International Trade Committee on Feb. 27th, 2024

Evidence of meeting #95 for International Trade in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was witnesses.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Free Trade Negotiations Between Canada and Ecuador

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay

Wilson Miao

Terry Sheehan

Also speaking

Ron Lemaire President, Canadian Produce Marketing Association

René Roy Chair, Canadian Pork Council

Jeff English Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Pulse Canada

Thomas Chiasson-LeBel Assistant Professor, Université de l'Ontario français, As an Individual

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

On a point of order, Madam Chair, in his statement, he said that Mr. Seeback was going to speak to it, and I had my hand up to speak to it, so I should have been the first person recognized to speak to it, not Mr. Sidhu.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Just as Mr. Baldinelli went to introduce motion number 5, Mr. Sidhu put his arm up to speak, right at the very first word used. That's why I wrote that name down, and then I put down “Mr. Seeback”. I put “Mr. Seeback” as he put his arm up and not because Mr. Baldinelli mentioned that he was going to be speaking.

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

The Liberals on the committee are going to adjourn the meeting rather than have votes on ArriveCAN and the impact it's going to have on trade.

Effectively, the cover-up continues at another committee.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

Mr. Seeback, we have started the process of a vote, so we have—

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

This is typical of the Liberal government.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

It is not.

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

They try to shut down debate at committees on issues that are relevant to Canadians.

4:55 p.m.

An hon. member

On a point of order—

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

What Canadians are going to witness right now is that they are shutting down the committee meeting—

4:55 p.m.

An hon. member

Let the member have the floor—

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

You are out of order, Mr. Seeback.

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

They're shutting down the committee meeting, so that we can't actually have a vote to look into the ArriveCAN app. This is your Liberal government in action.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro

There are 25 other committees, the Ethics Commissioner and the Auditor General looking at it. It will be so thoroughly looked at that we will welcome the report that comes back.

We're taking a vote on adjourning the meeting.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

The meeting is adjourned.