Evidence of meeting #59 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was workplace.

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MPs speaking

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Karen Jackson  Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

10 a.m.

NDP

François Lapointe NDP Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

The motion concerns the cuts made at the department directly within the committee's mandate. Cuts were made in supplementary estimates (B). Your government routinely boasts about its—

10 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Ed Komarnicki

Monsieur Lapointe, I've made my ruling. I've indicated that the Parliamentary Budget Officer's request related to a period past the departmental performance report and therefore the motion is out of order. I won't have that debate.

Let's go on, then, to vote on the supplementary estimates (B), which is what we need to do.

Shall vote 1b carry?

All those in favour?

Go ahead, Ms. Leitch.

10 a.m.

Conservative

Kellie Leitch Conservative Simcoe—Grey, ON

May I just ask you to repeat the question, Mr. Chairman?

10 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Ed Komarnicki

We're voting on supplementary estimates (B), 2012-13, and vote 1b relates to requests for funding of various kinds that are outlined in the supplementary estimates, six or seven or eight categories.

Shall vote 1b carry?

HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Department

Vote 1b—Operating expenditures..........$22,460,861

(Vote 1b agreed to)

Shall vote 5b carry?

Vote 5b—The grants listed in the Estimates and contributions..........$92,232,118

(Vote 5b agreed to)

Shall I report the votes in the supplementary estimates (B), 2012-13, to the House?

10 a.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

10 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Ed Komarnicki

We've got that done. Is there anything else we need to do?

We will now move in camera to deal with some committee business.

We'll suspend for a few moments for that to happen.

[Proceedings continue in camera]