Mr. Karygiannis.
Evidence of meeting #2 for Veterans Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
Evidence of meeting #2 for Veterans Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
12:25 p.m.
Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Chair, if I may, I have absolutely no problem with this motion, but I think we need at least 15 to 20 minutes to move from here to there. We need more time as a committee, so we might want to meet at either 9:30 or 9 o'clock in order to facilitate our business and then join our colleagues.
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
Parm Gill Conservative Brampton—Springdale, ON
I have absolutely no issue with that, assuming we can find a room and we're able to sort out committee business before heading for the ceremony.
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB
I have the same point. By 11 o'clock we have to be there.
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Royal Galipeau
This is one place where punctuality is most important.
Mr. Karygiannis.
12:25 p.m.
Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Chair, going back to our next meeting, are we starting in camera?
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Royal Galipeau
We start in camera, as already agreed, to deal with committee business.
12:25 p.m.
Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Gill's motion, which we discussed, was something Mr. Gill wanted originally—I may be out of tune here, and if I am, correct me—discussed in camera as routine proceedings, and then he wanted to bring it out of camera in order to have a recorded vote. I could be going the wrong way, but a call is a call. I'm wondering, if we go in camera and we come out of camera to discuss the other....
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Royal Galipeau
Routine proceedings are that committee business is de facto in camera without discussion.
12:25 p.m.
Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Chair, regarding the motion we just voted on, the parliamentary secretary wanted to have it as routine proceedings until forced to—
12:25 p.m.
An hon. member
No, it was a previous motion.
12:25 p.m.
Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
For the motion we just voted on, you asked for unanimous consent.
The parliamentary secretary originally wanted to have—
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Royal Galipeau
Mr. Karygiannis, one of the things I try to do as chair of this committee is to move on to the next item of discussion after we've had a vote. To discuss the past after the vote has been taken, frankly, just drags this all out.
12:25 p.m.
Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Chair, right now we learn about our mistakes as we move forward.
12:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Royal Galipeau
What I try to do is not to draw too much attention to the mistakes I make. I think it might be to everybody's advantage not to draw attention to the mistakes of the chair, because there will be times when I'll make serious ones. As a rule, I try to be a servant of the committee, without partisanship and with impartiality. I would like to establish, as a routine, that after we've had a vote we move on to the next item.
Mr. Stoffer.
12:25 p.m.
NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Chair, I apologize to you. I should have asked you to seek unanimous consent to discuss this motion before I said anything. So I'm asking you if you, as the chair, could seek unanimous consent to discuss this motion and forgo the 48-hour notice. If I'm not mistaken, that's what has to happen.
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
Parm Gill Conservative Brampton—Springdale, ON
That's exactly what my point was going to be. Thank you, Mr. Stoffer, for bringing that up.