Information & Ethics Committee on Aug. 11th, 2008

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

Order, please.

Mr. Goodyear, that matter is dealt with.

[Gary Goodyear, Conservative, Cambridge, ON]

I know you threw him out.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

The person at the table was not a witness. They appeared when they wanted to appear, not when they were scheduled.

[Gary Goodyear, Conservative, Cambridge, ON]

Mr. Chair, you said that you would hear him later.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

I'm going to move on now with questioning in the first round.

Mr. Proulx, please.

[Gary Goodyear, Conservative, Cambridge, ON]

No, you're not, Mr. Chair.

I would like to ask if the witness who was just expelled had a statement.To answer Mr. Martin's concern about being prepared, perhaps the witness would be allowed to give his statement out, the printed statement.

Are you not even going to allow the printed statement by the witness?

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

Order, please.

Mr. Goodyear, as you know, the committee had a vote, and I'm going to respect the vote. I'm respecting the vote of the committee, and we will hear from the witnesses when they are scheduled. Thank you. That's not a point of order. You want to debate something that's been decided.

We're going to move on with the witnesses—

[An hon. member]

On July 16, Mr. Chair, you said that as a member of Parliament and the chair of this committee—

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

Mr. Proulx, for the first round, please, you have seven minutes. Thank you. Carry on.

[An hon. member]

—dignity and respect for witnesses. Good play, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

Order, order.

I want to remind all honourable members that our witnesses are here to assist us in our work. They're all to be treated with dignity and respect, and I expect that all members will take care.

I'm going to move on. We have work to do.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

A point of order--

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

We have not done anything that could qualify.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Yes, something just occurred that I want to raise a point of order to.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

We have work to do.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Mr. Chair, if I could, just for a moment, you have an agenda. This won't take long, I promise.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

I'm sorry, this is obstructive.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Mr. Chair, on a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

I will hear the point of order after the witnesses.

[Some hon. members]

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[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

Mr. Del Mastro, on a point of order.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Mr. Chair, the member Mr. Martin just dropped an f-bomb at the committee. I'm just wondering if he might want to apologize for what he just said.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

That's not a point of order.

[Dean Del Mastro, Conservative, Peterborough, ON]

Well, it's language unbecoming to this House.

[The Chair, Liberal, Paul Szabo]

Mr. Wallace, please.