Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Oct. 17th, 2018

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

—there was an issue in the previous Parliament in which a Liberal raised a question of privilege on this very issue.

[Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

When was that?

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

What happened is that particular member did not in fact know that he or she was in the position that happened here because the Speaker was not in a position to inform the House. This actually helpfully addresses the concern the Liberals raised in the last Parliament.

We're really looking forward to helping out our friends across the way.

[Lloyd Longfield, Liberal, Guelph, ON]

Who was the Speaker then? Oh yes, that's right.

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

Exactly, and if Speaker Scheer had had this authority granted unto him with this amendment—

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON]

Unto him?

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

Yes, unto him.

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON]

Even unto him, verily.

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

This would have fixed that.

[Sherry Romanado, Liberal, Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC]

I've missed you guys.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

You mean the Mr. Scheer who was hung today in the—

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

He was hung today. I was just informed that the Speaker at the time asked PROC to deal with this very issue. Here we are—

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

—dealing with it.

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

—dealing with it at the request of our former Speaker.

[Scott Reid, Conservative, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON]

That's right.

[A voice]

I understand he will be the first person ever to have his portrait hung twice.

[Lloyd Longfield, Liberal, Guelph, ON]

We dealt with it. We got a new Speaker.

[The Chair, Liberal, Larry Bagnell]

Is there any further debate on CPC-135, as raucous as it's been?

Do you have any other points, Mr. Nater?

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

Perhaps you'd like to know which MP it was who raised the point.

[Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

Yes, I'm curious.

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

It was Scott Simms, a member of this committee.

[Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

He said we needed to fix this problem.

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

He was the one who raised it.

[Sherry Romanado, Liberal, Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC]

He's not here.

[John Nater, Conservative, Perth—Wellington, ON]

Where is he?