Evidence of meeting #1 for Canada-China Relations in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was motions.
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Bloc
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
I simply propose to add the following title to this motion: Technical tests for witnesses.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie
Very good. Thank you. Is there any comment on that? Is anyone opposed?
(Amendment agreed to)
Again, are any opposed to the motion as amended?
(Motion as amended agreed to)
Thank you.
Liberal
Jean Yip Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
On linguistic review:
That all documents submitted for committee business that do not come from a federal department or members’ offices, or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau be sent for prior linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members. That all meetings, other than those deemed in camera, be televised or, if that is not possible, then webcast.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie
I think we jumped to an additional one there. Those are two different ones, although they look to be the same the way they're laid out on the paper here. The first part, prior to the part on television or webcasting, is what we'll consider now.
Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe, you had your hand up.
Bloc
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
This relates to the motion that was to follow. I would like to add the following title: Linguistic review.
We like titles in my party.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie
I thought we did. Shall this motion as amended carry?
(Motion as amended agreed to)
Ms. Yip, is this the final one?
Conservative
Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills, ON
No, I'll read the final one.
It's titled “Television and Webcast”.
Conservative
Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills, ON
It reads:That all meetings, other than those deemed in camera, be televised or, if that is not possible, then webcast.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie
It looks like they go together, but they're actually different.
All right. Are there any difficulties with this one? Are there any comments or questions? All those opposed?
(Motion agreed to)
Just as a point of clarification, and in deference to our friend from the Bloc, should we have a title for this one?
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie
It took him all day, but there we are. Thank you.
So that, I guess, dispenses with our routine motions. Is there any other business that we wish to launch into?
Mr. Oliphant.
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
With respect to future business and the work of the committee, I would like to suggest that we set a date today to receive notices of motion from all members of the committee, one that gives us a reasonable amount of time, because we're at the end of the session. I don't think it's on our minds, right now. We set a date—I'm happy for anyone to come up with that date—for us to begin our work in September.
That would give us some time to look at the ongoing issues and come up with perhaps 10 things, put them in a hopper, and try to come up with a good first couple of studies. We'd probably end up doing two studies, one to get going and a spare study when that one's not going.
I've got seven or eight motions ready to go, if we needed them. I'd sooner wait to do that, and put them all in and take the wisdom from everybody. If that's agreed to on consensus tonight, we would not entertain notices of motion. I look to the analysts and clerk for a suggestion about the best date—something reasonable for you to work with, over the summer.
I know the House is calming down and we'll be back the third week of September, but if we had a bit of work done before then, we could get going at the first meeting, once the House resumes.