Veterans Affairs Committee on Jan. 31st, 2008

Evidence of meeting #11 for Veterans Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was seniors.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Veterans Health Care Review and Veterans Independence Program

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Claude Rocan Director General, Centre for Health Promotion, Public Health Agency of Canada

John Cox Acting Director, Division of Ageing and Seniors, Public Health Agency of Canada

Linda Mealing Assistant Director, Partnerships, Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Nancy Milroy-Swainson Director, Chronic and Continuing Care Division. Helath Policy Branch, Department of Health

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Alexandre Roger

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Anders

If you don't want to have it as evidence for that, then maybe we could just circulate his brief to the committee.

5:20 p.m.

The Clerk

That's already done.

5:20 p.m.

Liberal

Roger Valley Liberal Kenora, ON

This is one who wants to credit...?

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Anders

I'm not sure, exactly. Maybe the clerk can speak to why we're doing this.

January 31st, 2008 / 5:20 p.m.

The Clerk

He wanted to appear before the committee and wasn't able to, but he submitted a brief. That's the brief he was supposed to present and read at the committee. I circulated it. He was wondering if it could just be inserted into the evidence of the committee as read.

It is a practice that's been done before. There's a way to do it, and the proper way to do it is to adopt this motion. Then I deal with the publications directorate, which means that the evidence that is published on the web will have this included in it.

If the committee wishes, though, we could ask him to return to our committee.

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Anders

For the sake of a man who was coughing up his own blood, I'm going to read that yet again:

That the brief submitted by Lorne McCartney on behalf of ANAVETS, who could not appear at our meeting of December 13 because of an illness, be included in the evidence of that committee meeting.

5:20 p.m.

An hon. member

Agreed.

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

David Sweet Conservative Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, ON

If that's a motion you're proposing that we deal with, could we say “after committee members have inspected it”?

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Anders

I think it's already been circulated, has it not?

5:20 p.m.

The Clerk

Yes, it has.

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

David Sweet Conservative Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, ON

It has been circulated?

5:20 p.m.

The Clerk

Yes. I can send it again; I don't have a problem with that.

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Liberal

Brent St. Denis Liberal Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON

It could be great or ridiculous, but it would be his testimony. It wouldn't matter whether we read it or not.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Anders

I think we're splitting hairs, Mr. Sweet.

(Motion agreed to)

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Anders

Thank you very much.

The meeting is adjourned.