Evidence of meeting #94 for Finance in the 44th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

A recording is available from Parliament.

agreed to yeas7 nays 4request a recorded

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Alexandre Roger
Philippe Méla  Legislative Clerk
Ariane Gagné-Frégeau  Legislative Clerk
Miriam Burke  Legislative Clerk
Jean-François Lafleur  Legislative Clerk

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

No, let's do a recorded vote, actually.

(Clauses 559 and 560 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

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5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Mr. Chair, I see that Mr. Beech is doing some exercises with his thumb. I'm wondering if we should suspend, or if he's okay to continue.

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

It's his thumb stretches. I don't know; he might be cramping up.

Shall clause 561 carry?

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Sophie Chatel Liberal Pontiac, QC

I request a recorded vote.

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5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Marty Morantz Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB

Sir, what clause are we on? The sound in here is so terrible.

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

We are on clause 561.

(Clauses 561 to 567 inclusive agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

Shall clause 568 carry?

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Sophie Chatel Liberal Pontiac, QC

On division.

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5:35 p.m.

Conservative

Stephen Ellis Conservative Cumberland—Colchester, NS

I request a recorded division, please, Chair.

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

We'll have a recorded vote.

(Clauses 568 to 571 inclusive agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

(Clauses 573 to 578 inclusive agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Mr. Chair, I have a point of order.

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

On a point of order, go ahead, Mr. Lawrence.

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

I'm wondering if the committee would agree to a UC to have the PBO appear before the end of session. In exchange, the Conservatives would agree to lump—

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

No, we can't be doing that.

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Julie Dzerowicz Liberal Davenport, ON

On a point of order, I heard “lump”.

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

I can't think, for the life of me, of the appropriate verb. My apologies. The grouping, that's it. It's a big word. Sorry, it's been a long couple of days.

We would be grouping the clauses and, where possible, passing them on division if we can agree by unanimous consent to have the PBO here before the end of the year. I'm sure we'll hear from the PBO anyway.

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

We're not mixing those things up, so we're not doing that.

However, we can group if you'd like to just group. Right now, MP Lawrence, we are at clause 579. Would you like to group all the way to 632, our next amendment? We can go from 579 to 632 if there's UC.

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Could you just test to see whether we have UC for the PBO to come, and maybe then we can group these?

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

I don't think it would be appropriate to—

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

I do enjoy spending time with you, Mr. Chair, but—

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

I don't think it would be appropriate to mix those things, but if you did want to group those clauses—

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

I don't think there's anything in the rules that this would violate. Can I just test the UC, with your permission?

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

We're not—

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5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

It will take all of 20 seconds.

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The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

No.

Would you like to just do a grouping?

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