Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Oct. 16th, 2018

Evidence of meeting #125 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 election.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-76

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Trevor Knight Senior Counsel, Legal Services, Elections Canada

Jean-François Morin Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office

Anne Lawson Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Regulatory Affairs, Elections Canada

Stephanie Kusie Calgary Midnapore, CPC

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Andrew Lauzon

Jennifer O'Connell Pickering—Uxbridge, Lib.

Linda Lapointe Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Lib.

Manon Paquet Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office

Philippe Méla Legislative Clerk

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Liar.

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Voices

Oh, oh!

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A voice

Fake news.

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

A liar, yes; I'll go home and think about what I did.

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Voices

Oh, oh!

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

I'll never trust you again, Bittle.

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

I can be excused now.

I'll ramble on a little bit and say that the attempt was to take a bit of what everyone was saying and try to include it in the provision.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

That was a ramble?

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

Well, I thought they'd.... I'm sorry.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

I'm still waiting. I'm looking for a ramble here. This is disappointing, Chris. I thought you had it in you.

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

I clearly failed on this entire exercise. I apologize.

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Liberal

David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC

It was a Bittle ramble.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

It was a “bamble”.

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A voice

[Inaudible—Editor]

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

Thank you. That's very kind.

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Conservative

Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON

I like your shirt too, by the way. It's very refreshing. I've been waiting to say that all evening. I don't want you to go home not knowing how much I appreciate your shirt.

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

Thank you.

I'm feeling the love in the committee, and I appreciate that.

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Linda Lapointe Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Lib.

You're my neighbour.

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

Yes. Thank you.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

Is this an amendment to CPC-90 or is it a replacement of CPC-90?

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

We could maybe pause and consider something else.

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Liberal

Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON

It's a subamendment.

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Calgary Midnapore, CPC

Stephanie Kusie

Chair, we'll withdraw CPC-90 if this is—

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Conservative

John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON

No.

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Calgary Midnapore, CPC

Stephanie Kusie

Are we not withdrawing CPC-90? Okay.