Mr. Chair, I raise a point of order.
Evidence of meeting #183 for Finance in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was back.
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Evidence of meeting #183 for Finance in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was back.
A video is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Let's hear your point of order. If it's similar to the same point of order, I'm ruling it out of order.
Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON
I have no doubt that you don't want questions asked about this because they're very inconvenient for your government. That is why—
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON
Mr. Chair, you are out of order. You are failing to allow me to ask my question.
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
Conservative
Liberal
Michael McLeod Liberal Northwest Territories, NT
If I could go back to part 2, on assessment compliance—
Liberal
Michael McLeod Liberal Northwest Territories, NT
I wanted to know if any part of that section would have an impact on the northern residents deduction—
Conservative
November 1st, 2018 / 10:55 a.m.
Liberal
Liberal
Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON
The witness has indicated that he has answers. At present he is prepared to answer the questions that I am posing with regard to the HST application to the carbon tax. Given that he has those answers, he is prepared to provide them, as he has said before this committee. He is the one who said he has documents here, with which he can answer these questions. I am simply asking that he be allowed to do that and that he be allowed to answer my questions.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
I am saying we do not want to get into a situation. At a previous meeting, this committee decided to farm out certain sections of Bill C-86 to other committees. We need them to do their work first, and they will report back to us. If we go down this road where we are doing the work before they have an opportunity to do it, we may as well not have farmed it out in the first place. It will be duplication.
We made a motion as a committee to farm those sections out to them. Mr. Mercille may be prepared to answer this question, but the next witness who comes before us on another section might not be. When we have farmed it out to another committee, we've given them time to report back so that we can look at the recommendations and deal with it then.
That's how I'm ruling. Pierre, I just think that's fair.
Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON
I have to say that in general, Mr. Chair, you have been fair. You are a member of Parliament with integrity. On this point, we are dealing with a matter of taxation. All I'm saying is that on a matter of taxation I be allowed to ask two or three questions in order to get clarification.
I understand that you believe that some other sections should be studied by the environment committee. I don't have a problem with the environment committee doing that.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
—and I believe Mr. Julian wants in on this point of order, and then Mr. Fergus. Then we'll see where we go.
Mr. Maguire.