Canadian Heritage Committee on Dec. 13th, 2021

[Martin Champoux, Bloc, Drummond, QC]

Would you like me to read it?

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Yes, go right ahead.

[Martin Champoux, Bloc, Drummond, QC]

The motion entitled Publishing Online Written Responses to Questions from the Department of Heritage reads as follows:

That the committee publish on the committee's website written responses to questions provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Are there any questions?

[Michael Coteau, Liberal, Don Valley East, ON]

Can we get this in writing? I don't have access to this.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

It seems I'm the only one—and Mr. Champoux—to have it. I don't think anybody else has it.

Shall I call the question to vote on this? Are you happy with what was read, or do you want to see it for yourselves?

[Michael Coteau, Liberal, Don Valley East, ON]

Is it possible for us to get a copy if it's emailed?

[The Clerk]

Yes, it was emailed to your P9 accounts.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

This was mailed to your P9 accounts, for those of you who didn't have it.

Ms. Lewis, are you getting that as well?

[Leslyn Lewis, Conservative, Haldimand—Norfolk, ON]

I do have it. I did receive it, actually. Thank you.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

That's good.

Can somebody let me know when you get them so that we can go to the question or to comments?

[Michael Coteau, Liberal, Don Valley East, ON]

Madam Chair, was this just sent at four o'clock, or was it sent earlier today or yesterday?

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Given that I have it in my routine motions, and given that the clerk explained that this had been done as a specific one and not as the normal routine motions last time, I think it was put on here as an optional motion. Obviously, we want to consider it, but that's why you don't have it, I think.

[Michael Coteau, Liberal, Don Valley East, ON]

Okay. Considering that we don't have it, could we maybe recess for a few minutes so that we can actually read it and go through it?

It just came into the inbox now, a few minutes ago. Can we recess for about three minutes to go through it?

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Sure. We can suspend for a couple of minutes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

I'm now ready to entertain a vote on this motion.

Mr. Champoux has already read it. Everyone is happy. We remember it. We all have it.

(Motion agreed to)

Now you all have—

I'm sorry, Peter. Go ahead

[Martin Champoux, Bloc, Drummond, QC]

Forgive me, Madam Chair, but I think it was my turn to speak before the break.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Yes, your hand was up first, and then Mr. Julian's.

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

I have a point of order, Madam Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

For some unknown reason, I'm not hearing people on this.

I'm sorry, Peter. What are you saying?

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

I have a point of order because I have two routine motions to propose.

I would like to start with the first one.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

You have some routine motions to present as well. Is that it?

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

Yes.

They've already been sent out to everyone.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Okay. Will you read your first motion, Mr. Julian?

[Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC]

The first one is this. I move:

That each party represented on the committee be entitled to select one witness per two-hour witness panel.

I propose this routine motion, which comes out of the health committee. Michelle Rempel Garner proposed it there and the health committee adopted that structure. It has been very effective in terms of having the diversity of witnesses that are so important to the consideration by the committee for the reports that they're producing.

In this case, it would be a similar advantage for Canadian heritage, so I would like to propose this as part of our routine motions.