No. There is no amendment to vote on. Ms. Demers has accepted the change to the words “call on the government to follow-up”. She's accepted a friendly amendment of “to take action”. So the word is now “to take action on the reports”.
Now we have the addendum by Madam McLeod. So we're voting on Madam McLeod's addition.
I guess I will have to break this tie, and I always like to explain how I vote and why.
From listening to the debate, I heard Ms. Demers and people on one side suggest that they want action to be taken based on the recommendations out of Amnesty International and the CIDA report, and that those are clear recommendations. So this is a specific thing they're asking for.
Ms. McLeod asked for the government to report, when it finishes its report to the United Nations, and to share that report with the House and with the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and with NGOs such as Amnesty International.
I agree that in fact those are two different suggestions. I would like to vote against the amendment and ask Ms. McLeod to bring her amendment as a motion we can deal with separately.
It's a totally different thing she's asking for. This is not about the government reporting; it is about the government acting on the reports of others to take action to do things.
So I will vote against the amendment.
(Amendment negatived)
So the motion will now stand:
That the Committee call on the government to take action on the reports of both Amnesty International and the United Nations regarding the hundreds of aboriginal women who have disappeared or have been killed over the past 30 years in Canada and that the Committee report this motion to the House as soon as possible.
Lucky me again. I vote with the motion.
(Motion agreed to)
Would you like to bring your amendment as a separate motion, Madam McLeod, which could start with, “The government is already scheduled...”, without the “whereas”?