That's what we voted on, unfortunately.
Evidence of meeting #11 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
Evidence of meeting #11 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Diane Marleau
Mr. Bonin, we're discussing whether we will withdraw the whole thing, but we need unanimous consent to do that. If we don't have unanimous consent, then we're not going anywhere.
Monsieur Bonin.
Liberal
Raymond Bonin Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
Madame Chair, if we are to reconsider this, and I agree that we should, at least I need to know the intent of Mr. Walkerton. Was the intent, Mr. Walkerton, to remove the 25-75 jobs? Was that your intent, to remove that?
Conservative
Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB
It's Warkentin, not Walkerton where the water crisis happened. Ever since that happened I've been Walkerton, but it's Warkentin.
Conservative
Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB
Moving on from that, it certainly wasn't my intent. Because of the parameters Public Works has put forward, I believe jobs follow real estate. My belief was that having a tangible asset on both sides of the river would do what was intended in the motion: it would ensure a Canadian presence on both sides of the river, certainly for national unity's sake. That's where my motion comes from.
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Diane Marleau
We're not back here tomorrow. Are you saying we will reconsider the motion that was passed, which was your motion? And if so, can I ask if we have unanimous consent to do that, to reconsider the motion that was passed, because obviously it was not your intention?
Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
Point of order. The reconsideration is that there will be some time for negotiations and it will be brought back on Thursday?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Diane Marleau
No. You either reconsider the motion or it stays as is. We can't have it both ways.
Conservative
Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB
I'll leave it as is for now, until we have the next meeting dates and discussions to further this.
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
Madam Chair, am I right in understanding...? According to the Standing Orders, we have voted on his amendment; it passed. We are now discussing my amendment. If we vote, and if my amendment is carried, then Mr. Warkentin's amendment would automatically fall and be replaced by mine.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Diane Marleau
Please, we'll ask the clerk to explain, because I'm not sure that's the case.
The Clerk
Mr. Proulx's amendment says that following the word “commitment” in Madame Thibault's motion, we add all this.
Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
So it's a replacement of what's there. It's not really clear that it's a replacement.
The Clerk
Then you would have to change the word “jobs” in Mr. Proulx's. Do you understand?
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
I'm still on a point of order, Madam Chair.
My amendment does not talk of real estate; my amendment talks of jobs. Therefore, I repeat, if we accept my amendment as it is worded, the amendment we did for Mr. Warkentin falls off the table because it's deleted and replaced by mine.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Diane Marleau
I wanted to be absolutely sure, and that's why I asked the clerk to explain it, because I wasn't absolutely sure that was the intention. If it is, that's fine by me.
We're back on debate.
Mr. Bonin, did you speak already?
Liberal
Raymond Bonin Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
No, but let me be clear. You are accepting Mr. Proulx's amendment?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Diane Marleau
The clerk tells us that his amendment will in effect throw out the other amendment.
Liberal