Evidence of meeting #3 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was know.
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5:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
I don't know that it is. No, it is not debatable. It essentially would suspend debate on the motion.
I'll just quickly check with the clerk here on that. I'm tapping my brain here. Just a moment.
5:10 p.m.
Conservative
5:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
We're going to check on your question, Mr. Duncan. So why don't you go ahead with your second question to Mr. Bagnell.
5:10 p.m.
Conservative
John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC
Just in terms of the wording of the motion, it's pretty all-encompassing. Especially in the latter part of the motion, it's talking about bringing in aboriginal leaders and affected families.
In each and every case where we're getting motions coming forward from the opposition, they're casting a very wide net and then expecting us to somehow deal with it in two or three hours. It's not a realistic expectation to be able to call that number of witnesses. I'm just wondering if you could pare it down, number one.
Number two, we did talk about if we're really going to entertain these motions, then we're going to entertain them outside of Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30. We're already up to 3:30 to 6:30, or some such thing, on Tuesdays, before we've even entertained these extra motions.
I wouldn't mind hearing a response to those questions.
I'd like to keep the option open that we table this thing. Is it possible for me to keep the option open, pending a response?
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
I don't know if I got all of that last question, but the answer to your first question is yes, you can put forth a motion to postpone debate on the motion that's in front of us right now to a specific date--it's not debatable--and then we could take it up at that time.
5:15 p.m.
Liberal
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
At 3:30.
All in favour?
(Motion agreed to)
There being no other immediate business in front of the committee, the meeting is adjourned.
Merci beaucoup.
