Evidence of meeting #83 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was yazidis.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Lorne Weiss  Working Committee Member, Operation Ezra
Nafiya Naso  Working Committee Member, Operation Ezra
Hadji Hesso  Director, Yazidi Association of Manitoba
Dalal Abdallah  Yezidi Human Rights Activist, Yazda
Payam Akhavan  Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, As an Individual
Nadia Murad Basee Taha  President, Nadia Murad Initiative, Yazda
Haider Elias  President, Yazda
Matthew Travis Barber  As an Individual
Mirza Ismail  Founder and President, Canada Section, Yezidi Human Rights Organization-International

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

Very good.

Is it the will of the committee to vote on that motion now and leave it to the clerk and me to attempt to schedule meetings?

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

Yes.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

How many meetings were asked for?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

The request was for one more meeting.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

We can vote. I think we're all in favour.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

Just to clarify, there would be a report with a government response.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

We can't give you a deadline on report being in before Christmas—

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

Sure.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

—because we have the other report coming in, but there could be a report.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

I would like clarity on what the motion is. Is it just to have another meeting, or to do a report as well?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

It has both.

Would you like to read it again?

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

The motion is, “That notwithstanding—

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

Actually, can I move to adjourn that? I think I have another committee meeting in three minutes.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

I think we should vote. We can vote right now.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

We're ready.

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Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

We should vote. It will take two seconds. No one will be late.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

I move to adjourn the meeting.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

This is crazy. For the witnesses who are watching, this is the government members trying to shut down debate on an additional meeting for your people. That's disgusting.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

This is Conservative theatrics, for those who are watching.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

It's not; it's the reality. Let's vote on it right now.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

In my view, to go through this in three minutes—

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

Let's vote right now.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

I'm going to call this to order. I allow only one person to have the floor at a given time. Mr. Sarai has the floor.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

I move that the debate be now adjourned.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

Let's vote right now—a recorded vote.