Citizenship and Immigration Committee on June 11th, 2013

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

It's a question of privilege, and after the privilege, I will come back to you.

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

Madam Chair, if I may continue, whenever you're ready, please let me know.

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

Carry on. You are stating a point of privilege—

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

Yes.

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

—and you have a right to do that. Once you've finished your point of privilege, I will be going to Ms. James, who has a point of order, I believe.

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

I may continue?

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

Yes.

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

We know, Madam Chair, that in this committee I myself have been called, and I quote, “little girl”.

[Rick Dykstra, Conservative, St. Catharines, ON]

Where were you called that?

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

When was I called that...?

[An hon. member]

In camera.

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

No.

Sorry. Should I be responding to somebody who is heckling, Madam Chair?

[Voices]

Oh, oh!

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

I'm sorry, Madam Chair—

[Mylène Freeman, NDP, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC]

He's not even at the table—

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

Order. I will—

[John Weston, Conservative, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

I do have to raise a point of order on that.

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

I will actually....

I wish you guys would let the chair do the chairing, and I will get back to you.

[John Weston, Conservative, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

This does go right back to your first statement.

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

I will remind all—

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

No worries, Madam Chair—

[The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims), NDP, Jinny Sims]

I will remind all members from both sides of the House of the rules in committee and speaking in camera, and speaking about things in camera outside of in camera.

I'm going to go back to the point of privilege. We have a speakers list that is being kept, and we will get to the rest of you. We have a long night, and we can carry on this way.

Okay. Back to you, Ms. Sitsabaiesan.

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Just to bring you up to speed as to what the heckler across the way from the Conservative benches was saying, it's that they thought I was saying that me being called “little girl” was actually in camera. It wasn't, Madam Chair. It was quite a few weeks back by....

It should be recorded in Hansard, because the person who called me a little girl, who is a man on this committee, had his microphone on. So, Madam Chair, it was not in camera.

[John Weston, Conservative, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

A point of order.

[Rathika Sitsabaiesan, NDP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON]

I feel—