Evidence of meeting #1 for Canadian Heritage in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
With that statement, I'll call the question on the amendment, Ms. Lavallée, to move the 48 hours' notice to 24 hours' notice.
(Amendment negatived)
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Who made the motion? Was it Mr. Rodriguez or Ms. Dhalla? We should really have a mover for the motion. I got a little ahead of myself.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
He moved it originally.
Ms. Dhalla wants to make an amendment.
Liberal
Ruby Dhalla Liberal Brampton—Springdale, ON
Perhaps we could add in the words “sitting days” after “48 hours' notice”.
Conservative
NDP
Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
I worry about sitting days because, for instance, there have been times such as this summer--I wasn't on the committee--when an issue was brought forward, and they were called. If we're sitting, then.... It should be business days.
February 2nd, 2009 / 4:10 p.m.
Liberal
Liberal
Ruby Dhalla Liberal Brampton—Springdale, ON
So it reads: “except for amendments to bills, 48 hours' notice (business days) be given before any substantive motion is considered by the committee”.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
I'm calling the vote on the amendment.
(Amendment agreed to)
(Motion as amended agreed to)
Liberal
Ruby Dhalla Liberal Brampton—Springdale, ON
Chair, just to clarify again, could you please outline for all of the committee members what the final notice time would be if we wanted to submit a motion for Monday's meeting?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
If you want to submit a motion for Monday's meeting, it would be Thursday.
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
That means Thursday, even before the committee meeting. So there will be a committee meeting and if we ever wanted to introduce a motion as the result of what went on at that meeting, it would be the following week before the motion could be discussed. I do not find a week's delay to be very efficient. It serves the interests of the Conservatives, who do not want anything to happen, but I find it a little...
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
No, no. With what we have now, the motion is carried, I think. We have voted on it, and the motion is carried, so it will be 48 hours' notice--
Conservative
Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON
[Inaudible--Editor]...and you have until Thursday, the next day, to put a motion forward for a vote on the Monday.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
We'll get together and explain it afterwards.
Number 10, staff attending in camera meetings, is that unless otherwise ordered, each committee member be allowed to be accompanied by one staff person present at in camera meetings.
Ms. Lavallée.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Would you like to move the motion?
It's moved by Mr. Bruinooge.
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
I just want to move an amendment.
As well as each member being able to be accompanied by a staff member, I think it would be nice if we could agree to have a member from each political party. Perhaps the Conservatives, for example, might like to have someone from the whip's office or the leader's office with them. So might the Liberals, the NDP, or ourselves, as well as a political staffer.