Evidence of meeting #102 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was audit.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Karen Hogan  Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Andrew Hayes  Deputy Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Sami Hannoush  Principal, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. David Chandonnet

7:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

We're sending it out again.

Mr. Sousa, quite literally it's your amendment in its entirety, with, added at the end, “that the committee report this request and these findings to the House”. Otherwise it is your amendment.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Chair, I think we're ready. Are we not suspended? I think we're ready to proceed.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

Could we have two minutes?

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

We've read it repeatedly to you, Mr. Sousa. I'm not sure how much more you need, but make it two minutes maximum, please.

We're back. Go ahead on Mr. Genuis's subamendment.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

Yes. Right now we're at Mr. Genuis's subamendment to Mrs. Vignola's amendment. Is that right, and we're adding to it now?

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

We are now on Mrs. Vignola's subamendment.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

Okay, so now we're using Mr. Genuis's subamendment.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

It's purely that one final line added to your amendment in its entirety.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Sorry, I have a point of order, Chair.

I think you misspoke a little, so just to avoid confusion, we voted in favour of Ms. Vignola's amendment.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

I'm sorry. Yes. I apologize.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

We voted in favour, but Mr. Genuis is now amending that amendment, and I'd like to add to Mr. Genuis's—

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

No, we're not amending Mrs. Vignola's amendment. We voted it in, so we're back to your amendment. Mr. Genuis is now—

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

—making another amendment.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

That's right, so we're debating his amendment.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

In debate on Mr. Genuis's amendment, I'd like to add to it, so keep it but add a portion to it.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Just as a point of order, you can't sub a sub, but you can—

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

I'm not trying to sub, I just want to suggest—

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

You would have to offer a subamendment to that subamendment.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

That's what I'm trying to do, yes.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

You need to adopt. There is a process whereby you need to adopt—

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

I can't adopt it without the subamendment—

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley

We're dealing with the subamendment—

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

—and I want to adopt it with the add-on, if I could add to it, whatever process that requires.

7:15 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

That's not allowed in the rules, though. You can't sub a sub.

7:15 p.m.

Liberal

Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

Yours is not a sub, yours is an amendment to—