International Trade Committee on May 19th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #21 for International Trade in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was tpp.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Main Estimates 2016-17: Vote 1 under Canadian Commercial Corporation

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Christine Hogan Deputy Minister of International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Rémi Bourgault

9:40 a.m.

NDP

Tracey Ramsey NDP Essex, ON

Yes.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

Does everybody understand what's being taken care of?

All in favour of that amendment?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

Are there any more amendments on the main motion here?

9:40 a.m.

NDP

Tracey Ramsey NDP Essex, ON

Did Mr. Van Kesteren have an amendment to the date? No.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

Okay. Let's vote on the main motion—

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

Kyle Peterson Liberal Newmarket—Aurora, ON

No, I have a motion to adjourn. I'm moving to adjourn debate on this motion. I was letting the amendment procedure play out.

Right now there's an adjournment motion on the floor, Mr. Chair, to adjourn debate on this motion.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

Okay.

9:40 a.m.

An hon. member

Are we adjourning the committee now?

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

No.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

Kyle Peterson Liberal Newmarket—Aurora, ON

No, I'm just adjourning debate on this motion. It's a dilatory motion, and we have the right to adjourn debate.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

I think you're in the right to do that, and Mr. Hoback told me....

Just one second; it's my understanding that if we dealt with the amendments, he's legally able to do that.

That motion has been put on the floor.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

Kyle Peterson Liberal Newmarket—Aurora, ON

I can even predict it for you.

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

All in favour of the motion put by Mr. Peterson?

9:40 a.m.

NDP

Tracey Ramsey NDP Essex, ON

Excuse me, Chair. Can we get a recorded vote on this motion, please?

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

You can always ask for a recorded vote.

9:40 a.m.

The Clerk

I'll do it, sir.

This is on the motion to adjourn debate on the motion.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 5; nays 4)

9:40 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

We have another bit of business that we have to do here before we go in camera with our future business.

9:45 a.m.

Conservative

Randy Hoback Conservative Prince Albert, SK

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair. Do we know when this motion will be brought back, or what the timetable will be?

9:45 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

Maybe we'll discuss that in future business. How's that?

9:45 a.m.

Conservative

Randy Hoback Conservative Prince Albert, SK

Perfect. Sure.

9:45 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

As part of the main estimates, there's a vote that I have to ask you to carry. It deals with the Canadian Commercial Corporation of $3.5 million.

Everybody knows it. It's just routine procedure.

CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORPORATION Vote 1—Payments to the Canadian Commercial Corporation..........$3,510,000

(Vote 1 agreed to on division)

Shall I report the vote under the Canadian Commercial Corporation, less the amount voted in interim supply, to the House?

9:45 a.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

On division.

9:45 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking

Okay. I will present the estimates to the House.

We will now suspend and go in camera for future business.

[Proceedings continue in camera]