Evidence of meeting #26 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was report.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Mr. Chair, I think the committee needs agreement to adjourn.
This will take 30 seconds. It's an important issue.
I think that everyone agrees.
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
6:30 p.m.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Mr. Chair, if I have the floor, I move that the committee condemn any attempt to hold—
6:30 p.m.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Yes, but the committee can't adjourn, except by consent. If, after I move the motion, someone wants to move an adjournment motion, they're welcome to move one and the committee can vote on it. However, I suspect we would be advised—
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi
No. It was pointed out to all the members that we have been advised that we cannot—
6:30 p.m.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Mr. Chair, it's the rules of the House that you can't adjourn a meeting without the consent of the majority of the committee. That's well established in the rules. If you want to consult with the clerk on that, be my guest.
In the meantime, I move:
That, the committee condemns any attempts to hold “referendums” in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine; any such referendums have no legitimacy, the committee maintains its belief that Ukrainian national boundaries recognized at the time of the Budapest Memorandum remain Ukraine's national boundaries today, and the committee report this motion to the House.
I think we all agree on this matter. I would like to move that motion. Hopefully, we can get this done, because it is very time sensitive in light of developments around the world.
6:30 p.m.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
I request a recorded division, please.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi
Absolutely.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)
Since you said we have five minutes, if I could take your time, this is very minimal.
For the motion that was brought by Mr. Zuberi, did you have a witness deadline to suggest or recommend?
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
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Liberal
6:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi
Okay.
On the other one that was adopted, Ms. Bendayan—the motion that you proposed on Armenia and Azerbaijan—did you want to propose a deadline for witnesses?
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
Rachel Bendayan Liberal Outremont, QC
Sure. May I send that to you?
I'm sorry. You mean the deadline itself. I thought you meant the list of witnesses.
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Bloc
Stéphane Bergeron Bloc Montarville, QC
I have a point of order.
I thought it was proposed by Mr. Genuis that you, Mr. Chair, and the analysts, come up with a timeline for us. I think we need to give you some latitude. We won't be able to, in four and a half minutes, agree on a timeline for each of these motions, all of which we think are priorities.
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi
Absolutely, Mr. Bergeron. I was following up on what the clerk had asked me to do, but that sounds sensible. We will do so.
Go ahead, Mr. Chong.
6:35 p.m.
Conservative
Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills, ON
I have one final point, Mr. Chair, since we're on committee business. I want to make sure that we do our job as a committee and that we review the estimates when they are passed to us from the House before we adjourn for Christmas.
Thank you.
6:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi
Point taken, Mr. Chong, and on that particular point, the meeting stands adjourned.
