Environment committee  That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development recommend that the government amend the Phosphorus Concentration Regulations in order to phase out concentration of phosphorus in dishwasher detergents and laundry detergents and that the adoption of this motion be reported to the House at the earliest opportunity.

Environment committee  The amendment put by Mr. Warawa would alter Mr. Bigras' motion in the following way: “That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development hold further hearings on the issue of phosphorus to study possible impacts on the environment.”

Environment committee  For the balance of this meeting, or for the balance of...?

Environment committee  As of right now, the only additional piece of business the main committee has given itself is Mr. McGuinty's motion next Thursday, June 7. There will also be, as you decided, a steering committee meeting that the chair will need to call for next Wednesday to discuss Bill C-377.

Environment committee  Even with the extension. The last day the committee can take up the main estimates is the day immediately preceding the allotted day, which in this case would be on June 6. But I haven't heard officially that June 7 is the last allotted day.

Environment committee  If in fact the last allotted day is June 7, then the main estimates on June 7 at that point will no longer be before this committee; they will have been deemed reported back on that day. Therefore, the last day this committee can take up the main estimates—

Environment committee  There is an issue. What you're referring to, I think, Mr. Godfrey, is Standing Order 81.4, paragraphs (b) and (c).

Environment committee  The leader of the opposition has requested, and from my understanding it was adopted yesterday in the House, that consideration of the main estimates for the environment committee be extended beyond May 31, at which point they otherwise would have been deemed reported back. The new deadline can be viewed, I guess, as to some extent still up in the air, because the committee on the extension would have up to ten extra sitting days to consider the main estimates.

Environment committee  The motion of Mr. Warawa is that by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, suggestions for witnesses on Bill C-377 be provided to the clerk in advance of the steering committee meeting on Wednesday, June 6.

Environment committee  The first notice was sent out last Friday, and then as names became available from the departments, the names were added to the subsequent amended notices of meetings.

Environment committee  A group of members can get together and on their own arrange for the translation of a proceeding or a meeting they might have. But in order to call a subgroup together and ensure that all the services you're used to having at a committee are present in order to transact a proceeding, we need a formal structure such as the steering committee.

Environment committee  When we agreed to dispense with the motion until the end of the meeting, I talked to the senior clerks, and they indicated that committee business is a very broad category, and you can bring, as I mentioned before, other items forward. Also, given past practice of this committee, where this sort of thing has been acceptable, or there have been no objections in the past to this type of practice, I advised the chair that it was admissible to accept Mr.

Environment committee  Yes, it is in English and French.

Environment committee  We can get copies of it. I have one copy right now, and I can make extra copies of it.

Environment committee  Generally, based on past practice that committees have followed, when the committee is on the topic of committee business, for purposes of considering a motion, members can, if they want, in some respects--not wanting to use the wrong words--short-circuit a bit that notice principle that committees usually operate with in order to bring issues forward again, issues that are substantively different from what is on the actual notice paper.