Transport Committee on June 8th, 2017

[Robert Aubin, NDP, Trois-Rivières, QC]

No, no, I understand. I didn't read the motion, so I don't know whether it mentions how long.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Mr. Berthold.

[Luc Berthold, Conservative, Mégantic—L'Érable, QC]

Madam Chair, since I didn't get unanimous consent to propose and discuss my motion, there's no longer a motion.

[Voices]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

All right.

At the moment, we've asked the clerk to reach out to the minister and his officials as soon as possible to see if it's possible for them to come on Tuesday. Then on Thursday, we will deal with our aviation report. If the minister and officials are not available on Tuesday, we will attempt to do what we can with that report if we receive it before 6 p.m. The clerk will circulate the recommendations from all parties in both official languages so that you're fully versed on those.

Do we have agreement on that?

Okay.

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

I thought I had my hand up.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

I'm sorry. I think I crossed you off three times.

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

That's fine. I'm getting used to it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

No disrespect was meant.

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

It's just a question, and I just want to clarify—

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Oh, no, there was something else.

[Ken Hardie, Liberal, Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC]

Soup and blanket at 11, guys, okay?

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

When the minister comes out, is your expectation that he will talk about Bill C-49?

[An hon. member]

Yes.

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

Okay, that's all I needed to know.

[Luc Berthold, Conservative, Mégantic—L'Érable, QC]

That's what we discussed.

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

It's going to happen.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Mr. Aubin.

[Robert Aubin, NDP, Trois-Rivières, QC]

Your recap was almost perfect, but there's still one question I didn't get an answer to. If we don't get the report by six o'clock, will we begin discussing the recommendations or another subject?

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

What's the will of the committee? If we don't have the minister coming, do you want to at least deal with recommendations? Otherwise, we won't have a meeting.

[Angelo Iacono, Liberal, Alfred-Pellan, QC]

That's what I had proposed. That's what I had said before. It was either the report or the recommendations, so that we don't waste any time.

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

Yes, so then we—

[Angelo Iacono, Liberal, Alfred-Pellan, QC]

Or the minister. Hypothetically, we have—

[The Chair, Liberal, Judy Sgro]

We can at least deal with the recommendations if the minister and his staff are not available Tuesday.