The witness made statements and answered questions.

At 12:00 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:04 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the proposed budget in the amount of $112,974.46, for the committee’s travel to Victoria, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, City of Québec, Québec, Lévis, Québec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the Winter 2023, be adopted and that the Chair present the said budget to the Subcommittee on Budgets of the Liaison committee.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the clerk of the committee be authorized to make the necessary arrangements for hospitality during the committee's travel to Victoria, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, City of Québec, Québec, Lévis, Québec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the winter of 2023.

It was resolved, — That, in the opinion of the committee, the motion containing a recommendation to the Procurement Ombudsman, adopted by the committee on Monday, November 14, 2022, and the request made to the Procurement Ombudsman on Thursday, November 10, 2022, by Gord Johns, M.P., should be treated as separate requests.

It was agreed, — That, in relation of the study of the ArriveCAN application, the version of the documents submitted by GCStrategies, which are redacted by the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, pursuant to the order adopted by the committee on Thursday, October 27, 2022, be posted on the committee’s web page.