Industry Committee on Sept. 28th, 2016

[Alex Nuttall, Conservative, Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, ON]

Yes. We're at 5:15. We don't have time, really, to go over this stuff after we've gone through the questioning, because of the earlier stuff.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

So are you not going to—

[Alex Nuttall, Conservative, Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, ON]

I've put aside my questions of the two current witnesses, and I've put a motion on the floor to invite other witnesses as part of the debate.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

All right. The floor is open to debate.

Mr. Longfield.

[Lloyd Longfield, Liberal, Guelph, ON]

I move that we adjourn debate.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

It's been moved that we adjourn debate.

[Alex Nuttall, Conservative, Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, ON]

That's non-debatable, correct?

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

All in favour of adjourning debate on the motion? All opposed?

(Motion agreed to)

Okay.

[An hon. member]

It's a tie.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

Where do you get a tie?

[An hon. member]

Mr. Baylis didn't vote.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

He did.

[Frank Baylis, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

I'm not allowed to vote from back there...?

[Ben Lobb, Conservative, Huron—Bruce, ON]

Just on a point of clarification, can the clerk tell us if you have to be at your seat and sitting down to vote?

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

I recognized Mr. Baylis as he was walking back to his chair.

[Ben Lobb, Conservative, Huron—Bruce, ON]

I have one more point, then. Can I vote by text message from the hallway?

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

You could try.

[Ben Lobb, Conservative, Huron—Bruce, ON]

Okay. I'm just curious.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

I doubt that it would work.

[Alex Nuttall, Conservative, Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, ON]

Okay.

Mr. Chair, as part of the committee's study on the manufacturing sector, I move:

That the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Economic Development of the House of Commons invite the Liberal Party donor, and the quote “innovation leader,” Austin Hill, appointed by Minister Bains on June 14th, to appear before the committee to speak about how we can make manufacturing more innovative.

To speak to that, I'm not sure why we would adjourn inviting people who the minister has the utmost confidence in regarding innovation in this country, in providing testimony on innovation for manufacturing in this country.... It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. These people already have the approval and the seal of the Minister of Innovation Science, and Economic Development. They have the approval and seal of the New Democratic and Conservative Parties here to come and bear witness.

Why would members of this committee, of the Liberal Party, vote against their own minister's, quote, leaders on innovation, at the innovation committee? It doesn't make a lot of sense.

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

Mr. Baylis.

[Frank Baylis, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

This is for clarification from the clerk.

He's moved a motion. We can just vote on it. Is that right?

[The Chair, Liberal, Dan Ruimy]

We can debate it. We can vote on it. You can choose to adjourn the debate as well. You have some options.

[Frank Baylis, Liberal, Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC]

I move to vote, then, unless he wants to talk more.