Fisheries Committee on Feb. 16th, 2016

[Bobby Morrissey, Liberal, Egmont, PE]

You mean the one that originally came in, with the six-minute allocations.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

That's right, with six-minute allocations for round one—

[Bernadette Jordan, Liberal, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

Which has been moved....

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

—which has been moved.

What Mr. Strahl has done is amend it to what he just described earlier.

Would you like me to read it out again?

[Bernadette Jordan, Liberal, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

No. I don't need you to do that.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Okay.

Well, he's put forward an amendment to it, so the next item is to vote on Mr. Strahl's amended table.

Before I do that, would anybody else like to weigh in on this?

Mr. Finnigan.

[Pat Finnigan, Liberal, Miramichi—Grand Lake, NB]

If it was voted down, then we'd have to vote again on the original motion.

Is that how it works, or does it automatically...? No, we'd have to vote again.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Right.

If accepted, it's automatically amended. Then we vote for the main motion, which would be the amended one.

Is there any more discussion?

I'm sorry, Mr. Arnold, my apologies.

[Mel Arnold, Conservative, North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC]

I think the confusion is that the original motion has been moved. It hasn't been passed yet. It's only moved, so it's still up for a vote.

Thank you.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

These are tools in the toolbox, as the expression goes. We could suspend for a bit if you wish to discuss it and then return in a few minutes.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Okay, so we're ready.

Therefore, I call for a vote of the amended motion.

[Bobby Morrissey, Liberal, Egmont, PE]

No, it's of the amendment.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Oh, the amendment. I'm sorry.

See, now you've got me confused. It's the amendment, yes.

(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Thank you very much.

Now we have to move on to vote on the amended motion.

(Motion as amended agreed to)

Thank you. Sorry if I was confused there.

There is one left. It is that the clerk of the committee be instructed to request from the minister's office the curriculum vitae of an appointee or nominee, once the committee has been notified of their nomination, and distribute it to the members of the committee.

Is there any discussion?

[Ken Hardie, Liberal, Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC]

I have a question.

This is a nominee to what?

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

I'm seeking clarification on that myself.

Okay, some positions get referred to committee for the vetting of particular candidates, so that's what we're doing. We're clearing the way for that.

[Ken Hardie, Liberal, Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC]

They're candidates for—

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Any position. It could be a board position. It could be anyone appointed by the minister or order in council.

[Ken Hardie, Liberal, Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC]

Okay.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

All right. Is there any more discussion on that?

I'm looking for someone to move the motion.

[Mel Arnold, Conservative, North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC]

I so move.

(Motion agreed to)

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

Yes, Mr. Davies.

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

I have two short motions for consideration as routine motions by the committee.

I'll just read it and I'll go slowly. It is that all requests to appear before the committee be distributed to committee members.

[The Chair, Liberal, Scott Simms]

We can have a motion on that.

Would you care to repeat it?