Evidence of meeting #1 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was subcommittee.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
The steering committee: the critics and the parliamentary secretary.
For that idea, everybody in favour? Is everybody...?
Do you want to be formal and have a special...?
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
No, no. I originally said that we should meet Thursday. I would like to sit down prior to our discussions with respect to our agenda.
I've asked to meet with Ms. Chow, I'd like to meet with Mr. Bevilacqua, and I wouldn't mind speaking with Thierry about what the agenda will be. I think it would give me a little bit more time to be able to do that if the steering committee met on Thursday versus meeting on Tuesday, after the minister is here.
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An hon. member
That's right.
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Can I ask that we certainly look at the motion that I put forward, and when the committee meets, also they can put that into consideration?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
I mean, somewhere in my file here you've given us a bunch of motions. I assume we'll deal with those--
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
--and Ms. Chow, I'm told, has some motions. I haven't seen them. We'll deal with all those things.
You know, I'm trying to make this thing happen. It seems to me the decision is that after we've heard from the minister and officials, which will start at 3:30 and take us to.... So you want to stay into the evening...if that's what you want to do. We forget, but we're meeting late in the day now. If you want to do that, that's fine.
Or the other choice is--
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Okay. We have to get....
Let's have a motion. The motion on the floor is that we hear the minister and his officials on Tuesday.
(Motion agreed to)
We're now on to how we're going to run this committee.
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Conservative
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
I understand that. My motion would stand that the steering committee would meet on Thursday and would plan the agenda for the next four to eight weeks, depending on how much we have on there and how we can move it forward.
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Conservative
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Chair, can I ask that we move the motion on Haiti so that it makes it on the agenda? I think that's very important for all of us.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Mr. Karygiannis, I believe that would be one of several topics that the committee would look at. I mean, I know what you're trying to do, but I--
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Chair, I don't think the subcommittee can deal with a motion unless the motion is moved and sent to the subcommittee for it to be dealt with. I think that's the tradition.
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
I would like to read my motion and then have it sent for consideration and planning at the subcommittee.
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Conservative
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
You're just asking for it to be referred to the subcommittee.
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Liberal
Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
I'm just asking that we vote that it be sent to the subcommittee to consider it in order to be dealt with.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Is that this thing here with five paragraphs in it? Is that the motion?
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Liberal
