Official Languages Committee on Nov. 29th, 2022

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

So having heard all that...

Ms. Lattanzio, did you want to say something?

[Patricia Lattanzio, Liberal, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I would simply like to know whether there is a suggested date for holding this meeting, if it takes place.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

We would hold it right away after adjourning this meeting.

From what I understand, there seems to be nearly unanimous consent to adjourning the meeting immediately and spending the last hour of the meeting in subcommittee.

[Patricia Lattanzio, Liberal, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC]

So this committee would then turn into the subcommittee.

Is that correct?

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

Yes, it would be the subcommittee composed of the official members—the predetermined representatives of each party—along with the chair, that is, myself.

[Patricia Lattanzio, Liberal, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

I suggest that we adjourn this meeting.

[Marc Serré, Liberal, Nickel Belt, ON]

I think we are going to suspend the meeting, not adjourn it.

[Mario Beaulieu, Bloc, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

We are going to have technical problems in that case.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

It comes down to what I was saying last week. We are going to adjourn the meeting and I will immediately take into account where we had got to before adjourning the meeting to go into subcommittee. So I am going to give Mr. Beaulieu the floor.

[Marc Serré, Liberal, Nickel Belt, ON]

Could you confirm with the clerk again what the difference is between suspending and adjourning the meeting?

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

If we suspend the meeting rather than adjourning, we have the same technical problems we have been having for two weeks. That is why we are adjourning the meeting now, but I will resume it as if we had simply suspended.

It's a question of the length of the video, and changing rooms and Zoom. For members of the public listening to us, we are doing this simply for practical reasons. For us, it really changes nothing in practical terms.

[Marc Serré, Liberal, Nickel Belt, ON]

So we are going to resume the discussion where we were.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

If there is no agreement, we are going to resume exactly where we had got to. Mr. Beaulieu had the floor on Ms. Ashton's third subamendment.

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

Mr. Chair, it is also possible that the subcommittee report could provide an efficient plan and calendar of activities.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

There is always hope.

Mr. Drouin, you have the floor.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

I suggest that we add a term to the parliamentary lexicon: "technical adjournment".

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

Exactly.

I think no one objects to the idea of going into subcommittee.

Those opposed please raise your hands.

[Mario Beaulieu, Bloc, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

What does "technical adjournment" mean?

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

I'm going to adjourn this meeting on the same terms as last time, that is, the next meeting will resume as if it had simply been suspended. We are doing this for technical reasons.

The meeting is adjourned so that the committee can meet in subcommittee.