Evidence of meeting #83 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was chair.
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NDP
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims) NDP Jinny Sims
The chair is going to appeal to all members of the committee. As a teacher, one of the things I used to hate was to admonish those who were behaving perfectly fine. I want to commend those of you who are not part of the noise machine. As for the rest of you, I want to remind you that there is a certain level of decorum we expect at a parliamentary committee. This is not question period. So I ask you to keep it so that we can hear Madame Groguhé.
Mr. Opitz, do you have a point of order?
Conservative
Ted Opitz Conservative Etobicoke Centre, ON
I had started off talking about relevance. As a former serving lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Forces, I want to point out that we're talking about advancing the citizenship of people who are permanent residents, who put their lives on the line for Canada, who risk it all, who go into universal service—
Conservative
NDP
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims) NDP Jinny Sims
No, you are getting into debate. You're not making a point of order.
Conservative
Ted Opitz Conservative Etobicoke Centre, ON
I'm about to finish my point. You gave everybody else latitude.
NDP
Conservative
Ted Opitz Conservative Etobicoke Centre, ON
I think you should give me a moment's latitude to make the point.
NDP
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims) NDP Jinny Sims
Your point of order has to do with decorum?
NDP
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims) NDP Jinny Sims
Mr. Opitz, you are entering into debate and not speaking to a point of order.
Conservative
Ted Opitz Conservative Etobicoke Centre, ON
I am not entering into the debate; I'm entering into the point—
NDP
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims) NDP Jinny Sims
You are entering into debate of the bill, and you will have lots of opportunity to do that.
Conservative
Ted Opitz Conservative Etobicoke Centre, ON
But the point of order is the conduct and decorum of the speaker, and that's the point. The point is on the bill, and the bill is about people advancing their citizenship through service to Canada. The bill is about making sure that people don't commit acts of terrorism against Canadian Forces. Many of my buddies were killed overseas, and that's the point of the discussion.
The Vice-Chair (Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims) NDP Jinny Sims
Okay.
I think it's going to be a very fun evening tonight, and I can't wait for the rest of it to proceed. I'm going to go to Ms. Sitsabaiesan.
Do you have a point of order or a point of privilege?
NDP
Rathika Sitsabaiesan NDP Scarborough—Rouge River, ON
Thank you.
Madam Chair, I really tried not to bring this up because.... I tried not to, but I really had to. My question of privilege, Madam Chair, is that in this committee, time and time again, women are not treated equitably.