Foreign Affairs Committee on Dec. 11th, 2023

Evidence of meeting #89 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 canada's.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Canada's Diplomatic Capacity

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Balkan Devlen Director, Transatlantic Program, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, As an Individual

Martin Théberge President, Société nationale de l'Acadie

Véronique Mallet Executive Director, Société nationale de l'Acadie

Charles Burton Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, As an Individual

Ardi Imseis Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, As an Individual

Colin Robertson Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi

Thank you, Professor Imseis.

We next go to, from the Conservative side—

Yes.

12:55 p.m.

Bloc

Stéphane Bergeron Bloc Montarville, QC

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

It's now 1 p.m., and I have to leave.

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi

Okay. There was one more.... There are two minutes left.

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON

Mr. Chair, I move that we adjourn.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills, ON

And they wonder why our diplomacy is going—

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON

Because the Conservatives made us spend 30 hours doing an absolutely useless activity, we may be a bit tired and crabby. Let's just get over that.

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi

Okay, I will adjourn the meeting. Just before I do so—

12:55 p.m.

An hon. member

No, you have to adjourn. If there's a motion to adjourn, then we adjourn the meeting.

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ali Ehsassi

Yes, that's true, actually.

The meeting stands adjourned.