Canada-China Relations Committee on Oct. 18th, 2022

Evidence of meeting #4 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 china.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Canada–People’s Republic of China Relations

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Guy Saint-Jacques Consultant and Director, As an Individual

David Curtis Wright Associate Professor of History, University of Calgary, As an Individual

Stéphanie Martel Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University, As an Individual

Thomas Juneau Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Vincent Rigby Visiting Professor, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University, As an Individual

Jonathan Berkshire Miller Director and Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Program, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

9:35 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to move my motion, which I believe all members of the committee have in both official languages:

That the committee study the matter of the three illegal police stations opened in the Greater Toronto Area by the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau of the People's Republic of China; that two meetings, made up of four 1.5-hour panels, be allocated for the study of this matter; that the Minister of Public Safety and officials be invited to appear for one panel; that the RCMP and CSIS be invited for one panel; and that experts on police and intelligence be invited as witnesses for the other panels.

9:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie

Thank you, Mr. Chong.

Is there any discussion?

Go ahead, Madame Normandin.

9:35 p.m.

Bloc

Christine Normandin Bloc Saint-Jean, QC

As you expected, I would like to propose an amendment.

I move to replace the words “four 1.5 hour” with “six 1 hour”.

9:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie

Is there any discussion on the amendment? Shall we vote on the amendment?

Madam Clerk, would you care to call the roll?

(Amendment negatived: nays 10; yeas 1)

9:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie

Are we ready for the question on the main motion?

(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)

9:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken Hardie

We have not canvassed the issue of when we will do this. Perhaps that will be for another time.

With that, I want to thank everybody for a very productive evening, including our clerk, our MP supporters, our analysts, our interpreters and our technical staff. It all came together very well. It was a fascinating session. Thank you all for being here.

I declare this session closed.