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.
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2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
I believe in minority rights as well, Chair.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
Mr. Chair, I have a point of order.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Chair, we have doctrines of privilege to protect minorities.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
Did that previous vote go through, or are we starting all over again? Did we vote on clause 489 when Conservatives didn't get a vote?
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
We didn't get a vote for that.
If you look at the Hansard there, even if you overruled Mr. Genuis, I clearly said “point of order”, which means that vote never happened.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
Check the Hansard.
It doesn't matter. Your job, as I say to my children, was to listen, and you didn't listen.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
I raised it. It's a point of order.
It is the very essence. There's nothing more critical than a point of order, Mr. Chair. If you refuse to acknowledge it, then why are we even here? Why are we even here? The Liberal Party should just get to do whatever they want.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
I raised a point of order before you went to the vote.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
I said it. Check the Hansard. Talk to the clerks.
2:25 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
You have to recognize it. It's the most sacred, sacrosanct....
When we're on that side and you're on this side, if we don't recognize a point of order, holy mackerel, we hear it from the Liberals and the NDP. How many times do we hear the NDP talking about time allocation, and here we are—we don't even get the right to vote. What have we come to?
I raised a point of order, and I said it clearly into the microphone. It's your job to recognize it.
2:30 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
Is there a process to remove the chair?
2:30 p.m.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
Mr. Clerk, is there a process to remove the chair? He won't recognize a point of order. He won't even let us vote.
