Justice Committee on May 31st, 2023

[An hon. member]

No.

[Rob Moore, Conservative, Fundy Royal, NB]

I'd like to move the motion.

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

Shall Mr. Moore's motion on denouncing the Taliban carry?

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

Can we have a recorded vote?

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

Yes, we can have a recorded vote.

[Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Bloc, Lac-Saint-Jean, QC]

I'm sorry, but I don't believe I have the wording of the motion. Could it be sent to me?

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

Do the clerks or analysts have one they can share?

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I have the English in front of me, but if the clerk has the French version, he could read it out so that it's....

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

Shall the motion by Mr. Moore carry? It's a recorded vote.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)

The motion meets the 48-hour notice requirement for debate and vote. If I table it on Monday, would that be okay? I can do it in person.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I think you want to table the bill as soon as possible.

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

We adopted the motion. I think it would be in effect. I will table the motion under “reporting”.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

You might as well table them both at once. However, I would just say, because of discussions happening among House leaders, tabling the bill ASAP is—

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

I will do that.

That's it, unless we have anything else.

We're good to go.

Yes, go ahead, Ms. Damoff.

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

I want to thank everyone for their efforts. It's been a bumpier journey than we anticipated initially, I think, and I want to thank the members of the justice committee for their patience in letting us come in, usurp their committee and overtake their agenda for a while.

I acknowledge that not everyone thinks the bill is perfect. I don't think the bill is perfect, either, but I think it's something that, for those of us who.... Alexis and I sat on the special committee on Afghanistan. I know how deeply disturbed we were by what we heard, and this is one of the recommendations that came out of that report.

I want to thank everyone from all parties for their efforts to see us get here today.

Mr. Chair, thank you for letting us come here.

I just want to thank everyone. I really appreciate it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Randeep Sarai]

Thank you.

I want to especially thank all of our visiting members for hashing this out and ironing a lot of this stuff out on their own time and saving us. I apologize for sometimes cancelling the meetings with very short notice due to some negotiations going back...but I really appreciate it.

I also want to thank the government officials who have, time and again, come out and given their valuable insight, like today. You didn't have to do anything, so it was great. Thank you so much.

We are now adjourned. See you next week.