Evidence of meeting #1 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vote.
A recording is available from Parliament.
NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I understand that it's Liberal, Conservative, NDP, and Liberal for seven minutes each for the first round.
Is that right, Mark?
NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Then for the second round you've gone Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, and NDP. Is it for five, five, five, five, and three minutes?
NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Okay. I'm going to speak in favour of that. I think it is consistent with PROC, and it's what we adopted at the health committee too. Seven minutes is.... I looked at your last committee. I think you had 10 minutes for the first round. Is that right?
Liberal
NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
I just wanted to ask a question. At this committee do you typically have two panels per two-hour meeting, or do you usually have one meeting of two hours each?
Conservative
Robert Sopuck Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB
Let me answer that question. As I said, I've been on the committee for four years.
We've done both, and we found that two panels of an hour each worked very well, if the discussion warranted it.
To the members who haven't been on a parliamentary committee before, concerning the allocation of time it's astonishing how fast the time goes, and seven minutes is measurably better than six, believe me. In terms of the second round of five minutes, you get most of the testimony out in the first round, and the second round is often just to clarify it. This type of rotation, as I said, works quite well.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Scott Simms
Is there any more discussion on this?
Okay. We're going to vote on your amendment, sir. We're voting on what was in—
I'm sorry. Go ahead.
Liberal
Bernadette Jordan Liberal South Shore—St. Margarets, NS
Do we have what the amendment reads, or do we just go by this?
Conservative
Mark Strahl Conservative Chilliwack—Hope, BC
I will clarify again.
For rotation by time, my amendment is to.... If we're modifying the table that you have in front of you, in round one, slot one, would go Liberal; slot two, Conservative; three, NDP; and four, Liberal. All four would be seven-minute rounds. Then round two is Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, NDP, five-minute rounds, and then three minutes for the NDP at the end.
Liberal
Bernadette Jordan Liberal South Shore—St. Margarets, NS
I hate to be a stickler, but I'm going to be because we have a motion on the floor that we accept this, the initial one. It was moved by Mr. Arnold, isn't that correct?
Liberal
Liberal
Bernadette Jordan Liberal South Shore—St. Margarets, NS
Yes, but as a point of order, don't you have to vote on this and vote it down, and then vote on a new motion?
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Scott Simms
Okay.
Are we ready for the vote now? Does everybody understand now what the amendment—?
Mr. Morrissey.
Liberal
