Evidence of meeting #45 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 champion.
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Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
That would remove democracy from the equation a bit, wouldn't it?
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Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
Couldn't you just ask a neighbouring MP to...?
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Conservative
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NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
In Sweden, there is a PR system, though, so it's easier to swap the list, but here you wouldn't go to cabinet until after the government is elected—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
I would be willing to discuss it, if someone champions it. I'm not sure I want to, as the chair.
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Liberal
David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC
I can champion it insofar as it gets sealed. It would be better to defend it, but I won't defend that one myself.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Okay, I'll defend it and get out of the chair at that time. I'll get Blake to chair.
Number 14 is on motion seeking to circumvent the provisions of existing standing orders: disallow or restrict motions that seek to circumvent a rule or practice unless they meet a threshold higher than 50% plus one, e.g. require unanimous consent.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
I think this arose from.... We have some things that require unanimous consent that can really shut down Parliament. If at the beginning here the Bloc wasn't giving unanimous...just appointing committee chairs and people on committees and stuff.
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Liberal
David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC
I know what it's getting at, and I am not going to defend it.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Okay, there is no champion for this.
The next one is officers of Parliament: examine the funding and operation of the offices of officers of Parliament, including the parliamentary budget officer.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
The next one is one-stop shop: reopen the one-stop shop on the parliamentary precinct.
What is that?
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Liberal
David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC
That came from me. I call that a different kind of standing order.
Until three years ago, we had a one-stop shop where the post offices are now, where you could also get all of your supplies, instead of having to use eway.ca. If you wanted pens, paper, or binders, you went down there. I was a long-time staffer, and it was so much more convenient. When we lost that, it really made the day-to-day operations of offices more difficult, so I was hoping to bring it back. It is outside the mandate of this study, but I would like to see it back
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Can we change the wording of this to “the one-stop shop for office supplies”? That's what you were referring to, right?
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Liberal
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Liberal
David Graham Liberal Laurentides—Labelle, QC
Yes, but again, at most that would be a recommendation to BOIE.
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Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
Do constituency staff still have the flexibility to get supplies at Staples, or somewhere like that?