Transport Committee on May 16th, 2007

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

I don't have a date for it.

Mr. Laframboise.

[Mario Laframboise, Bloc, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC]

Mr. Chair, we can set a date for that meeting today.

[Peter Julian, NDP, Burnaby—New Westminster, BC]

Certainly.

[Mario Laframboise, Bloc, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC]

We are all present. Do you see any problem with devoting at least an hour to the main estimates?

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

No, I have no trouble. I just need to have it on the schedule, so that I can notify the witnesses who need to be here.

The committee makes that decision, not me.

Mr. Jean.

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

Could we schedule an extra hour on Wednesday to deal with it? I'd be more than happy to do so. Then if we don't need the hour, we don't need it, and if we do need the hour, then we're there.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Okay.

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

I will encourage the department accordingly.

[Mauril Bélanger, Liberal, Ottawa—Vanier, ON]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Mr. Bell.

[Don Bell, Liberal, North Vancouver, BC]

Could we ask to get the information by Monday, so we would have a chance to read it and be prepared for May 28? We won't discuss it on the 28th, but could you ask that it be made available to us on the 28th? Then we will have the time to prepare for Wednesday.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

So based on what I've heard, we will book three hours on Wednesday, May 30. During the first two, we'll deal with C-6 clause-by-clause, and during the third hour we will deal with estimates with departmental officials.

[Mauril Bélanger, Liberal, Ottawa—Vanier, ON]

It looks like what will happen is that they're going to have votes, and that's not going to work either. So they'll want to deal with that on the 28th.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Okay.

[Mauril Bélanger, Liberal, Ottawa—Vanier, ON]

If we have the information then, we can determine it then.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Is that good with everyone?

Okay.

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

For a matter of record, Mr. Chair, if there's more information that people would like to receive on the estimates, please ask for it through my office well before the 28th, and we'll try to get that done.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Thank you, Mr. Jean.

Seeing no further business, I declare this meeting adjourned.

Thank you, everyone, and have a great weekend and holiday break.