Transport Committee on May 29th, 2012

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

I see my colleague is very troubled this morning; that is the eighth time he has said so. I do not believe we should doubt the relevance of our witnesses' remarks. They clearly said that they were waiting for international ratification and that the work had been done scientifically at the École polytechnique de Montréal. Why not consult the people from that school? It is a university. They are serious people and they are not on strike.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

That's not a point of order, but a good interjection.

Mr. Richards, do you have a final comment or final question?

[Blake Richards, Conservative, Wild Rose, AB]

Certainly, nobody was debating the institution and its merits, but again, when a statement is being made, the evidence is always helpful. So if we could have that when it's available....

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

I'm going to stop it there.

With that, I'll thank our guests today for being here. We appreciate your time and input into our study.

For the committee members, Thursday we have Nav Canada for the first hour, and then a subcommittee to plan the rest of the schedule until June.

Ms. Chow.

[Olivia Chow, NDP, Trinity—Spadina, ON]

I gave notice today on the supplementary estimates (A). We need to study them also.

And I think there are timing issues, because these have to be done by June 6, I believe, or something of that nature.

This is just notice that we may have to see whether the minister is available to come before that deadline.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Okay. We'll see that at our subcommittee and also at the committee as a whole on Thursday.

Monsieur Coderre.

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

Mr. Chair, since we very much enjoy adjourning debates, I would like us to review that from the first point and to be the first person to take the floor. If we wanted, we could already determine whether that is a previous question so that we can put this motion to a vote and then move on to something else.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Just for clarification, are you moving a motion to put yourself on the agenda at the meeting on Thursday?

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

Organize matters as you wish, Mr. Chair, but when we adjourn a debate, it implies that we can resume it.

If you want a motion, so be it. Since we have time to hold a subcommittee meeting, it would be possible to do so, even after NAV Canada. However, this motion must be resolved once and for all. There are too many issues, and this involves many other municipalities besides Neuville.

If we study the first point, I would like you to put me at the top of the list. I am officially asking to be first on the list. If this is only about that, let's opt for a previous question, but let's stop playing the procedural game and undermining people's quality of life. This is ridiculous.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Regrettably, you can't move it from a previous committee, but we do have a list and when the issue is brought back to the table, the list will be—

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

That's fine.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

Monsieur Poilievre, in making his motion had the floor and would resume from there. Then you are the next person on the list.

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

Mr. Chair, when we meet in subcommittee, it can be as a result of there being no further points to address. In those circumstances, could we redirect debate onto Ms. Michaud's motion?

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

The reason we had the subcommittee called is that we had a cancellation of one of our witnesses. I thought it would be important for the committee to plan for the future as far as where we want to be at the end of June is concerned.

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

In that case, could we do it after the subcommittee meeting? I do not see any problem in that.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

If that's the will of the committee, the motion can be brought back to the floor.

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

Then I am going to request the committee's consent.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

It's not really that consent is necessary: you can raise it at the next meeting at your will.

[Denis Coderre, Liberal, Bourassa, QC]

So be it. Thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Merv Tweed]

The meeting is adjourned.