Evidence of meeting #10 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was obhrai.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
What have we decided, then? Are we going to wait or are we going to proceed?
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NDP
Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON
I think there was a consensus to wait until we can get the appropriate witnesses.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Does the committee then want to hear about Somalia on the Tuesday?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Are we ready for Somalia? All right, so that's a check on that.
The clerk was also asked by our steering committee to inquire into the availability of Mr. John Manley to appear before the committee. If my memory serves me correctly--and I know Mr. Wilfert isn't here, but Madame Barbot and Mr. Dewar and Mr. Obhrai were here--we said we would discuss Mr. Obhrai's motion in regard to Mr. John Manley appearing before our committee in response to the Manley panel report that was brought forward.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
This still isn't the time for your motion--not quite yet, not quite yet.
The clerk has checked into the availability of Mr. Manley.
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The Clerk
Yes. As I explained to the steering committee on Tuesday, I spoke with a representative--
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Conservative
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
Mr. Chairman, you are not entertaining my motion, but the motion calls for calling Mr. Manley. And for you to say that it isn't time yet, when you're jumping ahead of the--
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
No, I'm just going to have her check on the availability. Then I'm going to you, and then Mr. Patry.
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Conservative
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
No, but by looking at the availability issue, you are already saying that we need to call Mr. Manley.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
No, we're going through the steering committee report. I'm going to have the clerk explain whether she has checked on the availability of Mr. Manley. Then we're going to pass this--
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NDP
Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Chair, on a point of order--I agree with you, and I support you--I just want to say that perhaps we can first hear from the clerk about availability and then move on.
Thank you.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
That's what I was doing.
Continue, Madam Clerk. Everyone is waiting for what you have to say.
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The Clerk
As I explained to the steering committee on Tuesday, I checked for Mr. Manley's availability. I was told that he is either out of Ottawa or has meetings scheduled for pretty much every Tuesday and Thursday, and all the other days as well, until February 28, but that he would possibly be available on Monday, February 11, from 3:30 to 5:30.
So the committee has the possibility of changing its meeting, if it wishes, to hear from Mr. Manley on that day. We could have our meeting then rather than the one on Thursday of that week.
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Liberal
Bernard Patry Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Okay, that's the availability part. That's what we have in front of us. Now we either accept or don't accept the second report, and then see if we want to have Mr. Manley or not. But we first need to accept the report.
So we've been told about the availability, and now we're going to vote. The availability doesn't mean that we're going to agree or disagree on the report.
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
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An hon. member
He's a Conservative.