Evidence of meeting #46 for Justice and Human Rights in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was murder.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
That would be fine, and we'll circulate it from there.
I just need some direction from the committee. Do you want that witness to come, or are we moving directly into clause-by-clause?
The witness is someone by the name of Richard Sauvé.
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NDP
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
I would like to hear from someone who's been through this process, and from what Mr. Comartin tells us--
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
--this witness that he suggests we have....
Is he available on the 16th?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
If the witness is available, given the fact that a majority on the committee want to hear the witness, we will have.... I'm discerning a consensus here; not a consensus....
Okay, why don't I just call for a vote? How many are in favour of hearing one additional witness on November 16?
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An hon. member
Are we going to get to clause-by-clause on the 16th?
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An hon. member
Well, it kind of matters.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
Rob Moore Conservative Fundy Royal, NB
We would like to move to clause-by-clause on the 16th. We had a discussion about moving to clause-by-clause today. We're prepared to have clause-by-clause today, and now I see this being dragged out. We keep bringing out new witnesses on language.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
Mr. Comartin, the majority want to bring in your witness, but please, in the future--I'm not lecturing you--for my benefit, when we ask for a list of witnesses.... That probably happened about a month ago, and now at the last minute, we add another witness; it does throw some difficulty into the process.
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
Brian Murphy Liberal Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, NB
Mr. Chairman, a point of information.
Lead us here; we're all amenable. You're going to have witnesses for what times, and then we're going to get into clause-by-clause by what time? On the 16th, that is.
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
We've just received this request from Mr. Comartin, so the clerk and I haven't decided.
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Liberal
Brian Murphy Liberal Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, NB
What do you think is a good idea? You're the chair.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
You shouldn't ask me that question. You may want to ask Mr. Moore what a good idea is.
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Liberal
Brian Murphy Liberal Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, NB
We have witnesses for an hour. Witnesses for an hour and clause-by-clause for an hour. Can we do that?
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
No, because we have the minister coming on Bill C-52 on the 16th of November. That's the difficulty here. Had we known--
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
May I propose that we have the minister--I'm assuming we have him for an hour.
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
We then move to the witness Mr. Comartin suggested and this committee voted to hear from. If there's time, then we move to clause-by-clause on Bill C-36. If not, it becomes the first order of business on Wednesday, the 18th.
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Fast
All right. We will hear the witness on the 16th. We will schedule clause-by-clause for the 16th as well and we'll see where it goes at that point.
The meeting is adjourned.
