Evidence of meeting #13 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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Bloc
Meili Faille Bloc Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
I would like to mention a small detail, Mr. Chairman. In the French version, after the word "subissent", there should be the words "avec succès".
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
Raymonde Folco Liberal Laval—Les Îles, QC
Excuse me, Mr. Chairman, but I do not have a copy of what Ms. Faille is talking about.
4:20 p.m.
Bloc
Meili Faille Bloc Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
After the word "subissent"
In the motion itself, the English and the French don't mean the same thing.
The words "avec succès" should be added after the word "subissent".
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
Are you referring to Mr. Siksay's motion that we should add in French...where, again?
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
It's after the word “subissent”. Maybe you could point it out to us in the--
4:20 p.m.
Bloc
Meili Faille Bloc Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
It's just a detail. It's just that it doesn't mean the same thing.
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
Maybe the clerk can square that away with you, and in the meantime I don't think there's anything preventing us from calling for a vote.
There's a point of order from Madame Folco.
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
Raymonde Folco Liberal Laval—Les Îles, QC
I would like to hear from the translators following what Madame Faille just said.
First of all, I'd like to hear from Mr. Siksay. Does he mean people who pass in the sense of getting 51% of the marks--that kind of passing--or does he mean people who are just going through the process, which is what the French says? I'd like to hear which of the two, the English or the French, is the one Mr. Siksay wanted to present.
4:20 p.m.
NDP
Bill Siksay NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC
I think Madame Faille's suggestion is well taken. I would support her suggestion as a friendly amendment to make it equivalent in English and French.
4:20 p.m.
NDP
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
All in favour of the friendly amendment to make it equivalent in English and French?
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
Mr. Chair, I have a point of order. Are we voting to allow a dissenting report? We actually dealt with this as a committee before. The last time a parliamentary secretary put in a dissenting report, we said they could put in a dissenting report and we'd attach it as long as it was ready to go when our report was ready to go, which was tomorrow, and that's exactly what happened. The committee didn't even see the report, if you recall, Mr. Clerk.
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
Are you saying you want us to be in favour of a dissenting opinion being attached?
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Liberal
Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
That's right, as long as it doesn't delay tabling the report tomorrow.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
So it would have to be in the clerk's possession tomorrow by nine o'clock or ten o'clock.
4:20 p.m.
The Clerk
The tabling is at ten o'clock, so it's by nine o'clock, in both official languages, and sent electronically.
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
It will be at nine o'clock, in both official languages, and sent electronically.
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
That's just what happened the last time when we accommodated the parliamentary secretary with the dissenting report.
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
Okay. We'll call for a vote to attach the dissenting opinion to the report. All in favour?
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
Raymonde Folco Liberal Laval—Les Îles, QC
Just one minute. Could we have the text, please, Mr. Chair--the text exactly as we are voting on it?
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
Raymonde Folco Liberal Laval—Les Îles, QC
No, no. It's to attach the dissenting report, but there's another part to it after that: within.... I just want to make sure we're voting on the same text.