Evidence of meeting #1 for Public Accounts in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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Liberal
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Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert, QC
It's 14 minutes. If we accept your proposal, we will have more than...
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Yes, you're right. The government would get 14 minutes, I agree. I can fight only one fight at a time, and over here in the third party, it's all I can do to fight for my own little turf.
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Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert, QC
May I finish?
According to the proposal we initially put forward, we would have 12 minutes. According to your proposal, we would have 14 minutes. I just want us to understand each other.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
I understand. It's all the more reason that the official opposition shouldn't—
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Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert, QC
This will be the order: Liberal Party, Conservative Party, NDP, Liberal Party.
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NDP
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Liberal
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Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert, QC
It would be Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Liberal. That's the PROC model.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Yes, and again, I'm fighting for the extra minute in the opening round based on the fact that I'm rarely going to get my last three minutes.
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Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert, QC
I understand, Mr. Christopherson. I understand where you're coming from. I'm just saying, putting it on the table, this is what it looks like.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
No, I agree. I can't do all the heavy lifting from the third party. Again, I say to the official opposition—
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Liberal
Alexandra Mendes Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert, QC
We were there before. We were there before. We know that.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
I say again to the official opposition, give your head a shake here. You're about to allow, if we go with the amendment, as my colleague has mentioned, 14 minutes to control the floor. I don't know why you want to allow that.
But anyway, what I need to know, Chair—
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Liberal
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NDP
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Mr. Christopherson's argument is based on the fact that he may not get a second round. I think that's the reason for his argument.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
That's a bigger problem for them than me because all I'm going to get is the opening—
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
On the other hand, what the official opposition may want to consider is not just the minutes but whether it will lead to something else.
Is there any other debate on the time, because that is your motion?