Evidence of meeting #43 for Veterans Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was recommendations.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
I'll turn it back to the analyst again. Is there anything in this where you need more direction, or are there any questions you want to pose? Are there any dichotomies you want to lay out, in terms of what you choose? You're happy?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Okay. He's happy; we're happy.
Are there any other contributions or feedback or suggestions from committee members?
There is the question of the timing of the draft report. The clerk is discussing whether or not it will be available for the next meeting.
Is that a rush for you? How do you feel about that?
Committee Researcher
Yes—but subject to anything that might be added after the informal meeting.
Conservative
Committee Researcher
Yes—assuming that the translators will be able to translate this in time. They should be able to.
Conservative
NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Just a little point, but when we meet with the families of PTSD victims, besides just having coffee and juice, is it possible to have cookies and something else as well?
The Clerk
The meeting is going to be from 5:30 to 7. From 7 to 7:30 we will have a full meal that will accommodate the people from the first meeting and the people from the second meeting and all of the MPs and their staff. It's going to be a hot meal. It's going to be served as a buffet and it's going to be chicken.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
On that subject, I think the idea of breaking bread is a good idea, because it changes the atmosphere and maybe makes it easier for some of these people to open up--drop their inhibitions and just let them open right up.
Unless there are any other contributions to that, I think that wraps up the feedback on PTSD in this report.
At the last meeting I know I was hoping to have my staff circulate copies of the letter we sent to the minister. And I apologize to Mr. St. Denis and others who may have been particularly animated about this. We were just very wrapped up I think in Mr. Perron's presentation, and of course in Mr. Dallaire's, so we ran out of time. I apologize for that. But I made sure that my office got copies to the clerk.
Did everybody receive copies of the letter we sent to the minister?
Liberal
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
So everybody has copies.
Are there any questions about that?
Fair enough.
We're close to wrap-up time, so I think at this stage we'll declare the meeting adjourned.
