Evidence of meeting #49 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was strike.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
We have to vote on this. This is not debatable. We'll have the vote and then we'll move on to Mr. Lake's motion. Unless there's unanimous consent to take the challenge off the table—
Okay.
To my knowledge, we're taking the challenge off the table. Then we're going to go back to vote on the motion—?
Bloc
Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC
Let's proceed with the vote on the motion's admissibility, Mr. Chair; in that way, matters will be clear. Based on the information I've received, from the moment a number is changed or added, the motion is no longer admissible. The unanimous consent of the committee is required in order to admit such a motion.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
This is a vote on whether the decision of the chair stands, which is to leave the motion the way it is.
Yves Lessard Bloc Chambly—Borduas, QC
To clarify matters, we're going to vote on admissibility and then on the motion.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
Let me just repeat it one more time.
I made a decision that the motion is in order. This vote is on whether you're going to overrule the chair and the decision I made to say that the motion is in order.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
So the motion stands and is now on the table. If there's no more debate, I'll call the vote.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
Okay.
Now we're voting on the motion as proposed by—
Comments, Mr. Silva.
Liberal
Mario Silva Liberal Davenport, ON
I base my decision on your wise interpretation from the clerk. I believe that the clerk, more than somebody else's whip, is probably right on these rulings.
I would say, on the motion that was put forward by Mr. Lake, that it is probably premature, and it's one of the reasons I will not be supporting it. Our designated vice-chair, Ruby Dhalla, will be going to the steering committee. The hearings from that steering committee, if it's in the day.... Since all of us are new, and presently it is the procedure of this committee to have a steering committee, I would like to hear from her, after a meeting or two, on whether it is useful or not. Then in the future I'll make my decision on how I'd like to vote on whether there should be one or not.
I will reiterate that in the past there's not been a steering committee that I've been part of, or for the committees that I've been a part of, and it's worked extremely well. But right now that's the practice of this committee, and I don't wish to change it by having a steering committee. I'll wait to hear what my colleague has to say, after attending those meetings, about whether it's useful or not.
Thank you.
Conservative
Conservative
