Evidence of meeting #13 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was witnesses.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
I'll turn it over to Mr. Kelloway, and then I might break, just to make sure we can all look at this, because it is a substantive change.
Liberal
Mike Kelloway Liberal Sydney—Glace Bay, NS
That's what I was going to suggest—just suspending so we can review the changes.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Colleagues, I'll suspend again for a couple of minutes, just to make sure this is circulated. It is quite a substantive change. We'll get that circulated. The meeting is suspended to the call of the chair.
Liberal
Liberal
Stéphane Lauzon Liberal Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
After consulting Mr. Albas and Mr. Barsalou‑Duval, yes, we agree to adding two meetings to this study, keeping the amendment we proposed at the start: to replace “Driver Inc.” with “heavy trucks”.
Now I would like to propose a friendly amendment. The motion having been amended, I think the next witnesses to appear before the committee might be talking about sensitive subjects. We could give them the choice of appearing in camera. Some might become more emotional when they talk about what they have been through.
I don't know whether my colleagues agree with that.
Bloc
Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC
I don't see any problem with giving witnesses the choice of appearing in camera, if they want.
Mr. Chair, I will take this opportunity to tell you I will have a sub‑amendment to propose.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
That's perfect, on the first point.
Mr. Lauzon, you still have the floor for the second point that you want to support.
Liberal
Stéphane Lauzon Liberal Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, QC
The Bloc Québécois and the Conservative Party have proposed witnesses for the two meetings. On our side, we might intend to propose another witness. I would like us to be given the chance to submit the name of a witness. I would like that proposal to be considered as a friendly amendment.
Bloc
Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC
I am not opposed to it. From the same perspective, I would propose to add a representative of Canada Post to the witness list.
Liberal
Stéphane Lauzon Liberal Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, QC
That's fine with me.
Yes, we would actually like to hear a representative of Canada Post.
Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC
I have a brief question.
Does Mr. Lauzon know what witnesses he would like to hear?
For the purposes of our discussions, it is important to know the names of the witnesses and how many there would be.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Mr. Lauzon, do you already have the names of the witnesses to suggest?
If not, we could set a time limit. I think Mr. Albas is afraid we would have too many witnesses in a single meeting.
Liberal
Stéphane Lauzon Liberal Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, QC
My goal was not to add a list of witnesses, let alone to extend the study.
On our side, we absolutely want to finish this study and work on our recommendations. It is just a matter of leaving room to add one or two witnesses at the most.
I don't want to move a sub‑amendment. A friendly amendment would let us add one or two witnesses, if necessary. There might not even be any.
Liberal
Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC
I think Canada Post was one of them. Who's the other one?
Liberal
Stéphane Lauzon Liberal Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, QC
We don't have a name right now, but we should look at it and bring it for the next meeting.
Conservative
Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC
In the spirit of collegiality, I agree with Mr. Lauzon.
However, I would like the clerk to write down exactly what I said.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
We will give him a few minutes to do it. In the meantime, we will take a short break.
I will take the opportunity to say that your French has greatly improved, Mr. Albas. Bravo!
Conservative
