Citizenship and Immigration Committee on March 29th, 2007

[Dan McTeague, Liberal, Pickering—Scarborough East, ON]

Sorry, Mr. Komarnicki.

I just wanted to clarify whether you've accepted Mr. Komarnicki's amendment. Have you accepted it?

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Yes.

[Dan McTeague, Liberal, Pickering—Scarborough East, ON]

And has it been seconded?

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

It doesn't have to be seconded.

[Dan McTeague, Liberal, Pickering—Scarborough East, ON]

Thank you, Chair.

You want to go with the motion.

[Ed Komarnicki, Conservative, Souris—Moose Mountain, SK]

I have the floor. I have a right to speak to this amendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Mr. Komarnicki.

[Ed Komarnicki, Conservative, Souris—Moose Mountain, SK]

What I'm saying, and the reason behind this amendment--and I'll be quite clear--is that I question how witnesses come before this committee, because to get the witness I asked to come before this committee, Mr. Stephen Gallagher, I had to have a motion before this committee for Mr. Gallagher to be able to appear in a time slot that I thought was mine.

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

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[Ed Komarnicki, Conservative, Souris—Moose Mountain, SK]

I find when I get here that his time is being split with another witness. No one asked--

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Mr. Wilson has a point of order.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'm going to try to go slowly here, because we've done it three times and it seems it hasn't quite gone the way the procedure is supposed to follow.

[Rahim Jaffer, Conservative, Edmonton Strathcona, AB]

[Inaudible--Editor]...this is democracy.

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

So I would like to now challenge your ruling on going to Mr. Komarnicki and on allowing him to speak, and I would like to move that the main motion be voted on. So I'm challenging your ruling, Mr. Chair, to accept the amendment of Mr. Komarnicki.

[Ed Komarnicki, Conservative, Souris—Moose Mountain, SK]

I am going to be entitled to speak to my amendment.

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

I'd like that put to a vote.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Okay, we'll let Mr. Komarnicki speak to his amendment.

[Ed Komarnicki, Conservative, Souris—Moose Mountain, SK]

I want to finish. Let me finish.

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

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[Ed Komarnicki, Conservative, Souris—Moose Mountain, SK]

Blair, there's been a decision to allow me to--

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

This meeting is adjourned. I'm not taking part in this any longer. This is a farce.

The meeting is adjourned.