Yes.
Evidence of meeting #149 for Canadian Heritage in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was line.
A video is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #149 for Canadian Heritage in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was line.
A video is available from Parliament.
9:15 p.m.
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, CPC
In summary, I think parliamentarians do their due diligence when they come to clause-by-clause. We get our amendments in a timely way. I always like to have my packages of amendments. It is busy and it's complicated. Typically you like to have a system.
When you have this many amendments being table-dropped.... I've been in committees when we've had one or two get table-dropped, which you can deal with. But, to be frank, I think this was incredibly unprofessional. It was disruptive. It really created some challenges. I think it put us at greater risk of making and leaving some serious flaws in this bill.
I just want to make sure that this is on the record, because I have never ever seen it before. It certainly felt very disruptive to me, disruptive of my having a system and knowing what I was doing and where we were going, to have multiple more documents submitted that we all of a sudden were essentially seeing for the first time.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
9:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Julie Dabrusin
Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
9:20 p.m.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
I just want one minute after you say what you have to say.
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
9:20 p.m.
Liberal
Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON
Before you do, Ms. McLeod, I addressed your concern at the outset, and I will reiterate our apologies for that.
To both the Conservatives and the NDP, we do appreciate the manner in which we've been able to bring the bill to this stage. We definitely look forward to your support in getting it through the House as well as the Senate.
I know there are a lot of our staff here, interpreters, clerks and our counsel. I want to thank everyone for their diligence, their support and their hard work today to get this done.
Thank you.
