Evidence of meeting #55 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 opposition.
A video is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Blake Richards Conservative Banff—Airdrie, AB
Well, obviously, it isn't for me to make that determination. It's up to the chair, but I personally can't see why not.
Liberal
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
We can get complicated and go in camera and things, but Mr. Richards and I have made ourselves available to you, Mr. Simms, 24-7 through this whole process. We've had a number of pull-asides to talk about how we might accommodate things. I remain offering that. I'm so confident that I'll even say Mr. Richards and I continue to make ourselves available. If there's any discussion you want to have about anything that gets us further along the process rather than this inane debate about filibustering, we're open for it.
I do not see how being in public would negate our ability to have any kind of offline discussion that we need to in order to come to an agreement to further the interests of the committee.
Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL
I guess, Mr. Christopherson.... I appreciate that, we have been doing that, and—
Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL
I guess what I'm asking about, though, is more about the online than the offline.
It's mostly me, but all of our other members have received the ability to interject if unanimous consent is granted to us to do that. I know that's not standard.
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Certainly. It's in the interests of the committee and we've said that we're willing to do anything we can positively to try to move this along. We're no happier being here than you are, but we have no choice.
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Remember: you started this fight, not us. Anyway, go ahead.
Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL
Right, and to that extent I'll take responsibility for what I'm about to say, which is that I see that we have agreement that we could proceed in that fashion if we're given unanimous consent to get the floor if we so desire.
Liberal
NDP
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
—that we've been showing each other and the ability to say, hey, can I talk...? Yes.
Liberal
NDP
Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL
Yes, as we've demonstrated.
Mr. Chair, I'd like to move that following question period today we ask the appropriate staff, ASAP, to set up that we are televised.
NDP
