Finance Committee on May 29th, 2023

[An hon. member]

Could we have a recorded division?

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

Okay, if that's the game you're going to play, then we will do the same. You guys always freak out....

(Clause 17 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

Shall clause 18 carry?

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Could we have a recorded vote?

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

Clerk, go ahead, please.

(Clause 18 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

On a point of order, Mr. Chair, with great respect, I think there's a colleague online who's not using the appropriate headset—who evidently is not wearing a headset.

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

Everybody has been tested.

Who was that? Are you pointing out members? No. I'll look to the clerk.

Clerk, there was—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I don't want to embarrass the member.

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

—a point of order about the headset.

[Gabriel Ste-Marie, Bloc, Joliette, QC]

I think Mr. Genuis is talking about me. Since he wasn't here during the sound checks, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

I did the tests. Thank you

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Isn't there a requirement to have a House of Commons-issued headset regardless of the sound test?

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

It is an approved headset, MP Genuis.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Okay.

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

Okay? It's been tested. It's an approved—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

That's not the rule.

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

It is approved. It is an approved headset.

For all members' sake, actually, if you are here virtually, you are allowed to vote, so if anything does happen with your headset or your mike or you're not able to speak, you could do a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down.

(Clauses 19 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

Shall clause 20 carry?

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

Could we have a recorded vote?

(Clauses 20 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

(Clauses 21 to 30 inclusive agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

I know some government members may want to communicate their lack of enthusiasm for the budget, but is there a proper...? I wonder whether the clerk can clarify what the appropriate format—

[Julie Dzerowicz, Liberal, Davenport, ON]

That's not a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

Shall clause 31 carry?

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Mr. Chair, it was a point of order. With a bit of rhetorical flourish, it was a point of order.

[A voice]

It's not a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Peter Fonseca]

It's not a point of order.

[A voice]

It's not a point of order.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I'm wondering whether the clerk can clarify what the appropriate direction is for a yea or nay. Is an "okay" sufficient for a yea?

That's my question.