National Defence Committee on May 13th, 2015

[Jack Harris, NDP, St. John's East, NL]

I'd like to note for the record that the New Democrats on the committee voted in favour of these votes, in case someone tries to say or suggest we never vote in favour of military expenditures, or we vote against all of the things for our soldiers, and all the usual kind of propaganda we hear in the House—

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

It will be so officially noted.

Thank you, Mr. Harris.

Point of order, Mr. Norlock.

[Rick Norlock, Conservative, Northumberland—Quinte West, ON]

I'd like to say thank you to the member who just made that point of order. This is a rare occasion when the NDP does decide to vote our way.

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

Thank you, Mr. Norlock.

Now to the matter of Mr. Harris's motion.

Mr. Bezan.

[James Bezan, Conservative, Selkirk—Interlake, MB]

I'd like to make an amendment to the motion that we should add to the list, after the retired Supreme Court Justice, Major-General Christine Whitecross, since she's the leader of the strategic response team on sexual violence in the military, and we need to have her listed—

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

Agreed.

[Jack Harris, NDP, St. John's East, NL]

Agreed, sir. There's no need to have a separate vote on the amendment. We accept the amendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

Agreed. All in favour of the motion?

[James Bezan, Conservative, Selkirk—Interlake, MB]

I'll just say one final note before we vote. As the minister already said, his time is limited, so we'll have to work around that as best we can.

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

Absolutely.

[Jack Harris, NDP, St. John's East, NL]

I think he has to be in the country.

[The Chair, Conservative, Peter Kent]

That meeting will be negotiated on the minister's availability, and you will be so notified.

(Motion agreed to)

Thank you, all, for today.

This meeting is adjourned.