Evidence of meeting #1 for Public Safety and National Security in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was clerk.
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Liberal
Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC
But why would you need different rules for within the precinct and outside the precinct? What's the logic there?
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Liberal
Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON
I was concerned that people don't get there. I really like things to take place in the parliamentary precinct. I know that one building is quite a ways away and I would hate business to be get done really fast on the basis of this.
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Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
I'll have to get more of a response to you on that, but I think Mr. Dosanjh might be right, and Mr. Cullen, but it's for when we're out.
3:55 p.m.
Liberal
Roy Cullen Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
I think the one thing, Mr. Chair, that is quite embarrassing is having witnesses who have come from far and wide and they sit there and wait and wait and wait. That's very embarrassing, I find.
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Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
I'll get more information on that.
And on the distribution of documents, I think it's only to make clear that it's only the clerk....
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Liberal
Roy Cullen Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
So if one of the members of the committee brought an article they thought was really interesting and germane to what we're discussing, they couldn't just flash it around? Normally I'd probably go to the clerk anyway, but....
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Yes, but it would have to be distributed in both official languages for the clerk to distribute it.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
With the permission of members of the committee, you could probably distribute it.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
The clerk has also made a good point, that if we have a witness who comes in and wishes to distribute information in only one language to the whole committee, it would have to go through the clerk. You just can't come in here and distribute whatever you want—and this has always been the case.
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An hon. member
With the consent of the committee.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Yes, you can do anything with consent.
I believe you can do anything with consent, if you get unanimous consent?
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The Clerk
Yes, sir. Anything legal.
