Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on Dec. 5th, 2024

[The Vice-Chair, Conservative, Jamie Schmale]

Mr. Cooper, you have the floor for five minutes.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

No, hold on a second, Mr. Chair—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Whoa—

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

No, no, no. We're not restarting a new round. We were in agreement. If this were the end of one round, we're not restarting. It's two hours. We were okay with Madame Sinclair-Desgagné and Madame Idlout asking their final questions, but if they've already asked their final questions, then we're done.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

On the same point of order, Chair, Mr. Battiste moved his motion at 10 after the hour. This meeting was scheduled to start at 8:15 a.m. and it started late. Mr. Drouin can heckle me and say “No, no, no”, but we have a House order that says two hours, and these guys don't understand this. They keep saying, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boissonnault, for coming to this committee.” There was a House order requiring this committee to hear him for two hours.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

That's irrelevant.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

This isn't irrelevant, Mr. Drouin; this is the central point. There is a House order that we have to comply with.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Behave like members of Parliament.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

There was a House order for two hours, and this committee has to follow it.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Yes, and behave like members of Parliament. You didn't. That's not my fault; it's your fault.

[The Vice-Chair, Conservative, Jamie Schmale]

Now we're getting into debate, but Mr. Genuis is right—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

You can say whatever you want.

[The Vice-Chair, Conservative, Jamie Schmale]

—that the House order did specify two hours.

Go ahead, Ms. Idlout.

[Francis Drouin, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

We did two hours, Mr. Chair.

I am looking at the time, and we're at 10:24 a.m.

[The Vice-Chair, Conservative, Jamie Schmale]

We still have another round of questions.

Ms. Idlout, do you want to respond on that point of order?

[Lori Idlout, NDP, Nunavut, NU]

It's not a point of order, but I have a personal appointment that I am running late for.

Knowing that we were going to end at 10:15 or close to 10.15, and knowing that we started only two minutes late, we have met the requirement of the motion that brought us to this debate.

Given that we were given notice of the extra resources only at the last minute, I need time to look at the subamendment that was submitted by Eric.

There are too many things that are unknown or need clarity, and I think that we need to take the time to consider the amendment tabled by Jaime as well as the subamendment and what I mentioned as a subamendment that I want to provide.

Given that we need to make sure that we move forward in an effective way, I move to adjourn.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

You mean adjourn the debate, I assume?

[Lori Idlout, NDP, Nunavut, NU]

No, it's to adjourn the meeting.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Well, then you have to come back for five minutes.

[Lori Idlout, NDP, Nunavut, NU]

Just to clarify, I move to adjourn the meeting.

[The Vice-Chair, Conservative, Jamie Schmale]

We have a motion to adjourn the meeting.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 7; nays 3)

Thank you very much, everyone.

Thank you to our witnesses.

This meeting is now adjourned.