Status of Women Committee on May 28th, 2013

[Irene Mathyssen, NDP, London—Fanshawe, ON]

One point, Madam. In virtually all situations, anti-harassment policies have been brought forward and supported by unions so they can protect their members. I didn't want you to think we didn't do that here.

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

Sorry, Madame Mathyssen, this is not a point of order.

Thank you very much for being with us today, Madame Bowes-Sperry. We will let you go.

We are now moving to the last part of our orders of the day, which means committee business. I wanted to explain to the member why I decided to put committee business on the list.

Last week, Ms. Sgro introduced a motion to invite Caroline O'Farrell to appear before us as part of the study we are currently conducting. The government then moved to end debate on the motion, saying that it would be ready to resume debate on the following Tuesday.

Since it is Tuesday today, the committee may resume debate on the motion if it wishes. So now, I am trying to find out whether or not we want to do so.

Is there unanimous consent to resume debate on the motion?

[Susan Truppe, Conservative, London North Centre, ON]

Did we vote on this? This is the one we just voted on, right?

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

Exactly.

[Susan Truppe, Conservative, London North Centre, ON]

Yes, so there's no point.

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

We didn't vote on the motion. We voted earlier to not take up the debate at that specific moment. Now we are on the orders of the day and we are at the committee business point, so I'm looking to see if we want a debate that motion or not. The motion is still in front of us. As we are at our committee business point, I want to know if the committee is ready to debate that motion.

So far, we've voted that we don't want to debate that motion. I want to know if the committee is ready to debate that motion.

On my list, I have Madame Truppe.

[Susan Truppe, Conservative, London North Centre, ON]

Thank you.

I would like to move that we go in camera. We have committee business. We're not in camera.

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

We don't need to be in camera for committee business, but it is a non-debatable motion. If you really want to go in camera, this is the motion—

[Susan Truppe, Conservative, London North Centre, ON]

Sure. We always have, for the last two years.

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

If it's still your choice, we'll vote to see if we go in camera or not.

[An hon. member]

I'd like a recorded vote.

[An hon. member]

Yes, a recorded vote.

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

Madam Clerk, we have a motion for a recorded vote on whether committee business shall continue in camera.

[Stella Ambler, Conservative, Mississauga South, ON]

Madam Chair, can I just point out that I believe—

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

No, I'm sorry. We are in a vote.

[Stella Ambler, Conservative, Mississauga South, ON]

I think she has to ask the parliamentary secretary first. I know that you're going in alphabetical order, and I appreciate that. I'm always happy to vote, but I think—

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

We will continue.

The motion is that the meeting continue in camera.

(Motion agreed to: yeas, 7; nays, 4)

[The Chair, NDP, Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe]

So we will continue in camera. I would ask those who have to leave the room to do so now.

[Proceedings continue in camera]