Finance Committee on Dec. 5th, 2007

Evidence of meeting #13 for Finance in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was december.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-28, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007

MPs speaking

Rob Merrifield

Thomas Mulcair

Dean Del Mastro

Also speaking

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

We'll call the meeting to order.

The first order of business of the committee is to recognize the first report of the subcommittee on Bill C-28. You have it there. It's a great report. You have the report in front of you, so I have presented it to you.

Shall the report be adopted?

1:50 p.m.

NDP

Thomas Mulcair NDP Outremont, QC

I'm going to be moving, Mr. Chairman, that this committee not report back to the House today, but instead that this committee agree to hear witnesses on Bill C-28; and that in order to expedite our committee's study, we hold extra FINA meetings on Thursday, December 6, 2007, and Monday, December 10, 2007; and that immediately after the committee finishes hearing witnesses, we move to clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-28 and we agree to report the bill back to the House of Commons on or before Tuesday, December 11, 2007.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

The consideration of that would go against what we talked about with regard to the department that came forward and talked to the committee after the committee's last meeting, suggesting that timing was a considerable problem with regard to that.

We have a motion on the floor.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON

Mr. Chair, could I speak?

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Just a minute. We'll hear from Mr. Mulcair first.

1:50 p.m.

NDP

Thomas Mulcair NDP Outremont, QC

It's an amendment to the concurrence motion and it's in order.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

I realize it is, yes.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON

A point of order, Mr. Chair.

We dealt with this last week. The honourable member was not in attendance when we debated this issue and now he brings it back because he wasn't here. If he had been here, perhaps he would have been able to bring this forward.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

I realize that.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

Dean Del Mastro Conservative Peterborough, ON

I think it's offensive to the rest of the members who were here.

1:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

We have an amendment here. We're going to vote on that amendment.