Official Languages Committee on Feb. 5th, 2009

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

Mr. Chair, we already voted.

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

I heard your point of order, but here I am applying—

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

We already voted, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

No, the vote isn't over. It was interrupted when you called your point of order.

[Some hon. members]

No!

[Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON]

Mr. Chair, could we seek unanimous consent just to pause for one minute? Can we seek unanimous consent? I think there's unanimous consent just to pause for one minute.

[An hon. member]

No, we can't.

[An hon. member]

No, no, no.

[An hon. member]

It's not unanimous.

[Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON]

Fair enough.

We need an agreement on this.

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

Okay, let's vote, then.

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

We are now going to vote on Mr. Rodriguez's subamendment.

(Subamendment negatived)

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

We are now going to vote on Mr. Chong's amendment.

(Amendment negatived)

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

We are now calling the question on the motion, unless other members would like to speak.

[Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON]

I move another amendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

He is entitled to present an amendment, as long as it is not the same as the one he already moved.

[Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON]

It's the same amendment I already made, except I move the following order for the fourth round: Conservative Party, Liberal Party, NDP and Bloc Québécois.

[Monique Guay, Bloc, Rivière-du-Nord, QC]

It's the same amendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

It's not the same thing.

[Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON]

The NDP doesn't agree?

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

It's different. We have a subamendment.

Shall we vote on the subamendment?

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

I would like to call a point of order. We voted on the subamendment earlier, and it was defeated. We then voted on the amendment, which was also defeated. So it cannot be a subamendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

The amendment is slightly different, so we will vote on Mr. Chong's amendment to the main motion.

(Amendment carried)

[The Chair, Conservative, Steven Blaney]

We will now vote on the main motion. Is everyone ready for the question?

Mr. Godin.

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

The main motion remains unchanged, except for the change to the fourth round. There are no other amendments.