Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 1st, 2021

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Go ahead, Mr. May.

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I'm a little confused. Did we not carve out time for committee business for this purpose? We're talking about committee business. We're not talking about more discussions with the witnesses. Am I correct on that?

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

You are correct on that. Yes, we are going to committee business.

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I suggest we adjourn the meeting and come back in camera.

[Bob Zimmer, Conservative, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Mr. Zimmer, go ahead.

[Bob Zimmer, Conservative, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC]

By that logic, it's not going to take up any more time whether we do it in the public portion of the meeting or in camera. It's still the same envelope of overall time. I'm not sure why you want to push it in camera so urgently. Mr. McLean has asked very nicely to put his motion forward, as was typically the practice of the committee. I would say, let's get on with it and—

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

Typically, the practice of committee is to do committee business in camera.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

We are suspending. We are going to go in camera.

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

Mr. Chair, we have been very respectful of the witnesses here in making sure that they were heard effectively before raising this motion, in the clear understanding that it would be raised here today. We could have done it earlier and actually wasted the witnesses' time with something they're not going to be dealing with here, but we'd like to have this as part of our committee. That could have happened at any point here. That would have been fair for this committee, but in order to continue this public meeting for five minutes—it's all we're asking for here, Mr. Chair—

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

Mr. May can have his point of order all he wants, but nevertheless we want this meeting to continue as is.

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

Let's go to a vote on that, Mr. Chair.

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Go ahead, Mr. May.

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

You cannot move a motion on a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

I'm aware of that. I'm just trying to—

[Bryan May, Liberal, Cambridge, ON]

I'm not sure that Mr. McLean is. I want to make sure he understands what we're doing. We want to deal with the issue at hand, but there is a process here. We're just wasting everyone's time at this point.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

I think we are going to suspend now and move into committee business—

[Rachael Thomas, Conservative, Lethbridge, AB]

I have a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

Go ahead, Ms. Harder.

[Rachael Thomas, Conservative, Lethbridge, AB]

Mr. Chair, the request on the table is not to present a motion. The request on the table is that time be extended for this meeting.

We started late, so it is appropriate to extend the time we have for this meeting and to grant another round of questions.

[The Chair, Liberal, James Maloney]

I appreciate your comments, Ms. Harder.

Mr. Simard, do you have a point of order? I see your hand up.

[Mario Simard, Bloc, Jonquière, QC]

We do not understand Ms. Harder's point of order because she does not have her headphones on, and the interpreter cannot translate what she said.

If Ms. Harder makes a point of order, she needs to put on her headphones for the interpreters.