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Evidence of meeting #8 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was message.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #8 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was message.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Voices
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Clerk of the House of Commons, House of Commons
I'm the wrong person to ask.
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An hon. member
It's not just birds.
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Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Just as a guideline, as Liberals we tried to ban BlackBerrys in our caucus and it just didn't work.
I don't know how it's going with you guys. Do you guys—
Do you have a "no Blackberry" policy at your caucus?
Yvon, are you allowed to use BlackBerrys at your caucus meetings?
We tried. We're a little bit more undisciplined.
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Bloc
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
This is why everybody knows what's going on inside your caucus.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Going back to the camera issue, it is stated in the rules and regulations that the use of cameras is prohibited, but we all know that most BlackBerrys and cellphones have cameras.
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Conservative
Harold Albrecht Conservative Kitchener—Conestoga, ON
Going back to the issue of the cameras, it's not prohibited to have them there. It's the use of them there that is prohibited.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Great.
Thank you very much for attending today.
You've answered our questions about your referral back to this committee. You have done nothing but give us more questions to answer, but that's what we look for, of course. That's why we're here.
Thank you for giving us some of your precious time today. Our committee will now discuss what our next steps are on this, and it's certainly up to the committee whether we go in camera to discuss committee business or stay just where we are to do it.
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Clerk of the House of Commons, House of Commons
We'll be following on Twitter to find out.
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Voices
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Thank you all.
Committee, if we're going to discuss committee business or the further study of this, normally we would go in camera to do so. Shall I suspend for a moment to do so?
Seeing no objections, we'll suspend for a moment to go in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
[Public proceedings resume]
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Conservative
Guy Lauzon Conservative Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, ON
Mr. Chair, I suggest we speak to our colleagues about the issue we've been discussing.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
That would be a great idea, Mr. Lauzon, but does the rest of the committee agree we should speak to our colleagues?
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An hon. member
What issue was it?
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Some hon. members
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
The issue was that we had the Speaker and the clerk here discussing today the use of technologies and how that affects decorum in the House and procedure in the House. So we can go and speak and we'll gather back at a later date with all of that.
Go forth.
Thank you all for participating today. It was a great meeting.