Evidence of meeting #7 for Finance in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was nortel.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Order, please.
The amendment is in order.
On the amendment, Mr. Marston.
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NDP
Wayne Marston NDP Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Can I ask one question, Mr. Chair? There was a point of information that was mistaken in the last presentation. I'd like to correct it for the record. Can I do that following this?
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NDP
Wayne Marston NDP Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Can I raise it as a point of information at the end of this discussion?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
You can do it at the next committee meeting, which will be on pensions as well.
Mr. McCallum, do you want to speak to the amendment?
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Liberal
John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON
This is a procedural thing, which I wasn't anticipating. You are telling us that he can't table it, so we have to vote on whether we want this motion or not, yes or no. Is that the issue?
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Liberal
John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON
Okay, since we have about two minutes left, and not knowing this--we might not have studied it as much as we would have liked--can I propose that we delay the vote until the next meeting?
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
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Liberal
John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON
I can speak for two minutes, if required. Is that what you want me to do?
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Conservative
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Liberal
John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON
All right. I thought we did things collegially here and that we weren't required to run out the clock, but if you insist that I do....
Will you give me a hand?
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Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Yes.
If we're going to talk about my amendment, the wording has to say that the committee will undertake a study on the proposal of a tax....
