Evidence of meeting #27 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was information.
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12:10 p.m.
Liberal
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Liberal
Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON
I'd like to move the motion that everybody has seen in writing, if I could do so without reading it, because we're about to get bells.
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
Introduce the motion, so it will stick as committee business.
Have you introduced it?
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON
With the consent of everybody having seen it, can we simply vote on it?
12:10 p.m.
Some hon. members
No.
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
There seems to be a desire to debate. Will a delay prejudice...? It's not timely?
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Liberal
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Liberal
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON
How do we proceed with this, if we're finishing committee? When do I get to present the motion?
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON
I don't have the floor any more. We have bells. The committee business ends.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
But we're not adjourned. If you're asking when the motion would be debated and put at our next meeting, it is Thursday.
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
Yes. And you would amend your motion to provide a subsequent date for the delivery of the materials.
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Liberal
Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON
Then in the interest of time, if we have the motion as written but amended to provide the information by June 16 instead of June 11, is that acceptable? So it is now put before the committee.
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
We're seized of it and we're about to adjourn, so when we come back here on Thursday, the first item of business is your motion.
12:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
It's better than nothing.
We have to adjourn now because of the bells.
By the way, colleagues, in the event the vote is over by 12:30, do you want to come back and continue? We could do that. We could suspend for the vote.
I'm going to suspend the meeting and we will be back in session between 12:30 and 12:40. We'll have another 20 minutes plus, and we'll see how members respond. I'm suspending for the vote in accordance with the rules.
We'll see you all immediately after the vote.
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
I'm bringing the meeting back to order. We were suspended for a vote in the House of Commons.
Pursuant to Standing Order 115, we're back in session. I see a quorum.
Ms. Hall Findlay, you have a motion for consideration by the committee.
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Liberal
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Bloc
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
Martha Hall Findlay Liberal Willowdale, ON
If I may, I'll quickly read out the motion:
That the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) provide to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates by June 11, 2009:
(i) the most recent Central Financial Management Reporting System data for 2008-09 fiscal year expenditures and lapses by department; and
(ii) the Expenditure Monitor produced by TBS relating to the final quarter of fiscal 2008-09 as well the final copies of all of the subsequent quarterly Expenditure Monitor reports as they are completed.
If I may add, my understanding is that this information is indeed public information. It has been requested, but we have not been provided it yet. Therefore we are resorting to a motion before the committee.
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Derek Lee
When you say “we have requested it”, you mean members of Parliament individually.
