Evidence of meeting #3 for Justice and Human Rights in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vote.
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The Clerk
Thank you, Madam Chair.
You are absolutely right. To summarize, the deadline for reporting the supplementary estimates is always three sitting days prior to the last opposition day. That will be given to the opposition in the House of Commons before December 10.
As you mentioned, it is indeed a moving target because it is the government that designates the opposition day, and we learn only down the road when that last opposition day will be held.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
Please excuse me. I know we only have 15 minutes left of our meeting. We have a lot on the agenda to still get through.
I will call that question. Those in favour of voting on the mains and the supplementaries today, please raise your hands. I see Mr. Virani, Mr. Zuberi, Mr. Garrison, Mr. Maloney and Mr. Sangha. That's five.
Mr. Clerk, do we have enough to vote on both?
Liberal
The Clerk
Yes, you need a recorded vote if there is no unanimous consent, or if it's not agreed, for instance, on division.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
In that case, Mr. Clerk, can you please go ahead and take the recorded vote for whether we are voting on the mains and the supplementaries today, please?
The Clerk
Absolutely.
I will need a mover for that motion, so if it's all right, I will put the question to Mr. Virani as a mover.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Thank you very much for that, Mr. Clerk.
We'll go ahead with voting on the main estimates and the supplementary estimates at this time.
Are we going to do a recorded vote, or would you like to vote on division, or unanimously?
Bloc
Rhéal Fortin Bloc Rivière-du-Nord, QC
I have a point of order, Madam Chair.
What's the question? Are we voting on the main estimates?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Yes, we are voting on the mains at this time.
The question is: Shall vote 1 under Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada carry? The amount in question is $15,402,691.
Mr. Clerk, would you carry out a recorded vote at this time?
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
I didn't hear a response from anybody when I asked that, but we're happy to go on division.
Conservative
Liberal
Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON
I'm not sure what Mr. Cooper just asked. I guess there was no clarity, but I'm happy to vote on this based on consent rather than on division.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Mr. Clerk, can you provide some clarity to us, please, on what the impact of each would be?
The Clerk
You have three options, basically, committee members.
One option is that there is clear, unanimous consent among the committee members, and everybody is in agreement. Another is that motion could be adopted or carried on division; that's your second option. The third option, of course, is to do a recorded vote.
Conservative
Michael Cooper Conservative St. Albert—Edmonton, AB
Normally, at least at this committee in the previous four years I served on it, we typically handled this by moving forward on division.
Liberal
Liberal
Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON
I'm also in approval of what Mr. Cooper suggested, that we approve them on division.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid
Thank you very much.
Mr. Clerk, we're going to be approving all of the main estimates on division. Do I need to read the questions?