Evidence of meeting #85 for Veterans Affairs in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vote.
A recording is available from Parliament.
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
Just a second.
Yes, Mr. May, I agree, because at the end of the meeting I always ask for the consent of the committee members. However, today, and not only because it's today, we need a majority to adjourn the meeting. If some members still say no, we have to take the vote.
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair. I'm just asking what's different between today and every other committee meeting.
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
Well, the other times I always had unanimous consent to adjourn....
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
No. Those members said no to adjournment. The first time I asked for unanimous consent to adjourn, some people said no, so if it was no to that, I would ask the clerk to take the vote to make sure which ones said no, which ones said yes. That's the reality.
Right now I'll ask the clerk to take the vote to see if we're going to adjourn the meeting or not. Please go ahead.
February 28th, 2024 / 6:35 p.m.
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
I really have to give it some thought—no.
Let me rephrase that—yes.
6:35 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
6:35 p.m.
Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
Go with our first answer, your first instinct. Stick with that.
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
Bryan May Liberal Cambridge, ON
Excuse me; with all due respect, you've asked several times to extend this. We are at the end of this meeting. You need unanimous consent to extend the meeting, do you not?
I think we're following the wrong procedure here. You're asking for consent to adjourn, but the meeting time is over, so you need unanimous consent to extend the meeting beyond that time, do you not?
6:35 p.m.
Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
You can't have a point of order in the middle of a vote.
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
Mr. May, I'm going to come back to you, but first of all we have a vote to see if we're going to adjourn or not. I have to ask members, and if we come back, it's a new day.
6:35 p.m.
The Clerk
Mr. May.
6:35 p.m.
Bloc
Luc Desilets Bloc Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC
Mr. Chair, sorry to interrupt the vote. Am I allowed to raise a point of order? I'm not sure.
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
No, you are not allowed to raise a point of order while the committee is voting.
(Motion negatived: nays: 6; yeas 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
The meeting is resuming.
Before we go any further, I want to ask the committee for unanimous consent to keep meeting until 7:30 p.m. If there isn't unanimous consent, we still have to vote in order to continue.
Do I have unanimous consent for the committee to meet until 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.?
6:35 p.m.
Bloc
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg
Do the committee members wish to accommodate Mr. Desilets? Can we meet until 6:55 p.m.?
6:35 p.m.
Conservative
