At 11:00 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:52 a.m., the sitting resumed.

The Committee resumed consideration of the motion of Daniel Blaikie, for which notice was given on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, — That, notwithstanding motions adopted by the Committee regarding the subject matter of meetings to be held before a stated date, the Committee use the remaining meetings before Tuesday, June 5, 2018, for the study of the estimates process and reserve its meetings on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, and Thursday, June 7, 2018, for consideration of votes referred to Committee upon the tabling of the Main Estimates 2018-19.

The debate continued.

Kyle Peterson moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Ramez Ayoub, Francis Drouin, Majid Jowhari, Alexandra Mendès, Kyle Peterson, Yasmin Ratansi — 6;

NAYS: Daniel Blaikie, Pat Kelly, Kelly McCauley — 3.

Daniel Blaikie moved, — That the Committee invite each Minister responsible for the departments and agencies listed in the table on pages A1–2 through A1–8 of the Main Estimates 2018-19 titled “Budget 2018: Details of Spending Measures and Proposed Departmental Allocations” to provide a briefing as well as answer questions regarding the associated initiatives, and that the meetings be held no later than Wednesday, June 6, 2018.

Debate arose thereon.