Canadian Heritage Committee on May 2nd, 2024

Evidence of meeting #117 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 point.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-316

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Geneviève Desjardins

Bennett Jensen Director of Legal, Egale Canada

Justin E. Kingston President, Fédération des associations de juristes d'expression française de common law inc.

Liane Roy President, Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada

Jennifer Khor Chair, Access to Justice subcommittee, The Canadian Bar Association

Ian Brodie Professor, University of Calgary, As an Individual

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Did she just say to call me into line?

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An hon. member

She did, yes.

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Chair, the member should not be suggesting that I should be called into line. She's not the boss of me. She's not my captain. I'm not in the army. She shouldn't suggest that I should be called into line. I don't think that's a proper term.

Now, I want to keep going here, Mr. Chair—

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

Yes. Are you...?

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

I have lots to say.

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

I take that.

Can you talk about the motion here?

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Yes, I'm talking about this motion and how it was introduced.

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

This is what we're talking about right now—

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Yes. I'm talking about the motion.

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

It's about the faculty group at York University—

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

In addition—

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

—or do you have an amendment to bring forward on other issues?

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Mr. Chair, I'm speaking specifically about the introduction of this motion.

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

Yes, York—

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

In addition to that, when it was introduced a week and a half ago, it was as though it was preplanned, because immediately, when you asked for unanimous consent, you turned directly to the Liberals, Mr. Chair—

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

It was wrong. I said that to you.

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

I have never seen that at this committee, and I called you out on it.

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

Yes. I apologized to you.

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

It was like it was a coordination. I'm sure you guys meet beforehand, and this was all discussed. I could be wrong—

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

You are wrong.

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An hon. member

Mr. Chair, on a point of order—

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

Mr. Coteau—

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Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

I'm sure—

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Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Kevin Waugh

Mr. Coteau, at that moment that I was sitting in this chair for the first time, as the regular chair had gone to Australia. Do you want me to talk about leaving to go to Australia during a week when we sit in the House of Commons?

I did not say that. I sat in this chair. You know how regularly I'm in this chair. I said to you that day that I made a mistake. I said that to you.

Are we going to continue on with Ms. Thomas's motion in front of us? We have others who would like to speak to it.

5:05 p.m.

Liberal

Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Mr. Chair, I was a little bit taken aback—