brian Jean, Conservative, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I want to make sure that Transport Canada will be provided with copies of the presentations by the other groups here so they will be able to comment before the--

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

I will ask the clerk to do that.

[Brian Jean, Conservative, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB]

If we want a response, especially for CUPE, I think that's important.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Absolutely. Thank you.

With that, the meeting is adjourned.