Evidence of meeting #42 for Veterans Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was c-55.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Elphège Renaud  President, Association du Royal 22e Régiment
Claude Sylvestre  First Vice-President, Association du Royal 22e Régiment
Guy Parent  Veterans Ombudsman, Chief Warrant Officer (Retired), Office of the Veterans Ombudsman
Bernard Butler  Director General, Policy and Research, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jean-Rodrigue Paré  Committee Researcher
Keith Hillier  Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery, Department of Veterans Affairs

5:25 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage?

5:25 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

5:25 p.m.

NDP

Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS

Gary, don't forget to put “His Excellency the Governor General”, not “Her”.

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Yes, I had that picked out also.

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Liberal

Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON

Was clause 1 carried?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Yes.

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Liberal

Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON

We went back to clause 1, right?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Yes.

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Liberal

Kevin Lamoureux Liberal Winnipeg North, MB

Do we have confirmation of the date the minister is coming for estimates?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Yes, we do have confirmation. It is March 21. The minister is coming on March 21 for supplementary estimates.

Thank you to the department people.

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Liberal

Judy Sgro Liberal York West, ON

And will you be reporting this bill as of tomorrow?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

No.

Mr. Lévesque.

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Bloc

Yvon Lévesque Bloc Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC

Will we hold a press conference to announce the bill?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Once it goes through the House, we can look into that. We haven't done that previously, but I'll leave that with Mr. Kerr and we'll see what happens. He has to get it through third reading first.

5:25 p.m.

Bloc

Yvon Lévesque Bloc Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC

Mr. Chair, do you intend to hold a press conference to announce the committee's report immediately after it has been tabled in the House?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

I'll have to look into that, sir, to see what we're going to do.

With that, the meeting is adjourned.