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Evidence of meeting #1 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #1 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Just one second. Ms. Falk has the floor.
Ms. Kwan, we will come back to you.
11:50 a.m.
Conservative
Rosemarie Falk Conservative Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
That's a question. If anybody has anything in response to that, like Ms. Kwan....
11:50 a.m.
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
Thanks very much.
It's my understanding that some of the other committees adopted this motion as well.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
One second. My interpretation is not working. We'll have to suspend the meeting for a minute.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
11:50 a.m.
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
I was just saying that I'm aware that this motion was adopted by other committees in the previous Parliament, and I believe it was adopted by the health committee as well. It's doable.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Thank you, Ms. Kwan.
The motion was circulated because it was adopted in the last Parliament, but it is out of order in this session. I have consulted the clerk, who mentioned that this motion has not been adopted by any other committee.
11:50 a.m.
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
— to get clarification, if it was out of order in the last Parliament, how did it get adopted? That doesn't really make sense to me.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
Fayçal El-Khoury Liberal Laval—Les Îles, QC
Thanks, Madam Chair.
I would like to ask Madam Kwan if she could name the committee where that motion was adopted.
11:50 a.m.
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
It's my understanding that the health committee, for example, adopted it in the last Parliament.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Members, please go through the chair, so I can recognize the members who would like to speak.
Go ahead, Marie-France.
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
Marie-France Lalonde Liberal Orléans, ON
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Could we suspend for five or 10 minutes, please, so we can have a caucus conversation regarding this particular decision, as conversations are occurring right now?
11:50 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
Would members like to discuss it? Okay.
We will suspend the meeting for five minutes and come back.
Noon
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
I call the meeting back to order.
Based on my discussion with the clerk of the committee, and based on what I read to all of the members, that motion was out of order. If I have the consent of all of the members, I would request that we rescind the vote and go back and have a debate before we proceed.
Can I have unanimous consent to rescind the vote on that?
Ms. Kwan.
Noon
NDP
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
I'm sorry, but before we do that, can we get verification on whether or not in the last Parliament, for example, the health committee passed this motion? I've been advised by my colleague that it did.
I'm just curious; if it passed in the last Parliament, why is it out of order in this Parliament?
Noon
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
I will clarify that....
In response to Ms. Kwan's question, the ruling was provided in this Parliament. Yes, Ms. Kwan is right, it was adopted by one of the committees in the last Parliament, but the clerk's ruling in regard to this motion being out of order was not provided until this Parliament.
This motion is out of order. I would request unanimous consent, if we can have it, to rescind the motion.
Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe.
Noon
Bloc
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
May we obtain the text of the motion in both official languages? We would appreciate that.
Noon
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid
I can request that the clerk provide the wording in both languages.
Go ahead, Mr. Seeback.