Evidence of meeting #14 for National Defence in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was camera.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Casson
Order, please.
The clerk has the wording of the motion that Mr. Hawn is proposing. I'd like him to read it for us.
NDP
Dawn Black NDP New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Chairman, wouldn't my motion be first? It's waiting on the books.
NDP
Dawn Black NDP New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
It does to me, yes. It's been hanging around for a few weeks now.
Conservative
Bloc
Claude Bachand Bloc Saint-Jean, QC
I do not want to quibble, Mr. Chair, but my amendment updates the motion so that it makes sense. Ms. Black's motion says that the witnesses are going to appear today, February 28. That is impossible. It makes more sense if we put “as soon as possible” instead of “at the regularly scheduled meeting to be held on February 28, 2008”.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Casson
Just for clarification, the amendment by Mr. Bachand to the motion by Ms. Black is to strike the words “to be held on February 28th, 2008” and replace them with “as soon as possible”.
(Amendment agreed to)
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Casson
The amended motion is that as part of the committee’s study of health services provided to Canadian Forces personnel with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder, the committee invite Ms. Cindy Smith-MacDonald and Ann le Clair to appear before the Standing Committee on National Defence at a regularly scheduled meeting as soon as possible.
Is there any discussion?
All those in favour? Four in favour, four opposed.... Oh, don't do this. Are the rest of you going to vote or is that it? Are you abstaining?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Casson
Let's do that one more time, please. All those in favour, please signify....
Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
I have a question first, Mr. Chair. Just for clarification, does that mean your two names will be the two of the other motion?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Casson
All those in favour? And this is the last time I'm asking.
(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 4)
February 28th, 2008 / 4:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Samy Agha
The motion is that during two in camera meetings, the committee receive testimony from individual soldiers and families regarding its study of Canadian Forces health services, with an emphasis on PTSD, and that committee members propose a maximum of 16 names--eight individual soldiers and eight family members--to the clerk.
NDP
Bloc
Bloc
Claude Bachand Bloc Saint-Jean, QC
It was, but the written form is in English. Can we have it in French?
The Clerk
Sure. I can translate it off the top of my head, if that's okay; I hope I don't make any mistakes.