Evidence of meeting #30 for Status of Women in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was report.
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1 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
There's no time.
Is everybody in agreement? Do you want to discuss this, or do we want to call a vote on it?
Ms. Guergis, to Ms. Minna's motion.
1 p.m.
Conservative
Helena Guergis Conservative Simcoe—Grey, ON
I only wanted to say that I think this would be a great idea.
I was hoping we could hear from the minister before we proceed with other witnesses. Considering there's been so much misinformation put out there, perhaps we could have all of the information for the witnesses before they come to the committee. We could hear from the minister and maybe from some officials again to clarify everything.
We need to make sure we have that information before we continue to hear from witnesses. There is a lot of misinformation out there, which means their testimony isn't really on the mark.
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
Maria Minna Liberal Beaches—East York, ON
We already said that February 1 would be for the minister. It would actually be the first meeting.
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Yes, the minister is coming on February 1, and that's great.
Is there any discussion on Ms. Minna's motion? We'll move adoption.
(Motion agreed to)
I'm going back to the motion by Ms. Guergis, which I'm not supposed to do because it wasn't put here in time, but it's related to what we decided on earlier.
Are there any comments on the motion by Ms. Guergis?
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Helena Guergis Conservative Simcoe—Grey, ON
I want to find out if we can get an invitation to Linda Smith as soon as possible. I don't want to give her a last-minute timeframe on when to be here.
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Our next meetings are going to be the at end of January.
(Motion agreed to)
We can't continue any further. There isn't any more time. It's 1:10 already.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Madam Chair, this will only take one minute. I have a motion that has not been addressed.
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Your motions are not as simple as the other motions we dealt with, which only took us two minutes. Looking at both of them, the first one you have before us and the second one, I believe they are going to take lengthy amounts of time to discuss.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
I don't think it would. I'd like to read it into the record, if I could.
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
You gave one within sufficient time, but the other one was not given within sufficient time, Mrs. Smith. If you want to, you may read the initial one into the record.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
We started our meeting quite late because members opposite were not here. We agreed to that.
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
I was being more patient waiting for Ms. Grewal and Ms. Guergis to get here, so that you had a full house.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
You need to read this into the record quickly, because I'm going to adjourn the meeting.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
This is the motion:
That the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women consider prostitution to be an activity that sexually exploits people, primarily women, and that produces and promotes unequal relationships between men and women in society, and thus recommend that the government not legalize the activities associated with prostitution in Canada, and that the adoption of this motion be reported to the House.
That the Committee therefore recommend to the government and to the House that they take—
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Don't read the second one. You did not give me 48 hours' notice.
We are already well beyond our time. It's my responsibility to get you out of here at one o'clock, and it's now ten minutes past.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
1:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
I don't have five minutes. Many of us have to participate in question period, which means we have to leave.
You read this into the record, as you asked to. It will be discussed at the next meeting, along with the other one that you have tabled.
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
With all due respect, when Madam Stronach brought her motion and she didn't give 48 hours, you gave her the consideration to address it.