Evidence of meeting #84 for Health in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was drugs.
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9:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
Now we have a motion to suspend that is in order.
Is it the will of the committee to suspend the meeting until 11 o'clock on Monday morning?
October 25th, 2023 / 9:35 p.m.
Liberal
Marcus Powlowski Liberal Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
If there is no suspension, what's the alternative?
9:35 p.m.
Conservative
Stephen Ellis Conservative Cumberland—Colchester, NS
That's not a point of order. That's a point of clarification.
9:35 p.m.
Liberal
Marcus Powlowski Liberal Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
We need to rule on this, Chair. I would suggest a point of clarification, I think.
9:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
We're left in the untenable situation of trying to continue with the meeting without having resources. In the absence of a motion to adjourn, that's where we're left.
Quite frankly, I don't want to be there. We do have a valid motion before the committee to suspend. The question has been put.
All those in favour of suspending the meeting until 11 o'clock on Monday morning, please raise your hands.
(Motion negatived)
9:35 p.m.
Conservative
Stephen Ellis Conservative Cumberland—Colchester, NS
Thank you very much, Chair. I appreciate the fact that I do still have the floor, so—
9:35 p.m.
NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
No, I had my hand up for the floor.
Dr. Ellis no longer has the floor, because he just moved a motion to suspend, which was defeated, so I had my hand up to be recognized.
9:40 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
Okay. Thank you.
I'm going to take advice on whether the floor goes back to Dr. Ellis, but what I can say is that Dr. Hanley is next on the speakers list after Dr. Ellis.
Just bear with me for one second....
Dr. Ellis, we're going to lose interpretation very quickly. We won't be able to carry on with the meeting. I will exercise the power to adjourn the meeting, because it's impossible for us to continue.
I declare the meeting to be adjourned.