Citizenship and Immigration Committee on Oct. 30th, 2018

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

It's 120 days.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

—one would presume.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

The tabling of the report will be before December 10. The government response could be up to 120 days.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

This is your opinion on that motion that has not yet been ruled in order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

That's right. I'm trying to help you get this through.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I would be very curious, Mr. Chair, as to what the government members' response would be to such an arrangement prior to your ruling that it is in order or out of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

They may just prefer me to rule it out of order.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

In which case, I will move it again when it is in order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

That's right, but then the analysts will have a harder time and the clerk will have a harder time getting this done before December 10.

It's up to you.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I would love to hear from my colleagues.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

Okay. I have Mr. Whalen, Mr. Tilson and Ms. Kwan.

[Nick Whalen, Liberal, St. John's East, NL]

That's exactly what we're proposing, as to whether or not...is it not possible to have a December 10 response?

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

Not a response, but a report.

[Nick Whalen, Liberal, St. John's East, NL]

Yes, the report will be done by December 10. The response can't be completed before then. As to whether or not the response to an interim report comes, I'm not sure of the rules. Did the analysts say they can't have a response to a report...? Then presumably it comes before April 9, just doing the quick math on the number of days in each month. That should be acceptable to Ms. Rempel. Otherwise, it's out of order and I guess we waste time on Thursday and likely come to the same conclusion.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Would the government members, through you, Chair, accept asking for a government response on the interim report?

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

Yes.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Okay. Thank you.

I'm looking to the clerk for procedural appropriateness. Then perhaps I should move the motion....

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

This is one of those situations where I'm trying to find a way to get this motion passed to honour the 48-hour notice, but if you make some changes to it, then it works and we'll accept it, as part of the business today.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

If I have the floor, Mr. Chair, my understanding is that you are ruling my original motion out of order—

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

However, if you wanted to substitute some language, we'll rule it in order.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Then, I so move, in an ode to Bosc and O'Brien, in relation to the committee's study of migration challenges and opportunities for Canada in the 21st century, that the committee study the United Nations global compact on migration—

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

And....

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

No....

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

You don't want the other one.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Just as an aside to my colleagues, I don't feel it is as far along as the other global compact is. I'm fine to look at them both at the same time. I think it would be prudent.