Environment committee  I call the meeting to order. Good afternoon, colleagues. I also want to welcome the witnesses, who are all online today, I believe. We have two panels. For the first hour, we're pleased to have with us Martin Bureau, vice-president of innovation and head of the PFAS Center

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we have done the audio test. That is part of our preliminary rules of procedure here. Thank you for raising that, Mr. Perron. Now I will make a few comments for the benefit of not only the members here in the room but also the witnesses, who are mostly appearing virtually

National Defence committee   against a serial sexual misconduct offender known as Officer X and the leadership who are covering up for him. For context, here it is. In 2018, instead of supporting victims and witnesses of Officer X's serial sexual misconduct, the chain of command of my former naval reserve unit

Science and Research committee  We've come to the end of our questioning. My comment to both our witnesses would be on your excellent answers on very short notice, like zero, where we were able to get complex questions answered in a remarkable way. Thank you for providing your excellent testimony, Vincent

Agriculture committee   breach of privilege related to the reports of threats, harassment and intimidation against, and efforts to deter the appearances of, potential witnesses and witnesses in relation to the committee's study of Bill C-355, an act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter

Agriculture committee   the material facts of a potential breach of privilege related to the reports of threats, harassment and intimidation against, and efforts to deter the appearances of, potential witnesses and witnesses in relation to the committee study of Bill C-355, an act to prohibit the export by air

Agriculture committee   other witnesses or have heard from other people that they have been bullied, we do want to expand it. I don't think we need to specify this bill in this motion in order to do that. There's a real concern about witnesses being free to testify. I don't like tying

Agriculture committee  What I would say, having sat as the chair of this committee for two and a half years, is that I have never seen another instance of a witness asking to not be identified. We take pretty seriously our role, and if there is any type of harassment or whatnot.... Neither the chair

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think that's a good point. I agree that we need to have specific instances. I'm just thinking that the clerk and analysts may have heard similar things from witnesses in other studies. If they have, I think that should be included, and not just

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think this is a very serious issue. Obviously, we want to be sure that witnesses feel free to come and speak and testify. I think there are ways to protect witnesses already, through meeting in camera and other things, but certainly, if they have

Agriculture committee   their job on behalf of the people they serve, but it also extends like a cone—a very important cone—that extends to the witnesses who come before us here, as was demonstrated yesterday in the House when the Speaker was instructing Mr. Firth when he appeared before the bar and told him

Science and Research committee   areas where a lot of the research is applied. There were some witnesses who suggested that the tri-council should be allocating a larger portion of research dollars to applied research, rather than to academic research, and that colleges should be made eligible for those funds

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Brault. I'm sure you'll be able to expand on that with the lines of questioning that our members will have for you. I'd like to ask for the consent of the members to combine all of our witnesses into one large block of two hours as opposed to splitting

Information & Ethics committee  We've seen key players in the $60-million arrive scam lie to parliamentary committees. We know that the House found one witness, one individual, to be in contempt for prevaricating and refusing to answer questions. Are the witnesses that you interview sworn in? Do they take

Agriculture committee   the export by air of horses for slaughter and to make related amendments to certain acts. We have a number of witnesses here today who can be called upon if needed. From the Canada Border Services Agency, we have Graeme Hamilton, acting director general of the traveller, commercial