Foreign Affairs Committee on April 29th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #15 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was lanka.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Review of Key Elements of Canadian Foreign Policy

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Ken Sunquist Assistant Deputy Minister (Asia and Africa) and Chief Trade Commissioner, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Syed Rahman Director General, Asia, Canadian International Development Agency

Stephen Salewicz Acting Director, International Humanitarian Assistance Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency

Greg Giokas Acting Director General, South, Southeast Asia and Oceania Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Leslie E. Norton Director, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group (IRH-GHA), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Angela Crandall Procedural Clerk, Committees Directorate, House of Commons

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

No, we won't call the question on it--

5:35 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

Why not?

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

--without debate. You can call for the question, but this is a debatable motion.

5:35 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

Absolutely, it is. So I'm asking--

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

You have the prerogative to call--

5:35 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

That's what I'm doing, through you, Chair.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

All right. So you want to deal with it today?

5:35 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

Yes, well, it's in front of us. It's live.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

He's moved a motion. We now call for debate on this motion.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB

That motion talks about April 29, tomorrow. What motion has he moved?

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

That's today.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

Jim Abbott Conservative Kootenay—Columbia, BC

I want to be on the speakers list for this.

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

All right, we can do that, then, if you so choose.

5:35 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

I was just asking to call the question. I didn't ask for....

5:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

It's a debatable motion, so there will definitely be debate on it. We have a choice. You can either ask for debate on this now or we can adjourn and it will be first on the committee business next time.

5:40 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

Through you, Chair, to the clerk, at what time on Monday will that be?

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

At 5:15 p.m.

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NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

What is our agenda on Monday?

5:40 p.m.

Angela Crandall Procedural Clerk, Committees Directorate, House of Commons

A draft report on Sri Lanka.

5:40 p.m.

Liberal

Bernard Patry Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

[Inaudible--Editor]...that we have scheduled one today.

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

I wasn't going to go without passing the steering report.

5:40 p.m.

Liberal

Bernard Patry Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

No, that's fine.

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

That's passed, so we're now moving into debate, unless Mr. Dewar wishes to defer to Monday.

5:40 p.m.

NDP

Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON

Instead of having delay, I will defer.

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson

Thank you.

He has deferred.

The meeting is adjourned.