Foreign Affairs committee Before it was amended it was different. Now it's essentially the same as Madame Barbot's.
June 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee The difference, I believe, is that this one is asking that we report it to the House.
June 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee It would read: That pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs and International Development report to the House that the Government announce its response in a reasonable time to the Advisory Group Report: National Roundtables on Corporate Socia
June 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Foreign Affairs committee It would say that the government announce its response in a reasonable time to the advisory group.... Or maybe it should say that the committee “recommends” that the government announce its response...?
June 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee The motion that Mr. Dewar is moving--
May 8th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Foreign Affairs committee I'd rather you say it, but....
May 8th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee The motion that Mr. Dewar is moving and that Mr. Obhrai wants to move are superseding motions. They don't survive from one meeting to the next. They have to be re-moved at the next meeting. So the motion on the floor at the moment is Mr. Obhrai's motion to move his motion to th
May 8th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee Sure, it's in order.
April 29th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Foreign Affairs committee The committee reports on the mandate of the department. The minister is part of the department, and his performance is something the committee looks at. The committee is the master of its own decisions, so if it decides to report on something, then it can report on it.
April 29th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee We don't normally, because it goes into the minutes.
April 15th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Foreign Affairs committee It is in order.
March 13th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Foreign Affairs committee Pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), the committee has to have a motion by unanimous consent to continue sitting once the bells have started ringing.
March 4th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk of the Committee
Foreign Affairs committee You mean “taking into account” instead of “look at”?
February 7th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee There are no Standing Orders.
February 7th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk
Foreign Affairs committee I would like to clarify that the friendly amendment does not exist in committee; it's an amendment or it isn't an amendment. If it's an amendment, then the committee debates it and votes on it, procedurally. I wrote it down, but as far as I was concerned, a decision had not bee
February 7th, 2008Committee meeting
The Clerk