Evidence of meeting #11 for Public Safety and National Security in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was side.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Mark Holland Liberal Ajax—Pickering, ON
Mr. Chair, where was the vote? With respect, there was not a single--
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Conservative
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Liberal
Mark Holland Liberal Ajax—Pickering, ON
Calm yourself down.
Mr. Comartin, I'm simply asking, did you vote--
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Conservative
Shelly Glover Conservative Saint Boniface, MB
If it wasn't for your shenanigans, we'd be absolutely fine.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Mr. Holland, before I recessed you had no objection to going public. Now you're saying you don't want to have this meeting in public?
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Liberal
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Liberal
Mark Holland Liberal Ajax—Pickering, ON
I am asking if anybody on this side voted. In order to vote, you have to have a good opportunity for people to vote.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Let me be clear, Mr. Holland. Are you saying you do not want this meeting to be in public?
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An hon. member
We had a vote.
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Liberal
Mark Holland Liberal Ajax—Pickering, ON
No, we never had a vote. I haven't talked to anybody on this side who thinks there was a vote. There were no hands; we didn't vote.
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An hon. member
Because you were talking to somebody.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
You weren't even paying attention.
I looked around. There was no objection.
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Liberal
Mark Holland Liberal Ajax—Pickering, ON
Because you didn't call the vote.
Go to the minutes. Ask the clerk. Did you call a vote? Did he call the question? There was no calling of the question.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
I did.
Ms. Mourani, please.
Oh, before we go to that, I want to get the approval of the committee to distribute the motion that Mr. Holland made here with all the names for all four days.
Is it okay if I do that? It is not translated, but it is names and it might not be a big issue to not have names translated.
Any objections? Hearing none, we'll distribute this.
Okay. Ms. Mourani, please go ahead.
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Bloc
Maria Mourani Bloc Ahuntsic, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Would it be possible to have Mr. Holland's motion? I think it's going to be distributed. I'd like to comment on it.
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Bloc
Maria Mourani Bloc Ahuntsic, QC
I simply wanted to say that, in the table where it mentions a third day, it says "Association de Santé Publique du Québec". The exact words should actually be "Institut national de santé publique du Québec". That's the institute that wants to appear before our committee.
Personally, I find Mr. Holland's proposal very interesting, especially since everyone is represented here. I see that there are as many witnesses from the Conservative Party as from the NDP and the Bloc. I think that it's quite fair. So I'd be pleased to approve this motion.
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Conservative
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Conservative
Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON
Mr. Chair, now that we are in open session, it is certainly an opportunity to let Canadians know what just happened here.
This was a committee that was supposed to meet today to decide on witnesses for Bill C-391, a private member's bill before the House. Before the meeting got very far along, Mr. Holland, for the Liberal Party, made a motion--
