Evidence of meeting #25 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 federal.
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Conservative
Bob Zimmer Conservative Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC
I have a point of order, Chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Okay, so we do have a motion on the floor to adjourn the debate on this, and—
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Conservative
Bob Zimmer Conservative Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC
That's what I want to speak to.
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Conservative
Bob Zimmer Conservative Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC
We would like a recorded vote, Mr. Chair.
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Liberal
Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC
Mr. Chair, it's a dilatory motion. It's non-debatable.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
We have to vote on it. The way you've put this forward, we have to vote on this now to end the debate. We would then go to vote on the motion that is on the floor. To get back to where we need to be in terms of witnesses, I'd like to suggest that we vote on the motion to adjourn the debate. All those in favour?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
All in those in favour?
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 3[See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Now to the motion of Mr. Poilievre. Again, this is just an open vote in terms of his motion. I need to read this.
The motion that is on the floor is:
That pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development—
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Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
As I understood Mr. Ruimy's motion, he moved to adjourn the debate, which doesn't necessarily mean that we go to a vote on the original motion.
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Conservative
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON
It means that the debate ceases to proceed at this time, and perhaps at another time it could be revisited, but the vote on the motion is delayed until that happens.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Are we in agreement that this is what we'll do?
Okay, fair enough.
Thank you, everybody.
Witnesses, I appreciate your patience and I do apologize for the delay, but we are moving on, and I believe to Mr. Ruimy.
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Liberal
Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC
So little time is left.
I'm going to focus on Ms. Laidley.
First of all, I want to recognize your work in the trenches. I think you're the kind of folks who we need here to help us understand in Canada what it is that we're trying to accomplish. I've got so much that I want to ask you, but Stats Canada, when we had them here, talked about measuring poverty using the LIM and the LICO. Are you familiar with those two? Okay.
My first question to you is, do you think that's sufficient for us, or does it really adequately measure poverty? Is there something else we should be looking at?
