The Chair presented the Second Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:
Your Subcommittee met on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
That the Committee hold one (1) additional meeting, scheduled on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, for the purpose of receiving evidence on the study of the appreciating value of the Canadian dollar on the Canadian economy and that the Committee invite the following witnesses to appear at the meeting: Mr. David Miller, Mayor of the City of Toronto and representative of the Big City Mayors Caucus, Mr. Jean Perrault, Mayor of the City of Sherbrooke and president of the Union of Quebec Municipalities, as well as a representative of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities.
That the Committee invite the Hon. Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, to appear before the Committee on Thursday March 6, 2008, pursuant to the motion adopted by the Standing Committee on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 (meeting number 14).
That, at the conclusion of the two (2) studies presently underway, the committee hold six (6) to ten (10) meetings to receive evidence on a study of Canadian science and technology and research and development.
That, at the conclusion of the study on Canadian science and technology and research and development, the Committee hold six (6) to ten (10) meetings to receive evidence on a study of internal trade barriers.
That the Committee incorporate Canadian travel (site visits) as relevant to the study of Canadian science and technology and research and development and to the study on internal trade barriers, and that travel for these studies possibly be organised concurrently.