Evidence of meeting #24 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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Conservative
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NDP
Malcolm Allen NDP Welland, ON
With the amendment inside it? All right. I'm not going to belabour it, Chair. I'll accept the fact that it's my duty to have said something earlier. Your duty is to help us, and you did. It's incumbent upon me as a member if I have something I want to say about that.
I do remember you saying it was consequential. I should have been more attentive. The long travel on Monday and getting up at four o'clock in the morning is perhaps part of that process.
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Oh, oh!
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NDP
Malcolm Allen NDP Welland, ON
But then again, that's a personal choice, and one lives with one's personal choices.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bev Shipley
Well, maybe, Mr. Allen. Next time, remind me. I can be a little more clear. I guess I took for granted that when I did G-1 and then it followed G-2 that it was adopted, so I took it that the same would follow with this.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bev Shipley
I'm not being critical. Maybe I should try to help out a little more. I apologize.
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NDP
Malcolm Allen NDP Welland, ON
No, no, there's no need to apologize, Chair. It's the duty of members to be attentive.
In hindsight, I had this little ringing in the back of my head that said “G-1 is consequential to G-3”. Somehow it didn't get to the front, so as they would say in Welland, “you snooze, you lose” some days.
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NDP
Malcolm Allen NDP Welland, ON
Let me just say that I wasn't snoozing. I will say that for the record to make sure it's in our Hansard. I didn't nod off. I just didn't quite hear what you said clearly enough. We're voting on that clause as amended by amendment G-3.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bev Shipley
Correct, and we're partway through.
(Clause 15 agreed to: yeas 5; nays 4)
Shall clause 1 carry?
(Clause 1 agreed to: yeas 9; nays 0)
Shall the title carry?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bev Shipley
I want to thank our department folks for coming and sticking with us. We appreciate your input very much.
To my colleagues, this was my first bill as chair and I appreciate your help as we went through this. I want to say to on all of the amendments that came forward that I think there was great discussion and clarification on both sides of why they were put forward, why maybe they went forward and didn't go forward. I think that's what democracy is about. I thank the committee for the amount of work that we did. We tried to balance as much as we could in those three or four days to get as many witnesses in as we did.
I say thank you to the committee for your indulgence on this bill.
The meeting is adjourned.