Human Resources Committee on April 30th, 2020

[Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Oh, of course.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sean Casey]

—we are past the appointed hour.

Minister, I want to thank you very much for attending. We were able to get through two full rounds of questions.

We will see everyone back here tomorrow.

[Dan Albas, Conservative, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sean Casey]

Go ahead, Mr. Vis.

[Dan Albas, Conservative, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC]

No, this is Dan Albas here.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sean Casey]

Go ahead, Mr. Albas.

[Dan Albas, Conservative, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC]

I really want us as a committee to get a handle on this.

We should not have a witness, whether it be a minister or an official, passing their time to respond to a member of this committee. That creates a debate. I would like you to make sure that this does not happen again.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sean Casey]

Thank you, Mr. Albas. You've made your point of order, and I've ruled on it. Now you're repeating it. I don't think there's any purpose to be served by prolonging the meeting by repeating points of order—

[Dan Albas, Conservative, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC]

It creates a debate. You know what you can rule on, Mr. Chair, but I've never seen that in a committee in my time since I've been here.

I would like to ask you to please check with the clerk to see if it's suitable, because this will create debates in the committee. We're supposed to be inquiring of and directing our questions to our witnesses, and not towards each other. If someone wants—

[The Chair, Liberal, Sean Casey]

Thank you, Mr. Albas. I'll do that in advance of the next meeting.

[Dan Albas, Conservative, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC]

Thank you.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sean Casey]

Thank you.

We've reached the appointed time. Thanks, everyone. We'll see you tomorrow. The meeting is adjourned.