Foreign Affairs Committee on June 16th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #21 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 amendment.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Women, Peace and Security

Current Human Rights Situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar

Crimes against Religious, Ethnic and Other Groups in Syria and Iraq

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Allison Goody Committee Researcher

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

On a point of order, I haven't had a chance to speak at all to the main motion. You allowed me to speak to the amendment but that's a separate issue from the main motion, so I would argue, Mr. Chair, that it's important for us to have some substantive conversation about the main motion, as well, which is distinct from the amendment. The main motion deals with the issue itself in a broader way rather than simply the distinction between the language we were looking for and the language that the government was looking for.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bob Nault

No, I would disagree with that, because the amendment was specific at the beginning, and the rest of the motion was exactly the same. It's clear what we're voting on.

I'll move to the motion.

Hélène, did you vote for or against the motion?

5:30 p.m.

NDP

Hélène Laverdière NDP Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC

For.

(Motion agreed to)

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bob Nault

All right, the motion passes, and I'll report it to the House.

Colleagues, I don't think we're going to see each other until the fall, so have a very good summer. I'm sure hoping I don't see you on Tuesday, as much as I like you all. Good luck, have a good summer, and we'll get back to work in the fall.

The meeting is adjourned.