Government Operations Committee on June 17th, 2008

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Are you agreeing to the change? Do you want to move...?

[Diane Bourgeois, Bloc, Terrebonne—Blainville, QC]

If I understand correctly, Charlie would like the government to table its plan, but in the meantime, the government is stalling. He is adding to my motion. Correct?

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

It doesn't really. It just says to bring forward its plan on the implementation of a policy--

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

I said “prior to the implementation”, so--

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

It was “prior to”.

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

We're saying that they have to bring that to committee before the plan is implemented.

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Yes. Is that okay?

[Diane Bourgeois, Bloc, Terrebonne—Blainville, QC]

I only wanted to be certain that...

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

I'm going to call the vote on the amendment. It reads:

That the government bring forward its plan prior to the implementation of its policy aimed at bundling the procurement of IT products and services

(Amendment agreed to)

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

The motion is unanimous--no, that's the amendment; well, I suppose it's the same thing. It ends up being the motion as amended is supported.

[Marcel Proulx, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

I apologize for asking this question. I don't want to delay the committee, but I have to go to the House.

What is happening to the part about having the “Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner investigate the allegations...”?

[James Moore, Conservative, Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, BC]

It got dropped.

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

It got dropped because it's not for our committee to do this. It was dropped as part of the earlier debate.

[Marcel Proulx, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

It should go to the ethics committee.

Go ahead, Mr. Angus.

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

I was supporting removing it because I think it's a separate issue. Mr. Moore said it should go to the other committee, but I don't think that was the consensus of the committee. It was a separate issue that should be dealt with separately from this motion, just to be clear.

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Thank you.

[Marcel Proulx, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

Do we have a second motion?

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Right now we just have the first motion as amended. We don't have the second motion at this time.

All those in favour of the motion as amended--

[Harold Albrecht, Conservative, Kitchener—Conestoga, ON]

Could we have it read just once before we actually--

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Okay. It reads as follows:

That the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates recommend that the government bring forward its plan prior to the implementation of its policy aimed at bundling the procurement of IT products and services.

The question is on that particular motion.

(Motion as amended agreed to)

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

That one is finished--

[James Moore, Conservative, Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, BC]

I have a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Diane Marleau]

Yes, sir.

[James Moore, Conservative, Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, BC]

Who was voting on the Liberal side here?