Official Languages Committee on March 31st, 2023

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

Amendment CPC‑48 is also out of order—

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

All right.

Let's move on. The next is CPC‑49.

Have you read it?

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

Are you moving amendment CPC‑49?

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

Should I move it, Mr. Chair?

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

Given the look on your face, Mr. Chair, I think I'll get the same answer.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

I can't play poker. I'm not a good player.

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

Let's move on, in that case.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

Are you moving amendment CPC‑49?

So you are not moving it.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

(Clause 37 agreed to)

(Clause 38)

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

We are now at clause 38, and amendment BQ‑56 to that clause.

Mr. Beaulieu, you have the floor.

[Mario Beaulieu, Bloc, La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC]

I'm not going to move it.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

All right.

The next amendment is LIB‑35.

Mr. Serré, we're listening.

[Marc Serré, Liberal, Nickel Belt, ON]

Thank you, Mr. Chair—

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

First, are you moving amendment LIB‑35?

[Marc Serré, Liberal, Nickel Belt, ON]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

All right.

I'd like to say—

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

No, it's not the same thing at all. I will now make a habit of asking if the amendment is being moved.

Before we debate the amendment, I wanted to tell the committee that if LIB‑35 is moved, NDP‑14 cannot be, because it is identical.

Mr. Serré, you have the floor on amendment LIB‑35.

[Marc Serré, Liberal, Nickel Belt, ON]

Thank you for that clarification, Mr. Chair.

As far as LIB‑35 is concerned, it just—

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

Excuse me, Mr. Chair.

Why are we not allowed to move amendment NDP‑14 before amendment LIB‑35? It is a procedural matter. NDP‑14 was tabled a day before LIB‑35.

[The Chair, Liberal, René Arseneault]

That is a good technical question that I'm going to put to the experts.

Please wait a moment.

You have the floor, Madam Clerk.

[The Clerk]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for your question, Mr. Godin.

Actually, if you look at the date at the bottom of the page, it is not the date the amendment was tabled, it is the date it was drafted. The date of filing is the date the amendment was filed with the clerk of the committee. It is that date and time that we look at.

Amendment LIB‑35 was submitted to the clerk before the NDP‑14 amendment. That is the only reason it precedes it.

[Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

This means that the date that we see under our amendments, that is, under “Committee Stage”, is the date the amendment was drafted.