National Defence Committee on Nov. 3rd, 2022

Evidence of meeting #38 for National Defence in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was arctic.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Arctic Security

Reports that Former Royal Canadian Air Force Pilots have Undertaken Employment to Train Members of the People's Liberation Army Air Force

MPs speaking

Emmanuella Lambropoulos

Shelby Kramp-Neuman

Darren Fisher

James Bezan

Also speaking

Adam Lajeunesse Associate Professor, St. Francis Xavier University, As an Individual

David Perry President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, As an Individual

Denis Boucher Director General, Defence Security, Department of National Defence

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John McKay

I missed what you said.

1 p.m.

Bloc

Christine Normandin Bloc Saint-Jean, QC

All I want is a copy of the motion in French.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John McKay

Mr. Clerk, we'll need a copy in French, please.

1 p.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

As we know by the rules, Mr. Chair, we can move motions during committee if they are relevant to the subject matter at hand. That is what I have done. It's not a written motion. It's an oral motion, and I would hope that interpretation would have caught it.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John McKay

Go ahead, Mr. May.

1 p.m.

Liberal

Bryan May Liberal Cambridge, ON

Thank you.

I appreciate the motion that's been brought forward. However, I, and I'm sure most of us, have not seen the information that Mr. Bezan may have. It's hard for me to vote on a motion based on information that we haven't had a chance to review.

I'm wondering if maybe we can discuss this in a committee-business situation.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John McKay

We can. I'm running up against the clock here.

The motion is properly before us. It is a debatable motion. It doesn't have to be about official languages at this point, because it's not a written motion.

Having said that, I would entertain a motion to adjourn.

1 p.m.

Liberal

Bryan May Liberal Cambridge, ON

We can save it for another time.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John McKay

I know, but we could...

1 p.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

I'd be more than happy to defer debate on this until the next committee meeting.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John McKay

That's fine. Is everyone good with that?

With that, I want to thank General Boucher again for this unusual hour. We appreciate your contribution to the committee's study.

With that, colleagues, we are adjourned.