Evidence of meeting #131 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 hate.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Is it okay if I speak, Madam Chair?
I just want to support my colleague, Mr. Noormohamed, in the sense that I won't support the amendment, mainly because I think—
Liberal
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
I think that in the way it's written, we can talk about many different issues. It really speaks to an issue around the growth of the far right in Canada.
I keep seeing more images of people marching in the United States. In Washington, you have far right extremists and white supremacists. You start to see more things. I go through my social media now and I start to see more and more images of extremism in America, but also in Canada.
I think all of us here, every single person in this room—I hope—would agree that extremism usually occurs in hidden places. It's in places we don't often see. It's a very underground movement. I think we need to shed some light on this growth that's taking place in the country and prove that it actually is growing. Let's bring in some experts to figure out what's actually happening right now, at this moment.
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Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
I was just saying why I don't support the amendment. It's because I think the motion itself is clear enough. That's what I was trying to get at.
I'll stop there, Madam Chair.
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Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
Madam Chair, I was just going to move a privilege motion.
I move that the chair violated the privileges of the members of this committee when the chair arbitrarily gave the floor to Mr. Coteau when we first started from May 9. It should have been Mr. Noomohamed.
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The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I do not think I violated the privilege of anyone. We had suspended, if you recall, Mr. Waugh, so the committee was not meeting at that moment. We were looking to find out more about this motion before—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
We found it. That's not the point. The point is we found out that, in fact, Mr. Noormohamed's motion could not stand as it was and we had to move a motion. Mr. Coteau moved the motion that the committee study it. That was pretty straightforward.
Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC
On a point of order, Madam Chair, have you found his privilege motion to be in order?
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Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC
No. I would just like to find out if you're going to be...because then we can have a discussion, and I would like to speak to that.
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The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Mr. Waugh, because this is quite a rare, little thing we're doing here now, I'm listening to the clerk. Why do you feel your privilege was violated?
Conservative
Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK
When you look back, we found that on May 9, the debate started with Mr. Noormohamed. Instead of him picking up where we left off on May 9, you gave Mr. Coteau the floor first, when it really should have gone to Mr. Noormohamed.
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