Public Accounts Committee on March 26th, 2007

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

I think it is impossible to go ahead with a vote on this matter until we've had a chance to do a clause-by-clause review. That's the first aspect of my point of order. We've not had occasion to look through the report on a clause-by-clause basis, the way reports are always approved by this committee.

[Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Liberal, Etobicoke Centre, ON]

That's not a point of order.

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

Actually, it is a point of order. I'm talking about process here. I understand you want to pass this as quickly as possible and spread it out and take credit for it, but that's not the purpose of this committee. This committee—

[Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Liberal, Etobicoke Centre, ON]

That's not a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

Order, please. I'm prepared at this point in time to put the question. That is not a point of order.

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

I have another point of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

No.

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

Are you going to ignore points of order?

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

What is your second point of order, Mr. Poilievre?

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

My second point of order relates to the document itself, which is not a report of this committee. It's merely—

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

Okay, that is it, colleagues. The question is going to go.

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

He has a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

Mr. Lake, you have a point of order?

[Mike Lake, Conservative, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, AB]

His point of order is first.

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

You have to hear points of order. It's in the Standing Orders.

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

A point of order, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj.

[Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Liberal, Etobicoke Centre, ON]

I move that Mr. Simard have the floor.

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

That's not a point of order.

[Judy Sgro, Liberal, York West, ON]

That's not a point of order, so let's just get going. Otherwise we're losing time.

[Mike Lake, Conservative, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, AB]

I put my hand up and asked to be on the list.

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

I said I was going to have a certain list, Mr. Lake, and I did, and I had to cut it off somewhere.

[Mike Lake, Conservative, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, AB]

Is that normal practice?

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

I told everybody I was going to entertain five and I entertained about seven.

[Brian Fitzpatrick, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

I have a point of order. It's a legitimate point of order.

Mr. Sweet has a motion that I believe, if we voted in favour of it, would supersede—

[The Chair, Liberal, Shawn Murphy]

We'll deal with the motions in the order they come, Mr. Fitzpatrick.

Let's put the question.

Mr. Williams, a point of order.