Finance Committee on June 16th, 2025

[The Chair, Liberal, Karina Gould]

Good. Thanks.

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is about meeting without a quorum. I move:

That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence published when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present, including two members of the opposition parties and two members of the government party.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

Next is a motion about travel. I move:

That, when travelling outside the Parliamentary Precinct: (a) the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of whether quorum is present; (b) no substantive motion may be moved during such meetings.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

This motion deals with time for opening remarks and questioning of witnesses. I move:

That witnesses be given five (5) minutes for their opening statements; that whenever possible, witnesses provide the committee with their opening statements 72 hours in advance; that, at the discretion of the Chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated six (6) minutes for the first questioner of each party as follows:

First round:

Conservative Party

Liberal Party

Bloc Québécois

For the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning be as follows:

Conservative Party, five (5) minutes

Liberal Party, five (5) minutes

Bloc Québécois, two and a half (2.5) minutes

Conservative Party, five (5) minutes

Liberal Party, five (5) minutes

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

I'll continue.

The next motion is on document distribution. I move:

That only the clerk of the committee be authorized to distribute documents to members of the committee and only when the documents are in both official languages; and that all documents submitted to the committee in both official languages that do not come from a federal department or members' offices, or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau, be sent for linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members, and that the witnesses be advised accordingly.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is on working meals. I move:

That the clerk of the committee, at the discretion of the Chair, be authorized to make the necessary arrangements to provide working meals for the committee and its subcommittees.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is on travel accommodation and living expenses of witnesses. I move:

That, if requested, reasonable travel, accommodation and living expenses be reimbursed to witnesses, not exceeding two representatives per organization; and that in exceptional circumstances, payment for more representatives be made at the discretion of the Chair.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is on access to in camera meetings. I move:

That, unless otherwise ordered, each committee member be allowed to be accompanied by one staff member at in camera meetings and that one additional person from each House officer's office be allowed to be present.

That, during in camera meetings, committee members may be informed by the committee Chair of the MPs who have been designated as substitutes for permanent members, in order to know which MPs are authorized to speak and vote during these committee meetings. That only those who have been recognized and identified as such be authorized to speak, in keeping with the usual agreed rules of order and decorum.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is on transcripts of in camera meetings. I move:

That one copy of the transcript of each in camera meeting be securely retained by the committee clerk for consultation by members of the committee or by their staff; and that the analysts assigned to the committee have access to the in camera transcripts.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

This motion deals with notices of motions. I move:

That a 48-hour notice, interpreted as two nights, be required for any substantive motion to be moved in committee, unless the substantive motion relates directly to business then under consideration, provided that:

(a) the notice be filed with the clerk of the committee no later than 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, and no later than 2:30 p.m. on Friday;

(b) the motion be distributed to members and the offices of the whips of each recognized party in both official languages by the clerk on the same day the said notice was transmitted if it was received no later than the deadline hour;

(c) notices received after the deadline hour or on non-business days be deemed to have been received during the next business day.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is on orders of reference from the House respecting bills. I move:

That in relation to orders of reference from the House respecting bills:

(a) the clerk of the committee shall, upon the committee receiving such an order of reference, write to each member who is not a member of a caucus represented on the committee to invite those members to file with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages, any amendments to the bill, which is the subject of the said order, which they would suggest that the committee consider;

(b) suggested amendments filed, pursuant to paragraph (a), at least 48 hours prior to the start of clause-by-clause consideration of the bill to which the amendments relate shall be deemed to be proposed during the said consideration, provided that the committee may, by motion, vary this deadline in respect of a given bill; and

(c) during the clause-by-clause consideration of a bill, the Chair shall allow a member who filed suggested amendments, pursuant to paragraph (a), an opportunity to make brief representations in support of them.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

The next motion is on technical tests for witnesses. I move:

That the clerk inform each witness who is to appear before the committee that the House Administration support team must conduct technical tests to check the connectivity and the equipment used to ensure the best possible sound quality; and that the Chair advise the committee, at the start of each meeting, of any witness who did not perform the required technical tests.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

On whips' access to digital binders, I move:

That the clerk of the committee be authorized to grant access to the committee's digital binder to the offices of the whips of each recognized party.

(Motion agreed to)

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

On maintenance of order and decorum, I move:

That, during meetings, the Chair, if necessary, use her prerogative to suspend the meeting to maintain the order and decorum necessary to ensure the application of the House of Commons’ policies on workplace health and safety.

(Motion agreed to)

[The Chair, Liberal, Karina Gould]

Thank you very much, Mr. Turnbull.

That was a good read-in.

Under the chair's prerogative, I'm going to suspend the meeting for five minutes to speak with the clerk. We'll return to business in five minutes.

Thank you very much.

[The Chair, Liberal, Karina Gould]

I call the meeting back to order.

Go ahead, Mr. Hallan.

[Jasraj Singh Hallan, Conservative, Calgary East, AB]

Thank you, Chair. First, congratulations on your new role.

Since we're in committee business, as you said before we suspended, I want to move a motion.

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

I have a point of order, Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Karina Gould]

I don't think I've said that yet.

[Jasraj Singh Hallan, Conservative, Calgary East, AB]

I believe you said something along those lines before we suspended.

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

I have a point of order, Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Karina Gould]

Go ahead, Mr. Turnbull.

[Ryan Turnbull, Liberal, Whitby, ON]

I apologize for interrupting.

I just want to clarify something before Mr. Hallan speaks. I would appreciate the clarification. Are we in committee business, Chair? I don't think Mr. Hallan is able to move a motion if we're not in committee business.

[Pat Kelly, Conservative, Calgary Crowfoot, AB]

On that point of order....

[The Chair, Liberal, Karina Gould]

If you give me a moment, I'm going to suspend for a moment to confer with the clerk.

Thank you.