Evidence of meeting #4 for Official Languages in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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10:55 a.m.
Conservative
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Chair, I would like to invite the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage to repeat, if he wishes, his information about the presence at the committee of people who perhaps should not have been there. Since this matter has already raised in public and in camera—my apologies if I am mistaken—I invite Mr. Lemieux, with your permission, Mr. Chair, to repeat the information he gave us, now that the meeting is no longer in camera.
10:55 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney
First I would like to check a matter of procedure. As I understand it, we are in a routine matters committee meeting, we are studying a draft report on the Court Challenges Program and we have just come from an in camera session to a public one. That is where we are.
Is your question relevant to the Court Challenges Program?
10:55 a.m.
Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
No.
If I may, Mr. Chair, I would point out that the session is now public and the matter of the Court Challenges Program that we discussed in camera is not on the agenda of the public part of our meeting. There is none. So I was just asking a question, Mr. Chair. I am giving Mr. Lemieux, if he is ready and willing, to give us this information now that the session is public. That is all. He can say no, he can say yes.
10:55 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney
I am wondering about the relevance of your request in the context of the agenda, Mr. Bélanger. I am wondering whether it is in order.
10:55 a.m.
The Clerk
It is the Court Challenges Program.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
If he does not want to provide this information, he just has to say so.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney
Your information has been noted. If there are no further comments, I will adjourn the meeting.
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Conservative
Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Thank you for your question. I take it under advisement.
10:55 a.m.
NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
The meeting is supposed to last until 11 a.m. It is just one question.
10:55 a.m.
Conservative
10:55 a.m.
NDP
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
He just asked one question. I think that Mr. Bélanger has been fair. We are no longer in camera. I do not see why the question would be out of order, because it is something that came up as we were studying the Court Challenges Program. We want to know if he will publicly reveal the names of the people who attended that meeting. He just has to answer yes or no.
Do not try to end the session, Mr. Chair. Ask the government members if they are ready to answer. Ask them.
10:55 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney
The members of the committee can speak if they want to. Are there any members who want to speak at this time?
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Conservative