HESA Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 1:58 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 2:00 p.m., the sitting resumed.
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
Luc Thériault moved, — That, pursuant to the motion adopted by the Committee on October 26, 2020 regarding the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board's PMPRB) Guidelines Study, the Committee takes the following actions regarding the writing of the draft report :
That a first drafted version of the report be sent to the members of the Committee;
That, within two days following the adoption of this motion, all recognized parties recognized at the Committee send the recommendations it wishes to include into the report;
That an additional hour be added to the June 18 meeting and that it be devoted to the study of the report and its adoption;
That the deadline for tabling supplementary or dissenting opinions with the Clerk be set at 6:00 pm, two sitting days following the adoption of the report;
That the Chair, Clerk and Analysts be authorized to make any necessary grammatical and editorial changes without changing the substance of the report, that the Chair or Vice-Chair be authorized to table the report in the House of Commons no later than June 22, 2021, and that the government provide a response to its results within 30 days;
That without altering the previously agreed upon calendar, and recognizing that committee resources are limited, that everything be done to have this report tabled by the date listed above.
At 2:56 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 2:58 p.m., the sitting resumed.
RULING BY THE CHAIR
The chair ruled the motion out of order as the 48-hour notice was not met
Whereupon, Luc Thériault appealed the decision of the Chair.
The question: "Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?" was put and the decision was sustained on the following recorded division: YEAS: Jennifer O’Connell, Mike Kelloway, Marcus Powlowski, Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Tony Van Bynen, John Barlow, Don Davies, Larry Maguire — 8; NAYS: Luc Thériault, Chris D’Entremont, Michelle Rempel Garner — 3
At 3:04 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.