Evidence of meeting #11 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was senate.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Michael Duheme  Director, Parliamentary Protective Service
Patrick McDonell  Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms and Corporate Security Officer, House of Commons
Indira Samarasekera  Federal Member, Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments

1 p.m.

Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

We have about 30 seconds left.

1 p.m.

An hon. member

I don't know how you did that, Mr. Chan.

1 p.m.

Liberal

Arnold Chan Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

I didn't choose to talk out the last eight minutes, Mr. Reid.

1 p.m.

Conservative

Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON

Oh, that's the reason you asked Ms. Sahota to join the speakers list, then.

1 p.m.

Liberal

Arnold Chan Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

There's actually a substantive reason. I won't be available on Thursday, unfortunately, so if we come back to the motion, I simply want our side to have the opportunity to respond.

Look, I will simply wrap up. I actually thought that both theses from Mr. Graham and Mr. Reid were particularly educational. For a lot of the substantive points that I had originally wanted to address, I thought Mr. Graham did an excellent job in covering them.

I know that at the last meeting, David, you had a lot of commentary about competency. I think David Graham did a great job in terms of highlighting that at the end of the day we are bound by a particular set of constitutional rules that require us to ultimately deal with the matter we are ultimately trying to deal with.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

Could you wrap up?

1 p.m.

Liberal

Arnold Chan Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

You already know our position. I know that we're at the one o'clock point, so I will simply cede the floor to I believe Mr. Christopherson and then Ms. Sahota when the matter comes back.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

Okay. We'll see you on Thursday.

The meeting is adjourned.