Evidence of meeting #2 for Finance in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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NDP
Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Fragiskatos obviously has nothing new to add. He's repeating himself. He's not relevant.
Could we just proceed to the vote, Mr. Chair?
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
Let me wrap up the point. I did bring up PSAC before, but if Mr. Julian reviews the comments, and unfortunately I guess he wasn't listening closely, he'll note that I mentioned it in a different context.
I'll stop there, Mr. Chair. I think I've made it clear to colleagues where I stand on the issue. Let's get behind this subamendment. Let's respect the public service. I know that the NDP is there in principle. Let's join here and work together to support the subamendment.
Thank you very much.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Thank you, Mr. Fragiskatos.
I'll go down my list. First is Mr. Poilievre, then Mr. Horsefather, Mr. Sorbara, Mr. Fraser and Mr. Badawey.
Mr. Poilievre, you're on.
Where are you, Pierre? Are you there? I can't hear you snoring, Pierre. Are you around?
Okay, we'll go to Mr. Horsefather.
October 21st, 2020 / 9:40 p.m.
Liberal
Anthony Housefather Liberal Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Chair, I would probably start with a point of privilege in that my name is Housefather, not Horsefather.
Liberal
Liberal
Anthony Housefather Liberal Mount Royal, QC
It's very late in the evening and I can understand the difficulty with such a long name.
I just wanted to say, first of all, that it's a pleasure—
Bloc
Gabriel Ste-Marie Bloc Joliette, QC
Mr. Chair, the interpreter just flagged that the sound quality is too poor for them to hear what the member is saying.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Thank you, Gabriel.
Just check your mike there, Mr. Housefather. Give it a couple of tests because the interpreters are not getting the sound quality.
Liberal
Anthony Housefather Liberal Mount Royal, QC
Testing, Mr. Chair. Is the sound coming in okay for the interpreter?
Liberal
Sean Fraser Liberal Central Nova, NS
Mr. Chair, if I may intervene, the clerk is very helpfully illustrating with her headset what Mr. Housefather must do to help. I think he needs to raise the boom on his microphone a little bit higher. Hopefully that's helpful.
Liberal
Bloc
Gabriel Ste-Marie Bloc Joliette, QC
Mr. Chair, it's still not working. The interpreter is saying it's inaudible.
Liberal
Sean Fraser Liberal Central Nova, NS
Mr. Chair, may I make a suggestion? It still appears that the microphone is very close to Mr. Housefather's mouth. If he can pull it away from his mouth a bit, it sometimes comes off as a little less muffled.
Liberal
Anthony Housefather Liberal Mount Royal, QC
I will try that again, Mr. Fraser.
Mr. Ste-Marie, can you hear me now?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
I don't think so. Just check on your computer screen at the bottom that you're on the right channel, English or French, when you're speaking and that you're on the right microphone as well.
Liberal
Anthony Housefather Liberal Mount Royal, QC
Yes, I'm on the right microphone, Mr. Chairman. The question is.... I wasn't on English, because I thought that Zoom had fixed the translation issue and would allow me to stay on “floor”.