Foreign Affairs Committee on April 20th, 2023

[Stéphane Bergeron, Bloc, Montarville, QC]

That's not what I'm saying, Mr. Oliphant. What I'm saying is that, if we withdraw the NDP subamendment and your amendment, we can, by unanimous consent, move to the next clause, the one on cluster munitions.

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

I think we would need unanimous consent to do that.

Either way, I'm not sure it matters whether we withdraw the subamendment and the amendment now or withdraw them later. They're going to, I suspect, be withdrawn—

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

I think we're now engaging in debate.

We'll go to Ms. McPherson.

[Heather McPherson, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB]

I'm not withdrawing my subamendment, so I don't know why that's the discussion.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

I know you're not. I never said that you were withdrawing it.

[Heather McPherson, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB]

In fact, if we need to go forward, we can vote on it.

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

I think I have the floor from earlier.

The first thing I would do with the floor is move that we request of the House an extension of up to 30 days for consideration of Bill C-281.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

On a point of order, Chair, can you confirm that it's in order to move a motion when we're debating a clause?

There's a subamendment on the floor. Is that right?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

It's a good point. Let me look into that.

Mr. Oliphant, you can't do so. If there's a motion already on the floor, you can't go and....

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

The bill will need to be reported at the same time.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

No, it's just that after we're done with this clause, we—

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

Can I move a motion that we stay this clause and move to the next clause?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

You can do so. I don't think you're going to get the votes, but—

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

I think that is related to the clause we're on.

[Sameer Zuberi, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

On a point of information, are we allowed to have unanimous consent to move this motion?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

Do you mean to move past the amendment?

[Sameer Zuberi, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

It's an informational question.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

Yes, but there was no unanimous consent.

[Sameer Zuberi, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

There was no unanimous consent.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ali Ehsassi]

Mr. Oliphant was supposed to bring a motion—

[Sameer Zuberi, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

There was a point of information. There was an informational question asked by the vice-chair around this. It wasn't that he opposed it; it was just that he asked an informational question. We haven't asked for unanimous consent yet on this motion.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

On a point of order, I think process-wise, you can always propose, if you have the floor, to adjourn the discussion that's currently going on. I think [Inaudible—Editor] House leader's office.

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

I think that's a very helpful point.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I always aim to be helpful.

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

I'm going to move a dilatory motion. Because I have the floor, I am going to move that we adjourn debate on Bill C-281 at this time. It's a motion to adjourn debate.

This is, so people know, so that I can extend.

Thank you. Sometimes he's helpful.