Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on Nov. 28th, 2022

[Michael McLeod, Liberal, Northwest Territories, NT]

Chairman, I have a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Yes, Mr. McLeod.

[Michael McLeod, Liberal, Northwest Territories, NT]

Mr. Chairman, you put the question to the committee, checking to see if there was unanimous consent. Obviously, Patrick has voiced concerns and there will not be unanimous consent, so I'm not sure why we're going to a vote.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

The reason I'm asking for the vote is to find out if there is unanimous consent, because it's not 100% clear to me unless somebody puts their hand up and says, “I do not agree to this,” right away.

[Vance Badawey, Liberal, Niagara Centre, ON]

Mr. Chair, this is a point of clarification.

Seeing that this is relevant to what we're studying, it won't need you to ask unanimous consent to pose the question.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

It's a motion.

I would like to.... Yes.

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

From a process perspective, if you are simply going to judge this based on unanimous consent, meaning that one person can derail it or veto it, can I bring it back with 48 hours' notice on Thursday, and we can vote on it then?

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Absolutely.

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

As long as I don't need to withdraw my motion to be able to bring it on Thursday.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

No. I think if you—

[The Clerk of the Committee, Ms. Vanessa Davies]

The motion is still on the floor.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

I mean with the 48 hours' notice, then—

[Bob Zimmer, Conservative, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC]

If we adjourn, then it's back on the record at the next meeting.

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

Then I don't need unanimous consent to vote on Thursday if we move to adjourn right now.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Yes. If it's been with us for 48 hours, my understanding is that we can then vote on it, and it's a majority vote.

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

If I move to adjourn instead of unanimous consent, it's a majority vote on Thursday?

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Yes, but I want to hear Ms. Atwin. She has something as well before we adjourn.

[The Clerk]

We can't have two motions on the floor at the same time.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Ms. Atwin had her hand up.

I'm not going to adjourn until I hear from her on a different subject.

[Jenica Atwin, Liberal, Fredericton, NB]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Are you taking your hand down, Ms. Atwin?

[Jenica Atwin, Liberal, Fredericton, NB]

No, but as the clerk mentioned, it's a separate motion request.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Right, but you're not going to adjourn, Mr. Vidal, are you?

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

I'm going to adjourn unless you're going to allow me to make sure this comes to a vote on Thursday.

[The Clerk]

Could I suggest something?

Perhaps Mr. Vidal can withdraw his motion. I have the notice on the motions log. We can return to it on Thursday.