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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 149
Monday, November 4, 2024, 11:05 a.m. to 3:33 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
John Williamson, Chair (Conservative)

• Dean Allison (Conservative)
• Rachel Blaney (NDP)
• Larry Brock (Conservative)
• Michael Cooper (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Mahdi Benmoussa, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Office of the Auditor General
• Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada
• Andrew Hayes, Deputy Auditor General
• Mathieu Lequain, Principal
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
• Ziyad Rahme, Chief Operating Officer
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee resumed consideration of Report 6, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, of the 2024 Reports 5 to 7 of the Auditor General of Canada referred to the committee on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

Ziyad Rahme and Karen Hogan made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 12:14 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:30 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 1:30 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 1:36 p.m., the meeting resumed.

The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Rick Perkins moved on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 which read as follows:

That the committee invite the former president of SDTC Leah Lawrence to appear in relation to the ongoing study of the Auditor General's 2024 Report 6 on Sustainable Development Technology Canada; and that the committee also invite Andrew Noseworthy, former assistant deputy minister at the Department of Industry.

and of the amendment of Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné moved on Wednesday, 30 October, 2024 which read as follows:

That the motion be amended by adding after the words “Department of Industry” the following: “, Zoë Kolbuc, and Doug McConnachie”.

Debate arose thereon.

At 2:00 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 3:27 p.m., the meeting resumed.

The debate on the amendment continued.

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

YEAS: Charlie Angus, Valerie Bradford, Michael Cooper, Anju Dhillon, Francis Drouin, Iqra Khalid, John Nater, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jake Stewart, Jean Yip. — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

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

YEAS: Charlie Angus, Valerie Bradford, Michael Cooper, Anju Dhillon, Francis Drouin, Iqra Khalid, John Nater, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jake Stewart, Jean Yip. — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That the committee invite the former president of SDTC Leah Lawrence to appear in relation to the ongoing study of the Auditor General's 2024 Report 6 on Sustainable Development Technology Canada; and that the committee also invite Andrew Noseworthy, former assistant deputy minister at the Department of Industry, Zoë Kolbuc, and Doug McConnachie.

At 3:33 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Hilary Smyth
Clerk of the committee