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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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Yes. I'm trying to find a way to support the main motion, to support the idea of the two letters—I seek your help—but I do want to be able to cast my negative vote on the date change—
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
So I'll leave it with you to structure it in such a way that I can vote that way. That's all.
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Conservative
Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Chairman, may I pass the mike to my colleague, Mr. Kramp, please?
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Conservative
Daryl Kramp Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
Thank you, Chair.
I have another amendment I would like to make, Chair. Would you prefer to finish the proposed amendment? What would be the order of procedure in order for me to present another amendment that would be acceptable to the chair?
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An hon. member
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
Thank you, Mr. Kramp. I really do appreciate what you're trying to do to help the committee and to help the chair and the process along. Let's deal with the one that's here first, okay? Then we'll come and take yours.
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Chair, along those lines, I'd like to ask this of my colleague, Madame Faille.
You want the documents up to February 8. In fact, the former commissioner resigned on October 18. I'm just wondering why that date is not October 18 and why it's extended to February 8? February 8 is an arbitrary date, whereas October 18 is a real concrete date. That's when something happened.
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Bloc
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
So it's just a question of information on why one date was chosen as opposed to another. It's a little bit like asking, as well, or making it a comment as well that the 14th is an arbitrary date that might not necessarily fit into the calculation. Is that what you're asking: why the 18th and not the 17th or the 19th?
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Conservative
Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC
Yes. I would expect that date to be the date on which she resigned, unless there's a very compelling reason why it shouldn't be that date, which is October 18, 2010.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
If I may, Chair, it seems to me that the reason I'm supporting that date being in there is that if there were any follow-up contact from those central agencies upon her resignation, I'd like to see it. I'd like to know exactly what the central agencies do when there's an abrupt resignation like that. I'd like to see the follow-up material, if there is any.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Joe Volpe
Okay. I think we're okay with that. Now I'm just going to ask Monsieur D'Amours this, because Mr. Christopherson was kind enough to ask me if I could make it easier for him to distinguish one from the other.
On your date of the 14th, are you flexible on that date?
