Citizenship and Immigration Committee on Dec. 12th, 2023

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

I'm so sorry.

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

It's okay. I wanted to clarify that in case there was confusion. I just want to clarify on the record that I do identify as a woman and was born a woman. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, can I just ask if the clerk could read us the original press release? I can't find it. If somebody has it, I'd love to read it and compare it to the one that was released, and see where we can work to rectify some of the mentioned mistakes.

[Brad Redekopp, Conservative, Saskatoon West, SK]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

I know that the Liberals don't want to see this move forward, but it's not your job or the clerk's job to do her homework for her.

This is a public document. It's all there—

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

I'm sorry. I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[Brad Redekopp, Conservative, Saskatoon West, SK]

—so I would just ask that things continue.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Ms. Kayabaga has a point of order.

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

I think it is my right, as a member of Parliament, to request that, in order to make such an important decision, we bring back something that we've discussed in this committee and revise it.

If the clerk could provide us with the press release that was released by the committee, in both languages, I'd like to see it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Thank you, Ms. Kayabaga.

Mr. Redekopp.

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

I'm sorry. I haven't finished speaking. I'm still—

[Brad Redekopp, Conservative, Saskatoon West, SK]

I have a point of order.

She wants—

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

She's also speaking on a point of order, so I'll give her the floor.

Ms. Kayabaga, go ahead, please.

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

I'm still a speaker. I know that I requested for a point of order—

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

You were on your point of order. Are you done on the point of order?

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

I'm done on the point of order, yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

That's good.

Mr. Redekopp.

[Brad Redekopp, Conservative, Saskatoon West, SK]

My point of order is just that if she wants to read this press release, she can go ahead and read it, but I don't think it's the clerk's job to read it to the committee.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Thank you.

There are quite a few points of order.

I will go to Mr. Ali on his point of order.

[Shafqat Ali, Liberal, Brampton Centre, ON]

Mr. Chair, thank you for that.

I think that if we're going to vote and she does not have the information.... We need to have that information, so I support her point of view that she should have that information before we can move forward on that.

Thanks.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

As there are no set rules on this one, I would ask the clerk to intervene so that he can give his thought process on this one.

[The Clerk]

I'm happy to take the committee's instruction as it gives it to me.

I can read it. It is available on the committee's website. It was distributed but, granted, several months ago. It's up to the committee or the chair to instruct me accordingly.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Thank you.

Ms. Kayabaga, do you still want the clerk to distribute it?

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

Did I hear him say that he can read it?

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

He can read it, but I would either distribute it again or—

[Arielle Kayabaga, Liberal, London West, ON]

Can we distribute it again, and distribute the original—

[An hon. member]

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