Thank you, Mr. Chair.
At Thursday's meeting, you abruptly adjourned the meeting.
I just want to draw your attention to the fact that in our procedure and House affairs book by Bosc and Gagnon, it reads, on page 1099 in chapter 20, that:
A committee meeting may be adjourned by the adoption of a motion to that effect. However, most meetings are adjourned more informally, when the Chair receives the implied consent of members to adjourn. The committee Chair cannot adjourn the meeting without consent of a majority of the members, unless the Chair decides that a case of disorder or misconduct is so serious as to prevent the committee from continuing its work.
I have a copy of the blues here, and you even say, Mr. Chair, “I apologize for interrupting this vigorous debate, but it's 5:30.” You dropped the gavel without giving a chance for those who were still on the speaking list to talk, and it was in the middle of Ms. Mathyssen's time of speaking to the motion.
I just would ask that, in future considerations, you do look for consent from members before adjourning a meeting.