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

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

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. Wilson's motion to challenge the chair on his recognition of Mr. Devolin is in order.

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Liberal

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

And to go to the question.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Shall the ruling of the chair be sustained?

(Ruling of the chair overturned)

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Liberal

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

I would like to call the vote.

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Conservative

Barry Devolin Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

I thought I had the floor, in order to speak to the—

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

No, you don't. You've been ruled out of order.

We have to go to the motion. We're going to vote on the amendment.

You have heard the amendment. The amendment is to add, at the end of the motion, “unless there is a need to put more questions to the issue of implementing RAD”.

(Amendment negatived)

1:15 p.m.

Liberal

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

On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I ask you to go to the main motion and call for the vote.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

The motion is now on the floor.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I want to speak now.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Yes, you get to speak now.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I want to move an amendment to that motion.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

The amendment has been defeated, so now we'll go to the main motion.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

No, I want to move an amendment to that motion.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. Komarnicki wants to move an amendment to that motion.

1:15 p.m.

Liberal

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

He can't do it. You have to deal with the main motion after the—

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

Yes, I can.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Order, please.

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Conservative

Rahim Jaffer Conservative Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Let him chair the meeting.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Order, please.

Mr. Komarnicki.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I wish to move an amendment to that motion. Specifically, the amendment I'd like to make to that motion is to add “accept that Professor Peter Showler be allowed to testify at another date”.

I want to speak to why I'm moving that amendment. The reason I'm moving this amendment is that—

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Could you just repeat the amendment, please?

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

It's “accept that Professor Peter Showler be allowed to testify at another date”. The reason I say that is that I'm absolutely astounded that he is added as a witness--

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Liberal

Dan McTeague Liberal Pickering—Scarborough East, ON

I have a point of order, Chair.

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Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

--to a spot that was allotted to a witness I had suggested, who I would want to have in that slot.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. McTeague has a point of order.