Mr. Chair—
Evidence of meeting #101 for Canadian Heritage in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was c-18.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #101 for Canadian Heritage in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was c-18.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Why are you doing that? Obviously, you want the vote called.
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Conservative
1 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
I have the floor. How much time have we sat here as members and listened to the member who is moving this motion speak for, in some cases, 50 minutes without being interrupted, and here I am.... I don't speak a lot at this committee—you know that—and here I am being told by the chair, twice now, to stop talking by the chair interrupting me. I don't think that's a fair process.
If you want to talk about fairness, then we should allow members to speak and actually—
1 p.m.
Conservative
1 p.m.
Conservative
Marilyn Gladu Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON
My understanding is that, when there is a motion, you can't call the vote until everybody who has their hand up gets a chance to speak. Could you just clarify?
Mr. Coteau has every right to continue.
1 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Thank you. I appreciate that. I always say that you bring a lot of clarity to this committee, and you know I have said that before. I'm not just saying it because it's to my advantage at this moment.
1 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh
I'm sorry, Mr. Coteau, but when we have a dilatory motion, it's not debatable. We move right away to the vote. That's why I cut you off twice. This is a dilatory motion. I've asked the clerk to call for the vote. I'm listening to the clerk. This is a dilatory motion. She has confirmed to me that it is.
1 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Can I ask a question, Mr. Chair?
If it's one o'clock, can we adjourn?
1 p.m.
The Clerk
A dilatory motion is to replace the subject at hand with another order of business.
The vote would not be on the motion itself. The vote is to resume debate on the motion, and that is a dilatory motion, which is not debatable and amendable.
1 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh
Being that it is a dilatory motion, Mr. Coteau, we can vote on it right now or when we come back on Thursday, when the first item would be to vote on this motion.
As chair, I call for the vote, and then we move on—
1 p.m.
Liberal
Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal Vancouver Granville, BC
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
To move past the ascribed time for the committee, you need unanimous consent, which you do not have, so we're done.
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Conservative
1 p.m.
Conservative
1 p.m.
Liberal
Taleeb Noormohamed Liberal Vancouver Granville, BC
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
We sit through countless hours of conversation.
We had a situation where Mr. Champoux put forward a motion. There was an opportunity for the committee to work collaboratively to continue with questions. Sadly, that was not given. We were not able to do that because some folks didn't feel that was appropriate.
We then agreed, as a group, through you, Mr. Chair, that each party remaining would get their three minutes.