Evidence of meeting #1 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was motions.
A recording is available from Parliament.
3:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
We don't have our routine motions in place yet, so this motion, as a consequence of that, would be in order.
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NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
I see. So all motions that are moved before routine proceedings do not require unanimous consent?
3:50 p.m.
The Clerk
When there is no notice requirement established—
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NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
So this is not a routine procedure. Not that I'm necessarily against it. I just want to be clear.
3:50 p.m.
The Clerk
When there's no routine motion in place, as is the case following a prorogation and the re-establishment of committees, until such time as the committee again adopts a motion to restrict notice in some way, unanimous consent is not required for the proposing of any motion.
3:50 p.m.
NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
So if I propose another motion two minutes later, it does not require unanimous consent?
3:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
No, and she needs that.
Okay, let's deal with this motion first.
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Conservative
Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
Just a point or order, Mr. Chair, and maybe a clarification: can you bring a motion that's outside the specifics of the agenda? The agenda said we'd call this meeting for the specific purpose of choosing the chair, which we've done, and it's completed. Now, can we go beyond that without notice?
3:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
Yes, this is the impression I'm getting from the clerk, that you can, given the fact that—
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Conservative
Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
Well, there are two different questions, though.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
—we haven't put in place yet the rules for routine motions and what have you.
3:55 p.m.
Liberal
Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
—I thought what Mr. Karygiannis proposed was that we adopt the routine that we had previous to—
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Liberal
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Conservative
Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
This motion was that we approve routine proceedings on Tuesday.
3:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle
The motion that Mr. Karygiannis put forward was to continue on with the agenda that we had established before prorogation, which included some of the items that I read out here a few minutes ago; that we would continue with these various studies; and that at Tuesday's meeting we would go to proposals for routine motions—
3:55 p.m.
Liberal
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Liberal
Andrew Telegdi Liberal Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
But then do we operate on the present one? Didn't you say that?
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Liberal
