Citizenship and Immigration Committee on March 29th, 2007

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

I'm putting forward a motion. I'm entitled to speak to the motion.

[Andrew Telegdi, Liberal, Kitchener—Waterloo, ON]

A point of order takes precedence.

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

Look, I'm raising a motion and I want to speak to that motion. I think I have every right to speak to that motion.

[Andrew Telegdi, Liberal, Kitchener—Waterloo, ON]

A point of order takes precedence.

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

I haven't put the motion forward, I'm raising the motion. How are you going to--

[Andrew Telegdi, Liberal, Kitchener—Waterloo, ON]

I have a point of order.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Will you specify the motion, please?

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

I'm going to. I'm in the process of specifying the motion.

[Andrew Telegdi, Liberal, Kitchener—Waterloo, ON]

Mr. Chair, you're supposed to deal with a point of order when it is raised.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

A point of order.

[Andrew Telegdi, Liberal, Kitchener—Waterloo, ON]

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

The time has now run out. That one minute you were talking about has gone into much more than one minute.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

I'm going to hear the motion.

[Andrew Telegdi, Liberal, Kitchener—Waterloo, ON]

I think we should go on with the agenda.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

I'm going to hear the motion. The motion, please.

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

I want to put forward a motion that gives us--

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

And right away.

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

We've been at this thing for a long time. This thing has been around since 2002. Circumstances have changed. I think we've done three or four meetings on lost Canadians, where Mr. Telegdi has done a whole--

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

That's debate; I want to hear the motion and hear it now, Mr. Komarnicki.

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

I'm getting to it.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

No debate. I want to hear the motion, please.

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

All right. The motion is coming.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Do the motion right now.

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

The motion will be as follows: that the committee extend the hearing time of these particular witnesses so additional questions that have not yet been answered could be asked on an important issue.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Okay, so you've heard the motion, that the committee continue receiving testimony from CIC officials to extend the hearing time of this committee.

Debate on the motion? Discussion on the motion? No discussion on the motion?

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

Yes, I want to discuss the motion. I'm moving the motion, I should have an opportunity to present some thoughts on it, I would think. We haven't come to that place yet.