Evidence of meeting #47 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 reports.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
I would move that paragraphs two and three of the motion be deleted. Those paragraphs read as follows:
Monica Townson and Kevin Hayes, Women and Employment Insurance Program: the Gender Impact on Current Rules on Eligibility and Earnings Replacement; Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky, Women and the CST: Securing the Social Union;
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The Clerk
Ms. Fry.
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Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
No, I will waive my time to speak. We're running out of time, and we need to get this thing put to bed.
5:25 p.m.
The Clerk
Are you abstaining from voting?
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Liberal
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Joy Smith
The amendment did not carry.
We can go to a discussion or we can call the vote right now. What is your pleasure? Call the question, then?
(Motion agreed to)
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Joy Smith
There's one other issue. There will be a dissenting opinion attached to this particular motion. Is it the pleasure of the committee to have a dissenting opinion attached to this motion and to have it in to the clerk by tomorrow?
Are we all agreed?
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Tomorrow is the last day of the House, so it is 24 hours.
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Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
Can we say until Monday? If it's normally 48 hours, that's two days.
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Liberal
Maria Minna Liberal Beaches—East York, ON
It is 48 hours for notice of motions, not necessarily the dissenting report.
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Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
That's why I asked what's normal in a case with a dissenting opinion.
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Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Joy Smith
The dissenting opinion normally is 48 hours. Can we agree to 48 hours to the clerk's office?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Now we have another motion from Madame Demers.
Madame Demers, would you like to read it into the record?
5:30 p.m.
Bloc
Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC
Thank you, Madam Chair.
The motion reads as follows:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on the Status of Women recommend to the government that it restore the Court Challenges Program, and that adoption of this motion be reported to the House as soon as possible.
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Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Thank you, Madame Demers.
It's been read into the record. Would it be the pleasure of the committee, the time being past 5:30, to defer this to the meeting the first time we're back?
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Liberal
Maria Minna Liberal Beaches—East York, ON
I would just bring it to the vote. It's pretty fast, I think.
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Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
I don't think we have any time to debate it, Madam Chair; we're out of time. We're past the time here, and we--
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Conservative
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
Bruce Stanton Conservative Simcoe North, ON
I'm just saying we need time to debate this. We're out of time. We had half an hour and we went through the other one. Let's put it on the docket for the next meeting.
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
Maria Minna Liberal Beaches—East York, ON
I think that all sides on this particular issue, no matter how we debate it and with respect to Mr. Stanton, are going to vote in favour. I know we're going to support it, because we understand what the issue is about. I don't see wasting all this time. I would rather go straight to the vote and get on with it today. In the next couple of weeks we will come back to a new matter. I don't think this is an issue that needs a great deal of debate.
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
5:30 p.m.
Conservative
Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Madam Chair, with all due respect, I feel we need to have time to debate this motion. If we want to debate it now and people want to stay, that's fine. The time for the committee is over, but it's up to the rest of the people if they wish to stay.