Evidence of meeting #1 for International Trade in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

A recording is available from Parliament.

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Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Christine Lafrance

The Clerk

Ms. Sgro, if I may, pursuant to the motion of September 23, the votes need to be—

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Sorry, there's a delay as a result of the interpretation. Could we please have more time to vote yea or nay?

The Clerk

When the committee votes, there are three ways to express its decision: unanimous consent, on division or with a recorded vote. I think in this case we need to go with a recorded—

Ziad Aboultaif Conservative Edmonton Manning, AB

We cannot hear you, Clerk.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Yes, we cannot hear you, Madam Clerk. Would you please repeat that?

The Clerk

On September 23, the House adopted a motion stating how the committee should vote. It is either by unanimous consent, on division or with a recorded vote. I think in this case it is probably a recorded vote. I'm not sure. It's up to the committee to decide.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

How would the committee like to have this vote? Is it on division or with a recorded vote?

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Conservative

Randy Hoback Conservative Prince Albert, SK

I guess it's a recorded vote, because we are going to vote against it.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Okay.

The Clerk

This is a recorded vote on the amendment of Mr. Dhaliwal to reduce the time given to the witnesses for their opening remarks to five minutes.

(Amendment negatived: nays 6; yeas 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Thank you very much. The amendment is not carried.

Mr. Dhaliwal, you mentioned another motion. Do you have anything else?

Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal Surrey—Newton, BC

No, everything else is okay.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

All right.

Are there any other comments before we deal with the routine motions as amended, subject to our clarifying the admissibility or inadmissibility of the suggestions by Mr. Dhaliwal that we will discuss at the next meeting?

(Motions as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal Surrey—Newton, BC

I'd say it's unanimous. I think everybody had their hand up.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Madam Clerk, can we proceed?

The Clerk

Would you invite the analysts to open their cameras?

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Yes. Would Bashar Abu Taleb, Offah Obale and Anne-Marie Therrien-Tremblay, the committee's analysts, activate their cameras in order to be part of this meeting?

There we go. Welcome. Thank you. It's good to see you all.

Go ahead, Mr. Savard-Tremblay.

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Before we continue, I want to say something.

Many of the routine motions have been inherent to how we operate. Is this a good time to submit proposals regarding specific or priority studies for the coming weeks? I've submitted some proposals to the clerk, which have been translated and adapted for compliance and admissibility purposes.

Is this a good time to introduce them, or would it be better to do so a little later, by the end of the meeting?

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

There will be time. I'm just moving into the area now of other business.

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Thank you.

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Does the committee wish to discuss any other business at this time?

Mr. Savard-Tremblay, you indicated that you wanted to introduce something.

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Can I do so now?

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Yes.

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Madam Clerk, I don't know whether you have my motions on hand. The motions are translated and adapted proposals regarding studies and priorities for the coming weeks.

How do you want us to proceed? I'm having a bit of trouble, given that everyone is on Zoom. I don't know whether you're sending all this by email. What's the procedure for this?

The Clerk

I'm ready to send the motions that were received in your P9 email account. The motions are in both official languages. Do you want me to send all the motions, Mr. Savard-Tremblay, or just one or two of them?