Evidence of meeting #149 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was diotte.

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MPs speaking

Also speaking

10:20 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Michael Levitt

I have the witness list here.

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Kerry Diotte Conservative Edmonton Griesbach, AB

You know I wanted to speak.

10:20 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Michael Levitt

Mr. Diotte, you're not a member of the committee. We did give you time to speak to the motion, but I'm reviewing—

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Kerry Diotte Conservative Edmonton Griesbach, AB

But you saw that I wanted to speak.

10:20 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Michael Levitt

If I had seen that you wanted to speak, I would have addressed it.

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Kerry Diotte Conservative Edmonton Griesbach, AB

You did.

10:20 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Michael Levitt

Seeing the timing now and that the question has been called, the motion further reads:

1) That, in support of the historic truth and as requested by Mustafa Dzhemilev, the Crimean Tatar deportation of 1944 be recognized as a genocide perpetrated by Soviet dictator Stalin, and that May 18 be designated a day of remembrance for the Crimean Tatar deportation (Sürgünlik).

(Motion agreed to)

It passes unanimously. I thank the members of this committee for their work on this.

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Mr. Chair, on a point of order, I would like us to be able to proceed now to a discussion in public of a motion on the genocide of the Tamils.

Mr. Chair—

10:20 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Michael Levitt

Further, I don't have consent to proceed past 15 minutes. That's what we spoke about before. The bells are ringing, so at this point I'm going to have to adjourn.

The meeting is adjourned.