Fair enough.
Evidence of meeting #62 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was penticton.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #62 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was penticton.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Fuss with them? We'll be reviewing the commission's after.
Monsieur Dion, go ahead.
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Liberal
Stéphane Dion Liberal Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, QC
I object to not hearing the beautiful name of Juan de Fuca anymore in the House of Commons; otherwise, I have no problem.
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NDP
Randall Garrison NDP Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Can I just say that Juan de Fuca is a body of water that no one lives in. That's part of the confusion with the riding: using a name of a body of water. It also borders three different ridings. I have the name in mine, but it’s also part of Victoria and part of the northern riding. For many years it has been a source of confusion to have it there. The change I'm suggesting provides us with three first nations' names and eliminates the name of the Spanish explorer.
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NDP
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Voices
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Liberal
Stéphane Dion Liberal Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, QC
I just want to say that I fought to keep the name of Cartier for the whole of Canada, and you want to keep Juan de Fuca only for British Columbia.
I would suggest to my two colleagues that the more proof you provide that you have support from your communities, the better opportunity you will have to convince the commission.
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Conservative
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Conservative
Costas Menegakis Conservative Richmond Hill, ON
It's been corrected, Mr. Chair, but I'll just add this. He was the very first Greek to come to Canada, for what it's worth.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Thank you.
We thank you for the cuisine.
Is there anything else with our witnesses?
Thank you for coming and being very direct in what you're asking for.
We will be going in camera to look at reports, so we will suspend for a couple of minutes while we do that.
Thank you again for coming today.
[Proceedings continue in camera]