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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 33

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Standing Committee on National Defence met at 3:29 p.m. this day, in Room 362, East Block, the Chair, the Hon. Maxime Bernier, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Maxime Bernier, Ray Boughen, Peter Braid, Cheryl Gallant, Jack Harris, Hon. Laurie Hawn, Hon. Dominic LeBlanc, LaVar Payne and Hon. Bryon Wilfert.

Acting Members present: Robert Bouchard for Claude Bachand, Hon. Ken Dryden for Marcel Proulx and Yvon Lévesque for Pascal-Pierre Paillé.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Wolfgang Koerner, Analyst ; Melissa Radford, Analyst.

Witnesses: Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries: Timothy I. Page, President; Janet Thorsteinson, Vice-President, Government Relations.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, the Committee resumed its study of the next generation of fighter aircraft.

Timothy I. Page made a statement and answered questions.

At 4:37 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:45 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, the Committee resumed its study of of government response to the 3rd Report.

It was agreed, — That the draft report, as amended, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the title of the report be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government table a comprehensive response to the report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and analyst be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That the Committee append to its report any dissenting and/or supplementary opinions provided that they are no more than three pages in length, in the same style and format as the report (Arial, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing); and that it be submitted electronically in both official languages to the Clerk of the Committee no later than Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 5:30 p.m..

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

It was agreed, — That the Committee choose the week of January 31, 2011 in order to travel to the Atlantic provinces in relation to its study on Search and Rescue Response times.

At 5:15 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Jean-François Lafleur
Clerk of the Committee

2011-03-21 1:31 p.m.