You have a point of order, Ms. James?
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Evidence of meeting #84 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
Roxanne James Conservative Scarborough Centre, ON
I feel as if I'm in the movie Groundhog Day, because I have heard this again and again. Even before this week, Mr. Chair, when you returned, we heard this last week again and again. I'd like you to make sure that anything that is brought forward is new to this discussion.
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Jinny Sims NDP Newton—North Delta, BC
Thank you very much.
When I take a look at what has not happened in the House—and I've only missed the House sessions while I've been sitting here—I'm sure we would have been called back if the concurrent motion had come up in the House. We would all have rushed in there to take part in that debate for three hours, but that has not happened.
Now we have a government, through a private member's bill, looking at getting an extension so that they have a longer time to try to find a spot on the parliamentary agenda to argue the expansion of the scope of the bill before us.
Once again, let me reassure everybody that the NDP has no interest in getting in the way of serious public safety, but we are very concerned about the processes we have and how a private member's bill can be subsumed or inserted into so that the scope can be expanded.
I pulled up some quotes. This is from Hansard of June 12, 2001, at 10:45, while debating a supply day motion to make votable all items of private members' business. At that time—I'm going to quote the serious comments that were made. I know you're dying to hit that, about a member's right to speak on issues, and it is because we have that right to debate issues—
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The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Ms. Sims, I'd like to interject.
I've heard this before. I've heard this issue discussed today.
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The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Therefore, it's repetition. I'm going to read a section that came out of the book, with respect to my interjecting, with respect to my being concerned, with respect to....
Oh, I'm sorry, Ms. Sitsabaiesan. It's at the top of page 1049.
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An hon. member
No.
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The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Yes. I believe—I not only believe, I'm certain—that what you're talking about now has been mentioned several times throughout this day.
I'm going to read the section because that's exactly what I'm doing—I'm interjecting. I'm going to give you a chance to move on or we'll move to another speaker, because you are getting into an area of repetition:
In addition, the Chair may, at his or her discretion, interrupt a member whose observations and questions are repetitive or are unrelated to the matter before the committee. If the member in question persists in making repetitive or off-topic comments, the Chair can give the floor to another member.
With respect, I believe you are getting into areas discussed many times before by you and by your colleagues, so I would like you to move on to another issue.
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The Chair Conservative David Tilson
We've dealt with the scope issue too. We even had a ruling that we're not going to talk about the scope issue.
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Mylène Freeman NDP Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC
I have a point of order.
Could we get an update on where we are with the speakers list? If we're going to be cutting speakers off, it would be helpful to the members of the committee to know what the list—
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Jinny Sims NDP Newton—North Delta, BC
Thank you very much.
Chair, as I do have the floor and I realize my colleague did not, is it possible to share the speakers list with everybody, so if people want to get on it, they can?
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