Evidence of meeting #1 for Justice and Human Rights in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was moore.
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11:45 a.m.
Conservative
11:45 a.m.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
I would move that the English version of the allocation of time for questioning be amended to say “That witnesses from an organization be given up to 10 minutes” so that it is in conformity with the French version.
11:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Art Hanger
Is that an change to which we all would agree here? We're all in agreement.
On the allocation of time for questioning, I put the question.
(Motion agreed to)
11:45 a.m.
Bloc
Réal Ménard Bloc Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Chair, do we agree that it does not only include a member's staff or assistant, but someone from the whip's office, or the leader's. This is the same comment that I made earlier.
11:45 a.m.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
I am in favour of the amendment that Mr. Ménard is making. In addition to each committee member being allowed to be accompanied by a staff member, a member of the staff of each party's whip would have the right to be present. That is in addition.
11:45 a.m.
Conservative
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
Rob Moore Conservative Fundy Royal, NB
The only thing I would suggest—I think this came up at our last committee and we had the same discussion—is that it not be limited to the whip's office. We used the word “party” in the last one. If it were someone from the House leader's office, for example, they wouldn't be excluded.
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Art Hanger
You are seeking to have that amendment, Monsieur Ménard, to include anyone from the party, one person from any position from within the party, as opposed to just the whip's office.
11:50 a.m.
An hon. member
Is he a fundraiser?
11:50 a.m.
Bloc
Réal Ménard Bloc Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Chair, perhaps we could use the term “a party official”. It could be the house leader, the whip, someone from the party leader's office, that is not for us to decide, but it must be someone who has something to do with our caucus administration. It does not matter to me whether the person is from the house leader's office, the whip's, or the party leader's. So we could say “a party official”.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON
I was thinking of a person representing the party leadership in the House.
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Art Hanger
Party leadership? Party leadership it shall be.
We have an amendment to that motion, Mr. Ménard. Again, it was the party leadership in the House, anyone there. I call the question on the amended motion.
(Motion agreed to)
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Art Hanger
Is there any further discussion on those particular motions? I think that is the end.
Mr. Moore.
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
Rob Moore Conservative Fundy Royal, NB
On notice of motions, Mr. Chair, I do have a proposal for an amendment.
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Art Hanger
Are you referring to...? We've adopted all of the points on the routine motions that were just submitted, including the last one.
I thought we adopted the last one, that we were just dealing with staff at in camera meetings. We passed the motion about giving 48 hours' notice.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON
Mr. Chairman, if Mr. Moore has a reasonable suggestion, let's hear it out. It won't take very long.
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
Rob Moore Conservative Fundy Royal, NB
It would just be to add, after the word “committee”, the words “and that the period of notice be calculated from the time the motion has been distributed to the members of the committee by the clerk of the committee”. Then it would go on to say that the motion be distributed to members in both official languages.