Fisheries Committee on Sept. 25th, 2024

[Rick Perkins, Conservative, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

In the committee's mouth....

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

—in the committee's mouth.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

In the committee's mouth....

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

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

No, I'm putting words into the people down there. As chair, I can ask witnesses if they're up for leaving. They can leave.

[A voice]

[Inaudible—Editor]

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Exactly.

Again, if you stay, you stay. If you go, it's up to you. I just feel bad wasting your time.

[Rick Perkins, Conservative, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

There you go again with that commentary—that little speech you gave.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

It's my commentary. You have yours and I have mine. You haven't been recognized.

We're back.

Mr. Arnold.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was refreshing.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

“Re” what...?

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

It was refreshing.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Okay. I didn't get the full word.

[An hon. member]

Mr. Chair, could he start from the top?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Oh, I don't care. We're done at 7:30 regardless, because we don't have any—

[An hon. member]

It's 6:30.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

It's 6:30, is it?

No.

[An hon. member]

Well, you have to respect the interpreters. They have to go home and feed their kids.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

We have two hours, yes. We started at nine minutes after.

[Rick Perkins, Conservative, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

The scheduled time is when the committee ends. You need unanimous consent to go past the scheduled closure. You can check with the clerk if you'd like.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Okay. Obviously, I'm not getting unanimous consent to extend. Okay. The meeting started at five.... No, I have to go back to 4:30, the original time, and to 6:30.... Okay. I think we're pretty well at 6:30 now, aren't we?

[Bobby Morrissey, Liberal, Egmont, PE]

Mr. Chair, I have a point of order.

Could we get clarification from the clerk on the timeline of the committee? The committee is scheduled for two hours, but it was delayed by a vote in the House of Commons. I would like a clarification on when the clock starts.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Okay. We started at 5:22. We get two hours from that.

[Bobby Morrissey, Liberal, Egmont, PE]

We do not need unanimous consent to move beyond the two hours. We would need it only to move beyond the two hours from the time the meeting started. Is that correct?