Evidence of meeting #137 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was point.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
No, I'm saying that it's a point of relevance, and I agree with that point of order.
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Conservative
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Liberal
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Foothills, CPC
Mr. Chair, it's our opportunity as members of Parliament to talk about the issues that our constituents want us to talk about. You've given us a ridiculously short amount of time to ask the ministers who are here; it's our one chance to ask questions of them, and now you're going to censure what questions I can ask.
They were bringing up issues that had nothing to do with the supplementary estimates—
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Foothills, CPC
Therefore, I think I can ask questions that are outside the box here.
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Liberal
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Liberal
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Foothills, CPC
—that there are 9,000 jobs on the line here, so I'm asking the minister—
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Liberal
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
I ruled on that point of order and I asked you to continue on about two minutes ago.
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Foothills, CPC
Well, Mr. Chair, it is extremely frustrating that you are now censuring the questions we can ask the minister.
