Government Operations committee  It's Mr. McCauley.

Government Operations committee  Mr. McCauley, Mrs. Block, and then Mr. Drouin are the three I have noticed on the speaking list.

Government Operations committee  Unfortunately, I think we lost his feed, Mr. Chair.

Government Operations committee  He might be back now.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the problems is that traditionally when this has been done, we've adopted a motion to append the speaking note to the evidence. This is for the benefit of the reader who doesn't have the benefit of receiving the document. Unfortunately, the order a

Government Operations committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, following up on what Mr. Green said, I've noticed the same thing. When there is no interpretation, which is essentially the floor channel, I can hear the minister clearly. Unfortunately, for some reason on the English channel there seems to be a sound issue,

Government Operations committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, it may be an issue... Mr. MacKinnon, can you check that you have selected the French channel? That would be very helpful.

Government Operations committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, we hope to publish a notice of meeting today. If not, we will publish one on the weekend.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, if it is the intention of the committee to adopt the proposal that was put forward by the analyst, this should be done by a recorded division. Do you want me to proceed to that right now?

Government Operations committee  If we have their statements available, we could consider it as a brief and post it on the committee's website. Then you could ask the ministers to go directly to questions if you want. That is an option.

Government Operations committee  I think Madame Vignola would like to intervene, Mr. Chair.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, you are right. It most certainly is a staff holiday. It's a statutory holiday. I don't know the exact provisions for everyone involved under their terms and conditions of employment. I'm sure the whips are involved and are aware it is a statutory holiday. They are t

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the suggestion that the analysts and I are putting forward is that we identify which witnesses—and again Raphaëlle made the recommendation of those she read off who are isolated for our meetings eight and nine of yesterday's work plan—and that we contact them for the t

Government Operations committee  There's nothing that obliges a witness to make an opening statement. However, our previous practice of taking an opening statement and appending it to the evidence unfortunately requires a motion of the committee to do so. The committee isn't empowered to entertain this motion, p

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the proposal is to invite the witnesses outlined in the fifth and sixth meetings on the work plan. If that's what the committee wants to decide on, it really should be, according to the order of the House, a recorded division. Do you wish me to proceed with that quest