Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 22nd, 2022

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Mr. Chair, I'm challenging your ruling.

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

Could I have order? I have the microphone, and so I want everybody else to mute their microphones. I've just made a ruling that the challenge to the chair has been accepted—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

On a point of order, Chair, I'm challenging that ruling. If I can challenge any ruling, I can challenge—

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

We'll vote on this first and then—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

No, no, no. You made a ruling about the challenge, and I'm challenging that ruling. Are you saying I can't challenge your ruling, but he can?

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

I'm saying that we have this challenge first—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

No, no, no. You made a ruling about the challenge, and I challenge your ruling about the challenge. Mine has to proceed.

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

—and we have to do that first.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Mr. Chair, you can't accept this challenge.

Mr. Chair, you're being a hack here. You're being a total hack. You can't accept his challenge—

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

Whoa, whoa. I ask for that mike to be shut off, because he's attacking the chair personally.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

This is ridiculous. You can't accept his challenge and not my challenge.

Can we get the clerk to weigh in, Mr. Chair? Can we get some advice from the clerk on this? Would you like to get some advice from the non-partisan clerk on this, Mr. Chair?

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

I'm calling the vote.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

You're not welcoming the advice from the clerk? You're not even going to let the clerk weigh in, Mr. Chair? Come on.

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

I'm sorry, Mr. Chair, but we don't even know what the vote is.

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

If people would cut their mikes and listen to the chair, you would know what the vote was. The vote was that you asked the chair about the new speaking order, and the new speaking order is Mr. Sorbara, Mr. Genuis—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I would like a roll call vote on that, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

The was vote under way and we have seven in favour. All opposed?

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Mr. Chair, I would like a roll call.

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

Nobody is opposed?

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

The vote has passed, Mr. Genuis.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Mr. Chair, I request a roll call vote and I requested a challenge to the chair. This is a complete abuse of process.

[The Chair, Liberal, John Aldag]

Mr. Sorbara, the floor is yours.

[Francesco Sorbara, Liberal, Vaughan—Woodbridge, ON]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I do have the floor, Mr. Genuis.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Mr. Chair, I requested a roll call vote. The rules prescribe I have the right to request a roll call vote—

[Francesco Sorbara, Liberal, Vaughan—Woodbridge, ON]

I move to adjourn debate—