Procedure and House Affairs Committee on May 28th, 2024

[The Chair, Liberal, Ben Carr]

I call the meeting to order.

Welcome to meeting number 116 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

We are meeting to continue the discussion we began during committee business earlier today, but with the purpose of speaking to the obligations we have in relation to the emergency meeting called by some members of the committee across two different political parties.

My understanding is that in the spirit of what has been a pretty productive and efficient set of meetings, the parties have continued to negotiate and work collaboratively with one another. I think we might be able to get past some of this relatively quickly.

Mr. Cooper, I see that you would like the floor. I'll pass it to you.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

I would like to move a subamendment to the amendment of Mrs. Romanado. It would restore proposed subparagraph (b)(iii) of the motion to have a representative from the foreign interference commission appear for one hour.

Mrs. Romanado raised an issue about the fact that the commission is ongoing. I respectfully disagree. I don't see a conflict, but if there really were one, the foreign interference commission could decline to attend. It would leave it at their prerogative.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ben Carr]

Colleagues, we have before us a subamendment.

I am not seeing any additional speakers, which means we will go right to a vote on the subamendment.

Clerk, I will ask you to call the vote, please.

(Subamendment agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings] )

Thank you, colleagues.

The subamendment has passed, so we now move to the amendment that had been originally brought forward.

I don't see any speakers, so I will ask the clerk to call the vote on the amendment to the motion.

(Amendment as amended agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

We are now dealing with the motion as amended.

I see no speakers. Therefore, I will ask the clerk to call the vote.

(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Colleagues, I hope that first year poli-sci students did not choose this particular meeting as their first foray into parliamentary democracy.

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[The Chair, Liberal, Ben Carr]

Colleagues, the motion has been adopted.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Thank you to the analysts, the clerk and the parliamentary staff who have been waiting here a while for us to return from our voting.

I want to say quickly, before we adjourn, that I am very much appreciative of the collegiality and the use of time that members have taken to ensure that when we get to the table, we are set in a good direction.

I thought it was a good meeting this morning as well.

With that, colleagues, we're going to adjourn. We'll be back here Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.

The meeting is adjourned.