Citizenship and Immigration Committee on March 10th, 2008

Evidence of meeting #16 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was removal.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Spousal Sponsorship

MPs speaking

Norman Doyle
Andrew Telegdi
Jim Karygiannis
Thierry St-Cyr
Olivia Chow
Ed Komarnicki
Robert Carrier
Nina Grewal
Wajid Khan
Dave Batters

Also speaking

Rick Stewart  Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Susan Kramer  Director, Inland Enforcement, Canada Border Services Agency
Brenna MacNeil  Director, Social Policy and Programs, Immigration Branch, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Andrew Chaplin

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Is this a new motion?

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Liberal

Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON

No, it's an amendment.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Oh, it's an amendment.

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The Clerk

Mr. Telegdi circulated this the week before last.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

This is a further amendment to the original motion.

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Liberal

Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON

Yes, that is correct.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Where is the amendment in all this: “a temporary work permit and an automatic stay of removal”.

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The Clerk

Effectively, it is the insertion of four words.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

It is the insertion of “a temporary work permit”.

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Liberal

Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON

That's right.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Okay.

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Liberal

Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

The motion has passed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. Komarnicki on a point of order.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

Mr. Chair, and to the clerk, if Mr. Telegdi's motion preceded the amendment, should it not have gone before the amendment, or is it now out of order because of the amendment?

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A voice

The motion is passed and now it's out of order.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

Yes, it's out of order.

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A voice

The motion has been passed already.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

We passed the motion, a contrary motion.

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The Clerk

The question still remains to be put on the motion as amended. The motion has been amended once, and it is entirely in order for other members to propose—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Another amendment, yes.

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Conservative

Wajid Khan Conservative Mississauga—Streetsville, ON

After it's passed?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Yes.

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The Clerk

The question has not been put on the motion as amended.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

That's right. That was on the amendment, but the motion--

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Conservative

Wajid Khan Conservative Mississauga—Streetsville, ON

Mr. Chair, I have a point of order.