Evidence of meeting #93 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 cbc.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Ms. Thomas, I'm chairing this committee, please. Mr. Coteau made a point of order that I allowed to stand. Now I would ask you to continue.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I didn't ask you to do that. Go ahead and continue. I rule on points of order, not you, Ms. Thomas.
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Conservative
Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I do believe that it is in the Standing Orders—if you seek it, you will find it—that when a member raises a point of order, another member can comment on that point of order, can engage in further discussion.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Go ahead, then, Ms. Thomas, engage in further discussion. You obviously seem determined to continue to speak for the rest of this committee meeting and not allow your colleagues or others to have a say.
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Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
I have a point of order.
I think there was another point of order made, so that was the last point of order.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Mr. Noormohamed's point of order is clear. It was to stick to the subamendment, a point that I have been trying to make for quite a long time now.
Go ahead, Ms. Thomas.
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Conservative
Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB
Madam Chair, just a moment ago, you asked me to be respectful of this committee. I wonder if the comment you just made with regard to assuming my intentions was respectful toward this committee.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
—and they are asking you in their points of order to continue to focus on the subamendment and move on.
Thank you.
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Conservative
Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB
I appreciate your clarity with regard to the definition of “respect”, because I think you and I have very different definitions, but now that I understand yours, I have zero problem adhering to that.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB
Thank you.
Yes, it's the subamendment that Ms. Catherine Tait would come to this committee because she is the head of the public broadcaster in our country and she is receiving $1.4 billion annually of taxpayers' money to pay for—
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NDP
Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC
She is coming next week. She is coming in nine days. I don't understand the relevance.
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Conservative
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Yes. I think the clerk said she was contacted and she said that she would come. She was asked originally, in the first motion, to come for an hour. We are now, in this subamendment, asking her to come for two hours, so there you go. That's it. We have not had a response because this subamendment has not yet been voted on and passed—or not.
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Conservative