Scott Reid made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:01 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:07 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Samantha Reusch, Daniel Mulroy and Peter Deboran made statements and answered questions.

Michael Cooper moved, — That, given that the committee has learned that staff from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Office of the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs met with New Democratic Party (NDP) representatives, representatives from the Privy Council Office (PCO), and the Chief Electoral Officer on Thursday, January 25, 2024 on matters relating to Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, and that the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, along with his Parliamentary Secretary and staff from his office and the Parliamentary secretary’s office met with NDP representatives, an NDP Member of Parliament, representatives from the PCO, and the Chief Electoral Officer on Saturday, March 30, 2024, on matters relating to Bill C-65, the committee:

a) order the Office of the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to provide the committee with all of the dates on which any representatives from the Liberal Party, including Party Officials, Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Minister’s Office Staff, and Members of Parliament met with any representatives from the NDP, including Party Officials, and Members of Parliament on matters relating to Bill C-65, and the names and titles of the individuals who attended those meetings;

b) order the production of any documents under the control of the PCO, PMO, any Minister’s office, and Elections Canada, including any documents used as briefing materials in any of those meetings, and any records of conversations, including emails, text messages, or any other form of communication, about those meetings, and any records of discussions that took place at those meetings and/or decisions that were made at those meetings, and that these documents are to be provided to the Clerk with no redactions within one week of the adoption of this motion; and

c) invite Daniel Blaikie, former Member of Parliament for Elmwood–Transcona and former Democratic Reform Critic for the NDP and a co-author of Bill C-65, to appear before the committee on its study of Bill C-65.

Debate arose thereon.

At 12:53 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:54 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Debate on the motion continued.