Evidence of meeting #19 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was bank.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
Ms. Kusie, I'm sorry, I should have asked for any questions.
Ms. Kusie, go ahead.
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Conservative
Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB
Pardon me, yes.
I wanted to make an amendment to the motion, please.
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Conservative
Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore, AB
Mr. Chair, and Mr. Clerk, we would like to add “members' offices” after the words “federal department”.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
Okay. Are there any comments or questions on the amendment?
I think, just out of respect for the time, I'll ask the mover if he'd be happy with just making that a friendly amendment.
Mr. Barsalou-Duval.
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Bloc
Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC
That's fine with me. I don't have any issue with it.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
That's fine. Great. Thank you.
Are there any questions or comments to the amended motion?
Okay, Mr. Clerk, would you call the vote.
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The Clerk
I'm going to take it that the amendment was just adopted by unanimous consent.
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The Clerk
(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
Now we're going to the last motion.
Are there any questions or comments on it?
Mr. Clerk, could you read it out quickly so that members have an understanding of what they're voting on?
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The Clerk
It reads:
That the text of any substantive motion or any motion in amendment of a substantive motion be distributed in writing in both official languages to all Committee members before the Committee begins debate on such a motion.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
Are there questions or comments?
Mr. Soroka, go ahead.
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Conservative
Gerald Soroka Conservative Yellowhead, AB
How does this affect a motion that's being put forward at the table at a meeting? How do we deal with that?
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The Clerk
I would suggest that Mr. Barsalou-Duval explain.
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Liberal
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Bloc
Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC
I gather that any motion in amendment must be distributed in both official languages. As I understand it, people who currently have reservations about this want to make sure that motions in amendment or motions moved in the meeting can be debated. This issue pertains to the committee's effectiveness. I'm not opposed to this.
Could the motion that has just been brought forward require an amendment? I can't say, but the clerk could give us his opinion. If so, I'm open to the idea.
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Conservative
Gerald Soroka Conservative Yellowhead, AB
I think that's maybe an option, because if you don't have the ability to move a motion on the floor without interpretation, it's going to really stifle the committee. I would like to move an amendment, then, that this not be regulated if there were a motion from the floor.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Vance Badawey
Okay.
Mr. Barsalou-Duval, are you good with that?
Okay.
Do I have the consent of the committee to add that in as part of the motion? No problem?
Mr. Bachrach, go ahead.
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NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
I believe if you simply take out that one clause from the original motion, it would achieve the same effect. Currently it reads “any substantive motion or any motion in amendment of a substantive motion”. If you just took out the words “or any motion in amendment of a substantive motion”, it would essentially say that any substantive motion that comes before the committee has to be translated. I think that reflects our conversation.