Certainly, a recorded vote, please. Those in favour of the motion? Those opposed?
Well, we have a tie vote, so the chair will have to vote to break the tie.
I will vote in favour of the motion. It is totally appropriate for a Status of Women committee that is examining the progress of women within government, within various institutions, and in Canada in general, to ask for a report of any department's internal investigation of the 2010 CERC selection process with regard to gender representation. So the motion has passed.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)
We have another motion now, from Madame Boucher. The motion reads:
That the Committee undertake a study to examine work that is being done in Afghanistan to improve living conditions of all women and children in that country, focusing on Canada's role in that work, and report on it to Parliament; That the study, which has the support of the Minister for Status of Women, the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Cooperation, include inviting witnesses from the departments and groups involved in that work to appear before the Committee; and That the study take into consideration the historical situation for women in Afghanistan under the Taliban; the work being done by Canada in Afghanistan, the complementary work being done by NGOs and others in Afghanistan and the successes and setbacks as well as the lessons learned.
The motion is clear.
Madame Boucher, would you like to speak to your motion?