Evidence of meeting #80 for Natural Resources in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was point.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Miriam Burke  Committee Clerk
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Patrick Williams
Marc-Olivier Girard  Committee Clerk
Thomas Bigelow  Committee Clerk

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Mr. Genuis, I would ask you to hold. I'm sorry.

12:10 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

This is crazy. I've just been trying to raise a point of order.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

We have Mr. Aldag on a point of order.

John Aldag Liberal Cloverdale—Langley City, BC

I just have a quick procedural question.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught lights flashing, so I don't know if there's a vote. We have important work to do, so if that is the case, I would ask for unanimous consent to continue with this important discussion.

My office is getting a lot of calls from Albertans who are asking us to get Bill C-50 done, so—

12:10 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Unanimous consent will be available when you let members speak. No.

John Aldag Liberal Cloverdale—Langley City, BC

—I think we need to get as much time on the record as—

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Colleagues—

John Aldag Liberal Cloverdale—Langley City, BC

I'm just asking, procedurally, whether there is a vote or not.

Can we get consent to continue?

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

—the bells are ringing. There is a vote.

I would ask colleagues if we have unanimous consent to continue.

12:10 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

On that, Mr. Chair, if the chair is not enforcing the rules and is depriving members arbitrarily of their ability to speak—

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. Can you—

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Yes or no, Mr. Genuis?

Mr. Genuis, I would ask you to turn off your mike.

12:10 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

—then there's nothing to—

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Do we have unanimous consent to continue?

An hon. member

No.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

We don't.

12:10 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

No, because you won't let members speak.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

We will suspend.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

I call the meeting back to order.

Colleagues, welcome back to the meeting. Thank you to the new members this afternoon who have joined us.

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

I have a point of order.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Do we have a point of order on Mr. Genuis's point of order?

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

It's on the overall.... I'd prefer to get it done before we go further so that there's less confusion for my colleagues.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

We'll go to a point of order.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

Shannon Stubbs Conservative Lakeland, AB

Chair, you said to refer specifically to the point of order.

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

If you can be very specific, Mr. Angus, on your point of order, we can then go back to Mr. Genuis's point of order.