Citizenship and Immigration Committee on March 29th, 2007

Evidence of meeting #46 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 rad.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-280, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171)

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Malcolm Brown Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Micheline Aucoin Director General, Refugees Branch, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Eric Stevens Legal Counsel, Legal Services, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Clerk of the Committee

Paul Aterman Director General, Operations Branch, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Order. The chair can be appealed on that.

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

I'd like to call a vote.

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?

(Ruling of the chair sustained)

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

I'd like to go back to the main motion.

1:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

We haven't voted on the amendment yet.

Is there additional discussion on the amendment? Mr. Wilson.

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

I'd like to move a subamendment to that motion, if I could have a piece of paper, please.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Do we want to continue discussion on the amendment while we're getting the subamendment?

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I'm going to speak to the amendment.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

You're not recognized yet.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Order, please.

We have to deal with the subamendment first.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

Do I have the floor, Mr. Chair?

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Yes.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

I'd like to move that the words provided by Mr. Jaffer be deleted and that the motion that was originally there stand.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

That is irregular voting.

1:10 p.m.

NDP

Bill Siksay NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC

The voting needs to be amended, Chair.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

That subamendment is out of order because the proper course of action is to vote on the amendment.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

I would ask that the chair please call the vote.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

I'm going to adjourn this meeting if I can't get attention here.

Let's deal with this in proper fashion. Let's deal with the amendment, first of all.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

The amendment is on the floor. Is there further discussion on the amendment?

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I want to speak to the amendment.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

You want to speak to the amendment, Mr. Komarnicki.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

On a point of order, Chair, I thought I was on the list to speak.

1:10 p.m.

An hon. member

You already did, and you passed your—

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

Blair Wilson Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC

No, that was a point of order.

1:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

I'm told that I have to go back to the amendment and deal with that, so I'm dealing with the amendment.

Mr. Komarnicki.