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

1:15 p.m.

Liberal

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?

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Yes.

1:15 p.m.

Liberal

Dan McTeague Liberal Pickering—Scarborough East, ON

And has it been seconded?

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

It doesn't have to be seconded.

1:15 p.m.

Liberal

Dan McTeague Liberal Pickering—Scarborough East, ON

Thank you, Chair.

You want to go with the motion.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

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

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. Komarnicki.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

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.

1:20 p.m.

Liberal

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

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

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--

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. Wilson has a point of order.

1:20 p.m.

Liberal

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.

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

Rahim Jaffer Conservative Edmonton Strathcona, AB

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

1:20 p.m.

Liberal

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.

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

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

1:20 p.m.

Liberal

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

I'd like that put to a vote.

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

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