Canadian Heritage Committee on Oct. 23rd, 2018

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dabrusin]

Well—

[Steven Blaney]

Madam Chair, I hadn't finished what I was saying when you interrupted me.

I was saying that it was important that we have a schedule so that we can propose new amendments in light of the documents provided to us yesterday. These are documents that were provided to us after the deadline by which we, as members of Parliament, can propose amendments. This bill and these amendments are important.

All we want is not to rush the work and not end up with a bill that has a good title, but that ultimately gives First Nations peoples no tools to repatriate indigenous property.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dabrusin]

We have Mr. Yurdiga and then Mr. Boissonnault.

[David Yurdiga, Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I find it very insulting that we get all this information last minute. We're not doing any service to the aboriginal people who want to have a bill that's relevant, and will be relevant for years to come. We're jumping around from clause 2, back and forth. It's very confusing. If we had time, we would be able to analyze what we're looking at. We want to ensure that we do it right. By pushing this along, we're not doing service to anyone.

For example.... Everybody's jumping around, so I will, too.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dabrusin]

I'm not inviting people to jump around. We are keeping our discussion on clause 2. The amendment is LIB-1.

[David Yurdiga]

Thank you for that, but it does affect the rest of the report. We're changing definitions. Quite frankly, we should spend more time on this. Rushing to a decision is not what we should be doing.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dabrusin]

Mr. Boissonnault, go ahead.

[Randy Boissonnault]

Madam Chair, I move that the committee adjourn.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dabrusin]

I'll put the question that the committee adjourn.

(Motion agreed to)

The meeting is adjourned.