Evidence of meeting #6 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was business.
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5:50 p.m.
Liberal
Michael McLeod Liberal Northwest Territories, NT
Mr. Chair, after reading the report and looking at the text.... There was a study to look at the housing shortages; I think it was put forward by the Bloc and Madame Gill. I would like to propose changes to the text and some different wording. The original text doesn't include Métis, and I was hoping we'd be able to include some of the work that's already been done.
I provided some of the wording already.
Can I bring forward the amendment that I'd like to see?
5:50 p.m.
Liberal
Michael McLeod Liberal Northwest Territories, NT
The proposed new text would read, “1. Further to the motion of Tuesday, February 1, 2022, it was agreed”—
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Liberal
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Bloc
Jean-Denis Garon Bloc Mirabel, QC
I wonder whether it wouldn't be more appropriate to adopt the report in camera.
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Liberal
Michael McLeod Liberal Northwest Territories, NT
My wording would be:
1. Further to the motion of Tuesday, February 1, 2022, it was agreed that the following motion replace paragraph two in the First Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure: That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study on the effects of the housing shortage on Indigenous Peoples across Canada; that the committee invite the Minister of Indigenous Services, experts and government officials to examine this issue; that the committee hold a maximum of six meetings on this issue; that the study takes into consideration and builds on the evidence from the HUMA report entitled Indigenous Housing: The Direction Home (adopted on May 6, 2021), the PBO report on Urban, Rural and Northern Housing (February 11, 2021); that the committee report its findings and recommendations to the House; and that the committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to the report within a year. 2. That witness lists be made in a prioritized order and circulated between the parties.
Those are my recommendations, Mr. Chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
Thank you, Mr. McLeod.
Do we have support for Mr. McLeod's motion, or are there any intervenors?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
Okay, we'll do a recorded division.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
The motion is adopted. Thank you very much, everyone.
Is the report as amended by the motion adopted?
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Conservative
Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB
You have to call the question. You have to vote twice. You voted on the amendment, and now you have to vote on the amended motion.
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The Clerk
Yes.
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The Clerk
The vote is tied.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
As I understand it, the vote is tied. Is this one of those occasions where I cast the...?
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The Clerk
Yes.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
I'm in favour of it.
(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Marc Garneau
The report is adopted with the amendment that we adopted before.
Thank you very much, everyone. We'll see you on Friday.
The meeting is adjourned.