Evidence of meeting #44 for Public Accounts in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
You know, Mr. Saxton, if you ask for the question, I've got to give it to you and you've got to listen, and--
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
--the answer is that colleagues have already agreed to have the Privacy Commissioner here. We're going to invite the Privacy Commissioner. We are dealing with documents; we're not dealing with individuals. And after the consultation with the Privacy Commissioner, we will then proceed according to the advice that we will receive from the experts. That's what all colleagues agree and I'm voting with that.
Thank you.
We'll move to the main motion. Those in favour of the main motion as amended? Those against?
(Motion as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
That's carried.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
My point of order is a question in terms of procedure. Do I understand that your wording is such that you believe that you have majority support to invite the Privacy Commissioner in? Is that what I heard you say?
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
Yes. I had the consensus. I looked around the table. I asked people before, during the debate, and I asked if anybody objected. I asked Mr. Kramp whether that was his intention.
I believe, Mr. Christopherson, that you asked him on two occasions.
Everybody seemed to agree that we needed to have the Privacy Commissioner here. We are going to invite the Privacy Commissioner. I have no doubt that the Privacy Commissioner will be here along with Mr. Walsh, maybe contemporaneously, but certainly within that same time slot that we've set aside on Tuesday. Then we take it from there.
Thank you very much, colleagues.
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Conservative
Daryl Kramp Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
Chair, now that you have made it very clear that you are going to do that, and it is now here, then I would support Madame Faille's motion, but unless that was clear before, I couldn't do that. That was the intent of the amendment taken through, but let it be shown, Chair, if you wish a unanimous approval of Madame Faille's motion, I don't care. We would support that, but only if you have the commitment to go forward.
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Conservative
Daryl Kramp Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
I'm taking you at your word. That's fine. Your word is fine, and I can take you at your word, but what proof do we have when you approach it in that manner?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
Mr. Kramp, if my word's good enough, then it's good enough.
I thank you. I guess you're saying that there is unanimous support for Madame Faille's amended motion. Even though it had already carried, we now want to make it unanimous. Mr. Kramp, you're a gentleman and a colleague.
Thank you.
The meeting is adjourned.
