Public Safety Committee on Nov. 29th, 2016

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

Okay. We'll move on.

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

I'm not exactly an expert [Inaudible--Editor]. I haven't been in opposition before, so....

[An hon. member]

So there's no clause 16.

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

There is no clause 16.

[An hon. member]

[Inaudible--Editor]

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

Yes.

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

This is exactly what I had asked about with regard to voting on clause 14 first and then voting on clause 16 second. I was told not to worry about it. It was exactly the question I put to you. Now we're left with clause 14 passing and clause 16 not. I expressed my concerns on it, and now we're in exactly that situation.

I'm more than a little disappointed that I was assured that I didn't have to worry, and now we've done exactly what I said.

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

If you're going to attack my—

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

No, but this is exactly what I had asked about.

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

I did vote for the clause 16 amendment. I voted for the amendment. That's what I promised to do. I thought we'd have clause 16 passed.

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

So procedurally, we should have—

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

If you guys are not going to support your fellow members, that's not my problem.

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

I did support him, but I was given an assurance that we didn't have to vote on clause 16 first.

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

Well, do you want to have another...?

I move that we have another vote on clause 16.

[Pam Damoff, Liberal, Oakville North—Burlington, ON]

We would have voted on clause 16 first had we not been in this situation. That was what I—

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

Well, you're a genius and I'm not, I guess, so thank you very much.

This is what happens when we are voting at 7:50, by the way. We are all getting a little short. I don't need to take this kind of abuse from you, thank you very much.

Is there anything else you want to say? No. Okay.

I will move that we have another vote on clause 16, if it pleases the chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

I need unanimous consent to have a vote on clause 16.

[Nicola Di Iorio, Liberal, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC]

I oppose.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

All right, do you want to close now?

[An hon. member]

I was offering to vote for it.

[Tony Clement, Conservative, Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON]

Chair, in this confused state, I move adjournment. We'll carry on with it on Thursday.

[The Chair, Liberal, Rob Oliphant]

It's a valid motion.

(Motion agreed to)

The meeting is adjourned.