Citizenship and Immigration Committee on Dec. 11th, 2007

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

Mr. Chair, dissenting reports are not supposed to be longer than the report, so we're not talking about a monstrous job. I'm sure the capable hands of the parliamentary secretary can lift it off in a minute, as a former lawyer—and as an existing lawyer, for that matter.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

How long is the report?

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

The dissenting report I guess should be limited to two pages and filed on or before Friday.

[Jim Karygiannis, Liberal, Scarborough—Agincourt, ON]

It's one or two pages.

[The Clerk]

Effectively, it's only a paragraph with boilerplate on top and bottom.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

So it's a paragraph.

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

I appreciate that the report that the House has taken upon itself to make is very brief, but the dissent would have to set out the basis of it, which would take a little more than just a statement. So I think it would be reasonable to limit it to—

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Why not have it reported...? It would have to go back again, but would Thursday be okay?

Ms. Chow.

[Olivia Chow, NDP, Trinity—Spadina, ON]

Yes.

[An hon. member]

No, the House will be rising tomorrow.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

The House is not rising tomorrow.

So Thursday is fine? Okay.

Then the motion would have to be adjusted to say it would be presented by the 13th.

Let's try to be reasonable on this.

[Jim Karygiannis, Liberal, Scarborough—Agincourt, ON]

Mr. Chair, let's be specific here. The 12th has passed. The parliamentary secretary wants to go to the 13th. So if you want to do that, we will say that the report is to be tabled in front of the House before the recess, not later than the 13th.

If we recess tomorrow, it will be your responsibility, sir, to make sure that it gets tabled tomorrow and their responsibility to bring forward the—

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

So we then amend the motion to reflect what Mr. Karygiannis says.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Yes.

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

As opposed to the 12th, it would read—

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

It would read “before the House adjourns”, or no later than the 13th.

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

But no later than the 13th. That's fair.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Okay.

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Thank you, Ms. Chow. You're a very reasonable person.

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

Is there a limit on the number of pages? Two pages?

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

It cannot be longer than the report itself.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

We'll now go in camera to deal with the second report of the subcommittee.

[Proceedings continue in camera]