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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Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

Let's vote.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

Is it that the debate be now adjourned, or that the committee be now adjourned?

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

A recorded vote.

November 9th, 2017 / 10:55 a.m.

Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

We can talk about this afterwards. It's two parts to do a report as well as to hold another meeting. I have no problem with holding another meeting, but I need to know the context of the report.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

You don't have to call that in order.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

Yes.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

Sorry, what was the last report, did you say?

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

I have no problem with holding another meeting, but it wasn't decided that this be a report. It was to be a briefing on finding out how the situation—

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

So you are opposed to giving a report to the government?

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

Yes, right now I am.

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Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

Randeep, that's not accurate.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

That doesn't make any sense. Why would you not put forward recommendations?

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

When we voted originally, it was not for a report. We voted down a report.

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Conservative

Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB

That's the motion that's on the floor.

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An hon. member

You're stalling that.

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Liberal

Randeep Sarai Liberal Surrey Centre, BC

We've already done a report.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

Why would you do this study and not put recommendations to the government?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant

I am trying to call us to order.

I want to thank the member for the motion. We will consider the motion at the next meeting.

The meeting is now adjourned.