STANDING COMMITTEE ON HERITAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE
AND CULTURAL POLICY
COMITÉ PERMANENT DU PATRIMOINE, DE L’INFRASTRUCTURE
ET DE LA CULTURE
Thursday 23 April 2026 Jeudi 23 avril 2026
The committee met at 1300 in room 151.
Committee business
The First Vice-Chair (Mr. Guy Bourgouin): On appelle le comité à l’ordre. I call to order the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy.
Is there a motion? Yes, Brian.
Mr. Brian Saunderson: I move that, to allow you to take your seat, MPP Babikian chair this meeting, please.
Interjection.
Mr. Brian Saunderson: We don’t need that? So we’re just going to go right into the first motion? Cool. All right.
Well then, I move that the committee enter closed session for the purposes of organizing committee business.
The Acting Chair (Mr. Aris Babikian): Any further debate? No further debate, okay. All in favour of the motion, please raise your hand. All against? Seeing none, the motion is carried.
We’re going to recess so that we can set up for an in-camera session.
The committee recessed at 1302 and later continued in closed session.
STANDING COMMITTEE ON HERITAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CULTURAL POLICY
Chair / Présidente
Hon. Laurie Scott (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock PC)
First Vice-Chair / Premier Vice-Président
Mr. Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk–James Bay / Mushkegowuk–Baie James ND)
Second Vice-Chair / Deuxième Vice-Président
MPP Tyler Watt (Nepean L)
Mr. Deepak Anand (Mississauga–Malton PC)
Mr. Aris Babikian (Scarborough–Agincourt PC)
Mr. Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk–James Bay / Mushkegowuk–Baie James ND)
Mr. Hardeep Singh Grewal (Brampton East / Brampton-Est PC)
MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre / Ottawa-Centre ND)
Mr. Amarjot Sandhu (Brampton West / Brampton-Ouest PC)
Mr. Brian Saunderson (Simcoe–Grey PC)
Hon. Laurie Scott (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock PC)
MPP Tyler Watt (Nepean L)
Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Ms. Mary-Margaret McMahon (Beaches–East York L)
Mr. Matthew Rae (Perth–Wellington PC)
Clerk / Greffière
Ms. Tanzima Khan
Staff / Personnel
Ms. Sude Bahar Beltan, research officer,
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