Official Languages Committee on March 11th, 2008

Evidence of meeting #20 for Official Languages in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was clerk.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Analysis of the 2006 Census

MPs speaking

Steven Blaney
Mauril Bélanger
Daniel Petit
Pierre Lemieux
Thomas Mulcair
Richard Nadeau
Luc Harvey
Pablo Rodriguez

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Graeme Truelove

March 11th, 2008 / 10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

That requires unanimous consent.

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Some hon. members

No.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

We will therefore move to the vote.

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Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

As a point of clarification, why?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

I think this is a point of debate, Mr. Lemieux.

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Conservative

Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

It's not unanimous consent? It's just a vote? Okay.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

That is correct. We will now vote on Mr. Bélanger's motion to continue our meeting in camera.

(The motion carried)

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

We will continue in camera.

We will give the people in charge of facilities the time to switch over to an in camera meeting.

[The meeting continued in camera.]