Evidence of meeting #2 for Health in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ndp.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Okay, we have the first round done.
Mr. Carrie's suggestion for the five-minute second round is Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, and Conservative.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
That is defeated.
For the second round we have Dr. Bennett's suggestion, which is Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, and NDP.
Is that correct, Dr. Bennett?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Yes, on the second round. We're talking about the five-minute second round. You suggested Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, and NDP. That's what we're voting on.
Oh, boy, we're tied.
Bloc, you did not vote, correct? All right.
What do we do now?
February 5th, 2009 / 4:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
The third option for the second round is Mrs. McLeod's: Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Conservative.
Oh, my goodness, you guys. I guess it's at the discretion of the chair.
Okay. I'm going to try this one more time, to give you one more chance. Have a think on it. Take a deep breath. The first one is this: Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Conservative, which is Mrs. McLeod's. Who's in favour of that one?
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
I could. Do you want a piece of cheese, Mr. Carrie? I need one.
Okay, slowly: Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Conservative. That is Mrs. McLeod's suggestion.
Mr. Carrie.
Conservative
Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON
Just a minute. I'll interpret this for a second. There are 11 spots we're recommending.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
If you'll be patient, we'll just wait a minute.
Okay. Thank you. Is there Valium? No? Okay.
Conservative
Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON
With that, out of 11, we're ending up with three Liberals and four Conservatives. The Bloc has two and the NDP has two.
That was your suggestion?
Conservative
Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON
What you're looking at, then, is that the opposition has 7 out of the 11 spots, which is clearly a majority. The Conservatives have 4 out of 11.
NDP
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Mr. Carrie, I'm going bring up your point about the count. Mrs. McLeod said: Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Conservative. What Mr. Carrie has said is that the opposition gets 7 out of 11 questions and the Conservatives have 4 out of 11.
Mr. Carrie.
Conservative
Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON
If I could make a friendly amendment to Mrs. McLeod's motion, if we add one more Conservative spot, that would give the Conservatives 5 out of 12. The Liberals would have 3 out of 12. The Bloc would have 2 out of 12. The NDP would have 2 out of 12. The opposition would still have 7 out of 12, which is clearly the majority, and the Conservatives would then have the two last spaces. If we don't get there, we would be the ones who would lose out, but we would still get the first choice on the third round.
