Evidence of meeting #3 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was application.
A recording is available from Parliament.
9:40 a.m.
Liberal
Maurizio Bevilacqua Liberal Vaughan, ON
Mr. Chair, I think we're taking too long with these procedural things. Either we all have to learn procedure better or we have to have our points down pat before we get here.
9:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
I'm going to suspend for a minute or two and you guys can have a chat off the record.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Order, please.
We've got a subamendment, we've got an amendment, and we've got a motion. Is there any debate?
Mr. Shory.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
Devinder Shory Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB
Mr. Chair, before we move forward, you may want to ask Ms. Chow to replace the word “sponsorship”, in the third line, to “sponsored”. That will make more sense and give clarification.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
Devinder Shory Conservative Calgary Northeast, AB
It's a sponsored application.
A sponsorship application, Mr. Chair, is made by the person who sponsors the spouse. An application to be a permanent resident of Canada is made by the applicant himself--
9:45 a.m.
An hon. member
That's why I added it.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
I was trying to give everybody a lot of leeway here, but I'm going to have to start getting picky.
We're on the subamendment. That's what we're on. Otherwise, we're going to be bogged down on this.
Is there any debate on the subamendment?
Monsieur St-Cyr.
9:45 a.m.
Bloc
Thierry St-Cyr Bloc Jeanne-Le Ber, QC
I just want to make sure that we are talking about 30 actual days, 30 calendar days.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
That's what we're talking about. That's the debate. It's on the subamendment.
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Bloc
Thierry St-Cyr Bloc Jeanne-Le Ber, QC
I want to make sure that we are not talking about 30 sitting days, but 30 calendar days.
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Conservative
9:45 a.m.
An hon. member
Call the motion.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
I just want to point out that according to Standard Order 109, the government has 120 days to respond if a committee requests it. The committee doesn't have the power to amend that necessarily, obviously according to the standing order. They can request the government to table a response in 30 days, but it's non-binding.
So go ahead and do the 30 days. It's non-binding.
9:45 a.m.
NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
On a point of order, perhaps then Ms. Wong's motion is redundant, given that the government already has the responsibility to report.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Chair, it's actually not the case. It's not the case, because you didn't ask for a response.
When you get a response, the government has 120 days. We will do our best to get it back to this committee within 30 days--
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
It's going to come back here. We'll get it back here from the House. If it's done in 30 days in the House, it's coming back here.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
