Procedure and House Affairs Committee on March 21st, 2011

[Harold Albrecht, Conservative, Kitchener—Conestoga, ON]

Mr. Chair, I think to be consistent with the rest of the report, it would really be much more consistent to say “Some members”. That would be my recommendation, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Yes, Mr. Godin.

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

Mr. Chair, a point of order. We are studying a motion, so he cannot make a recommendation. But he can suggest an amendment.

There already is a motion that has to be put to a vote.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Okay. We have Mr. Brison moving a motion to make the change, and we're discussing that motion at the moment.

Mr. Albrecht, have you finished your interjection?

[Harold Albrecht, Conservative, Kitchener—Conestoga, ON]

I would simply make the same.... Is there actually an amendment on the floor, Mr. Chair?

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Yes. Mr. Brison has--

[Harold Albrecht, Conservative, Kitchener—Conestoga, ON]

He's made an amendment? Then I definitely would speak against the amendment, Mr. Chair, because I think it would just be a total and obvious inconsistency with the rest of the report.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Mr. Young.

[Terence Young, Conservative, Oakville, ON]

I would speak against the amendment as well, Chair. We have said “some”. We just went through this for 20 minutes. We want to get this report delivered today before noon. Let's just get through it without spending 20 minutes over words and paragraphs. “Some members” is fine. We don't know exactly how many. It wasn't on the record. Everybody didn't speak on the issue. Let's not change the meaning of the report.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

It doesn't currently say “Some”; it says “Other”. Mr. Brison is suggesting “The majority of” as the--

[Scott Brison, Liberal, Kings—Hants, NS]

No, “A minority of”.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Sorry, “A minority of”.

[Scott Brison, Liberal, Kings—Hants, NS]

I suspect we'd get their support quite quickly if we....

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

I'm just here to make it happen. That's good.

That's what we're discussing right now. Any further discussion on it?

Mr. Reid.

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, ON]

Is there more than one mention...? Is it just at the very beginning, or is there another spot where it comes up in that paragraph?

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

There is “certain information sought by other members” in line 5. Is that also a suggestion...or is that just a more clarifying statement to the above one?

[Scott Brison, Liberal, Kings—Hants, NS]

I'm only suggesting the one time.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

You're only suggesting the paragraph that leads off.

That's the only change he's suggesting.

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, ON]

Okay. All right.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

All in favour of Mr. Brison's amendment? We'll have a recorded vote.

(Amendment agreed to: yeas 6, nays 5)

Those in favour of paragraph 29 as it is now amended?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Any opposed? Seeing none, we're on to paragraph 30.

Monsieur Proulx on number 30, and Mr. Lukiwski to follow.

[Marcel Proulx, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

No. Just on a point of order, I want to make sure that the French version of paragraph 29 will also be corrected.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Yes.

[Nicolas Auclair]

It will read as follows: “Une minorité des membres du Comité...”.