Mr. Keddy.
Evidence of meeting #12 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was amendments.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #12 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was amendments.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
I'm going to editorialize a bit myself since we jumped down this rabbit hole.
I would say respectfully to all of you that this committee operates relatively well. I'd rather spend time on this committee, bluntly, than I would sitting in question period or debates in the House of Commons. As we saw tonight, there have been a lot of good debates back and forth at this committee. It was very respectful, and I want to commend all of you for that. As I said, I would rather spend an hour more in here than I would in the chamber listening to a debate.
I would just say this. In terms of impact, I know that when I heard Mr. Brison speak, I thought he was going to say, “ I knew Don Blenkarn, and you're no Don Blenkarn.”
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
But I will say this, if you look at our reports on charities, tax evasion, and hopefully the one on income inequality, actually those reports have suggestions from all parties and have had real impact on public policy and government policy, so I would actually compliment all parties for that.
In terms of suggestions on how I'd change this place, frankly, I think there are changes that do need to be made from all parties, all parliamentarians. We need to fundamentally look at the debates in the House of Commons, question period, and other such measures because, as much as we may deal with issues here, I think that's where a lot of the challenges emanate from. If anybody wants to have that debate, I'm more than willing to have it.
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
We are going to vote on the title. Thank you. That's a signal to stop my editorializing.
Shall the title carry?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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An hon. member
On division.
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
I just want to echo the comments by Mr. Saxton and others and thank our clerks for the outstanding work they did, and also all the admin support for the committee, the interpreters, who do such an outstanding job, logistics, and everyone. Thank you so much for all your extra work.
The meeting is adjourned.
