Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 5th, 2021

Evidence of meeting #11 for Natural Resources in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was forestry.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Economic Recovery in the Forestry Sector

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Hilary Jane Powell

Derek Orr Indigenous Relations, As an Individual

Mike Beck Operations Manager, Capacity Forest Management Ltd.

1:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

It's been done.

1:35 p.m.

Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

I'm sorry, Mr. Chair; I have a point of order.

1:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

Yes, go ahead.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

Thank you.

Mr. May is taking off his speaker and interjecting and directly being argumentative with me. That is inappropriate. Anything he states needs to go through you as the chair.

1:35 p.m.

Liberal

Bryan May Liberal Cambridge, ON

Excuse me, Mr. Chair, but I had the floor. I called a dilatory motion. The procedure is to move to a vote.

Thank you.

1:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

Ms. Harder, Mr. May was well within his rights to move to adjourn debate, which he did do.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

I have a point of order.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

No, we are voting now, Ms. Harder.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

I have a point of order.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

Madam Clerk, can you please carry on with the vote.

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The Clerk

Madam Jones, how do you vote?

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Liberal

Yvonne Jones Liberal Labrador, NL

I vote for the motion.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

I will challenge your decision to ignore my point of order.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

Is your point of order any different from the one you just made?

Carry on with the vote, please.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

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The Clerk

Mr. Lefebvre, how do you vote?

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Liberal

Paul Lefebvre Liberal Sudbury, ON

I vote in favour of adjourning the debate.

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The Clerk

Mr. May, how do you vote?

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Liberal

Bryan May Liberal Cambridge, ON

I'm in favour of adjourning debate.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

It's extremely dictatorial of you, Mr. Chair. It's extremely inappropriate. You're silencing voices of the members of this committee. It's wrong.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

I've heard your point of order, Ms. Harder. I've ruled on it.

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Conservative

Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge, AB

You haven't. You have not heard my point of order because you refuse to do so.

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Conservative

Greg McLean Conservative Calgary Centre, AB

With respect, Mr. Chair, I have a point of order. Could we get a ruling on this? Could you seek advice on this dilatory motion from your adviser close by, please?

1:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal James Maloney

The clerk is the person who knows the procedure, and the clerk called the vote because she knows that this is a dilatory motion. Once somebody moves to adjourn debate, it requires that we vote on it right away.

Isn't that correct, Madam Clerk?

1:35 p.m.

The Clerk

Yes, that is correct.