Evidence of meeting #105 for Official Languages in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was know.
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10:10 a.m.
Liberal
Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
On a point of order, Mr. Chair.
I just wanted to acknowledge that Mr. Généreux is an excellent shot. He was on my team a few days ago. I wanted to offer that compliment on this Thursday morning.
10:10 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal René Arseneault
It's an excellent comment, but I don't know what Standing Order could confirm that that's a point of order.
For the benefit of people watching us, I'd like to go back over the last seven meetings to which Mr. Drouin and Mr. Godin referred in their comments.
The discussion initially focused on a motion tabled by Mr. Beaulieu. The chair then ruled that motion ultra vires, in other words that it wasn't consistent with the rules since the committee didn't have the necessary authority to address it. Under those same rules, the committee may overrule the chair's decision and continue debating Mr. Beaulieu's motion, and that's what happened.
When a motion is before the committee, an amendment, and then a subamendment, may be moved. In the case before us, Mr. Samson moved an amendment to Mr. Beaulieu's motion. When that occurs, the committee always holds a debate on the motion in question. Under the Standing Orders, the chair may not interrupt debate regardless of whether it concerns a motion, an amendment or a subamendment.
Here's where we stand chronologically speaking. I wanted to clarify this objectively so that people know what's going on here.
With that, I close discussion on Mr. Samson's amendment.
I would now like to say a few words to committee members about this morning's subcommittee meeting.
The subcommittee had an extremely productive meeting on the matter of how to build the list of witnesses to be heard in the context of the education continuum study, a study topic that Mr. Godin proposed. The subcommittee also discussed how the witness list would be ordered. After spending half an hour on it last week and an hour this morning, we have yet to complete this task, but we're getting there.
The subcommittee will meet again next Thursday. I think we will finish up within an hour at most. As of the following Monday, we will be able to provide the committee with the ideal list of witnesses to appear in the context of our education continuum study. At best, I think we will begin this study this coming fall, in fall 2024.
That's where things stand.
I will now adjourn the meeting. However, next week, we will be able to resume debate on the amendment that Darrell Samson has moved to Mr. Beaulieu's motion.
On the speakers list, we have Mr. Drouin and Mr. Serré, then Mr. Beaulieu, Mr. Samson and Mr. Godin have added their names to the list.
With that, I wish you all a good weekend.
The meeting is adjourned.