Government Operations Committee on March 14th, 2024

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

I vote yes to Charles Sousa, but I vote no to the subamendment. I vote yes on—

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

This is on the subamendment, so it's a yes.

[The Clerk]

The question is on the subamendment, and your answer is yes.

[Parm Bains, Liberal, Steveston—Richmond East, BC]

I'm sorry. I need to clarify. This is on Mr. Genuis's subamendment. Is that correct?

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

This is a vote on the subamendment.

[Parm Bains, Liberal, Steveston—Richmond East, BC]

I vote no.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

Mr. Chair, it's no to Mr. Genuis's subamendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

You voted yes on this subamendment. The rules require unanimous consent to change your vote.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

Do we have unanimous consent for Ms. Sidhu to change her vote?

[An hon. member]

No.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

I see a no.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

Continue with the vote, sir.

[Charles Sousa, Liberal, Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

There's some—

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

Mr. Sousa, we're in a vote. The clerk defined it. I defined it. It's on Mr. Genuis's subamendment. I apologize if people aren't following along. However, we're in the middle of a vote, and we're going to continue with the vote. I'm sorry.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, I said no to Mr. Genuis's subamendment and yes to Mr. Sousa's amendment. If you listen to it again, you will see that this is what I said.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

No. The clerk and I very clearly reiterated on the subamendment, and you said yes.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

Mr. Chair, that—

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

We're in the middle of a vote, and unanimous consent is required to change that.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

Yes, Mr. Chair. If you see, I wanted to do clarification too. I said yes to Mr. Sousa's amendment and no Mr. Genuis's subamendment. That's why I said with that—

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

I specified on the subamendment, and you stated yes.

[Sonia Sidhu, Liberal, Brampton South, ON]

I was thinking it was Mr. Sousa's amendment. That's why I said yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

We clarified on the subamendment, which is Mr. Genuis's, and you stated yes.

We're going to continue with the vote.

[The Clerk]

We have six yeas and four nays.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

The end result wouldn't have changed anyway. It would have been a pass.

We're now on Mr. Sousa's amendment, which has been amended.

I'm sorry. We do have to suspend for our interpreters, as they are leaving right now. We have a new team coming in a bit, so I'm going to suspend. However, I am going to release Mr. Anthony.

Thank you for joining us today, sir. I appreciate your patience in sticking around. I understand that you have somewhere else to be right away, so we will release you. Thanks very much.

We are suspended. I'll update everyone in about five or 10 minutes on where we're at with our interpreters.

[The Chair, Conservative, Kelly McCauley]

Thanks, everyone. We are back.

I want to start by thanking.... We do not have our new crew of interpreters yet, but I want to thank our current ones for agreeing to continue to stay. Thank you very much for that.

Colleagues, before we continue, I am going to seek unanimous consent—I think we generally have it—to reflect Ms. Sidhu's vote as a “no” and to the chair voting “yes” for the subamendment. Is everyone in agreement?