Health Committee on Dec. 14th, 2010

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Dr. Carrie.

[Colin Carrie, Conservative, Oshawa, ON]

Thank you very much to my colleague for his question.

Basically, he's given himself the answer to his question. There is a process to go through. As you said, this is just a recommendation. Why bother doing it if there is already a process in place to go forward?

As I said, I do actually respect what the member is trying to do, but I think I've put my reasons on the table for why I will be abstaining from it. But thank you very much for the question.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

I'll call the question.

(Motion agreed to)

We'll go to your next one, by Dr. Duncan: that the committee recommend that the minister announce a new set of picture warnings—

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

No, that's mine, actually.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

It's submitted by Dr. Duncan.

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

No, the next one is the longer motion.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Well, I'm going to do Dr. Duncan's first.

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

No, you're not, because this came first in time.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Well, in the spirit of cooperation, Mr. Dosanjh, I will remember you're not cooperating.

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

We're going to accommodate both. I was just joking there.

We're going to accommodate both.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

It's not a joke. I'm going to do Dr. Duncan's first.

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

No, you can't.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Well, I know I can get through this in 30 seconds, if you don't—

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

No, we're going to accommodate her motion in mine. We'll combine the two.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

You're going to combine the two?

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

Yes, there's an amendment coming.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Let's have this open for discussion then.

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

I don't want to waste time, I just want to get the motion.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

No, let's waste time.

[Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal, Vancouver South, BC]

Oh....

That's fine.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Dr. Duncan, are you going to have an amendment to add to Mr. Dosanjh's?

[Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON]

Can I make a friendly amendment? I think there's a way to combine the two.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Okay.

[Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON]

If people are comfortable with that, the motion is that the committee recommend that the minister announce a new set of picture warnings for cigarette packaging on or before Monday, January 17, 2011, to mark national non-smoking week.

I think if we could insert it at top of Mr. Dosanjh's motion, that would be my recommendation.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joy Smith]

Okay, good, that's your recommendation.

Mr. Dosanjh, do you want to speak to that?