Evidence of meeting #109 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 company.
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Liberal
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Why don't we do five minutes? We'll come back at a quarter to three.
We're suspended for five minutes.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Colleagues, can you come back in, please? We are returning.
Thank you.
Are we ready to move ahead on this, Mr. Jowhari?
Liberal
Majid Jowhari Liberal Richmond Hill, ON
Mr. Chair, in the interest of time and given the fact that we've now asked the witness to wait a couple of times, can we proceed with the next round of questions—i.e., the Liberals, the Bloc and the NDP—and then dismiss Mr. Anthony and then go back to this motion? Otherwise, we are going to run out of time and lose our support, our translation.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Well, you can put forward a motion to adjourn debate on the motion. Otherwise—
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Chair, on a point of order, what's the timeline in terms of resources?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
It's to about three o'clock, and then we lose our interpreters. Also, we may end up losing Mr. Anthony at three o'clock, although that's certainly not our intention.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Are we able to resume with further interpretation?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Give me one moment, please.
It probably would require a break of about 10 to 15 minutes.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Okay. We could resume.
My suggestion is that the simplest thing is that we adopt this motion quickly and then get back to the testimony. That would be what I suggest.
Liberal
Majid Jowhari Liberal Richmond Hill, ON
Mr. Chair, we are not ready to adopt this motion.
The logic of asking for an investigation is based on Mr. Anthony's not reading an AG report, etc.
Chair, it's fair for us to be able to—
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Mr. Jowhari, I'm sorry. Let me interrupt. I see where this is going.
I'm going to suggest that if it's fine with everyone, we release Mr. Anthony. He's been with us an hour past what was expected, and we're going to lose interpreters anyway, so if everyone's fine, I'm going to release Mr. Anthony.
Liberal
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Okay. Well, continue, and we'll see where we sit in 10 minutes.
Go ahead, Mr. Jowhari, on Mr. Genuis's motion.
Liberal
Majid Jowhari Liberal Richmond Hill, ON
Yes. I think for us it leaves room for interpretation, and we just want to take the time to be able to look at the underlying reason and what the implication is. We can suspend this motion and come back to finish the testimony from Mr. Anthony and we can come back to the motion on Monday.
Thank you.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Thanks.
Actually, I've found out that it's going to be a 30-minute wait for the pause to bring in the new interpreter team.
Mr. Sousa, go ahead.
Liberal
Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Yes, I think we will have some amendments to the motion. I agree: Let's allow ongoing questions with the witness and then return to this motion later today or on Monday.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kelly McCauley
Thanks.
I understand what you're saying, but we do require dilatory motions, such as moving to the next order of business or adjourning debate on this motion or having UC to do so.
Liberal