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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 45
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
The Standing Committee on Transport and Government Operations met at 10:02 a.m. this day, in Room 705, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Ovid Jackson, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Reg Alcock, Bev Desjarlais, André Harvey, Ovid Jackson, Mario Laframboise, Val Meredith, Marcel Proulx, Alex Shepherd, Darrel Stinson, Paul Szabo.
Acting Members present: Dominic Leblanc for Gerry Byrne and Robert Bertrand for Joe Comuzzi.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: John Christopher; June Dewetering, Researchers.
Witnesses: From the Canadian Trucking Alliance: David Bradley, Chief Executive Officer; Graham Cooper, Senior Vice-President. From the Teamsters Canada: François Laporte, Director of Government Affairs; Larry MacDonald, Vice President International.
In accordance with its mandate under Standing
Order 108(2), the Committee began its consideration of the Canadian Trucking
Alliance - Teamsters Canada agreement on common position regarding proposed
changes to the commercial vehicle hours of service regulations.
David Bradley and François Laporte each made
opening statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.
At 11:35 a.m. the sitting was suspended.
At 11:38 a.m. the sitting was resumed in
camera.
The Committee proceeded to consider the draft
report.
It was moved: -
That the draft Report be adopted as the Committee’s tenth Report to the House
and that the Chairman be instructed to present it to the House.
By unanimous
consent, the motion was withdrawn.
At 12:18 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Paul Cardegna
Clerk of the Committee