Evidence of meeting #124 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was passengers.
A recording is available from Parliament.
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Chair, before we do that, can I propose my subamendment? I had my hand up there for a second.
Liberal
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
I would like to propose a subamendment to add a third point, as per Mr. Lawrence's suggestion. It is to add “The government has failed to provide the leadership and resources required to re-establish reliable, affordable bus services connecting Canadian communities in the wake of Greyhound's termination of its Canadian service.”
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Mr. Bachrach, thank you for putting forward that subamendment.
I will have to make the ruling that it's not within the scope of the meeting under Standing Order 106(4) that's been put forward. It's not that I disagree with the intent or what's behind it, but I don't think it's within the scope of what we're trying to get at here, which specifically addresses the rail chaos.
NDP
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
We could read out terms of the Standing Order 106(4) meeting that we're here to discuss. It relates to trying to get to the bottom of what happened to the passengers who were stranded for—
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Chair, I don't have the Standing Order 106(4) letter in front of me. Does it refer to the status of Canada's airports?
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Then could I have a ruling on whether that's in order?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
If you want to challenge the chair with regard to my decision that it is out of scope, by all means do so. It's your right, Mr. Bachrach.
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
I'm just looking for consistency, Mr. Chair. It feels like we're all over the place.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I will challenge your decision, but I'm a little bit lost in terms of procedure. Maybe you could help me out here.
Ms. Romanado brought an amendment to remove paragraphs b) and c). Mr. Bachrach is proposing a paragraph d), I think. Do I have that right? Am I missing something here?
I'm sorry. It's still the summer for me.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
Are we removing paragraphs b) and c) and adding d)? Is that what we're doing? Sorry.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
It was put forward by Ms. Romanado that we would remove “This committee condemn” and everything below that.
Conservative
Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON
That's right, yes. What was Mr. Bachrach's subamendment to that?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Mr. Bachrach, do you want to reread the subamendment you were putting forward regarding Greyhound buses in the country?
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
I would be happy to.
As I followed what just happened, the subamendment to sustain the three points was defeated. Is that correct?
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Right, so we're now talking about Ms. Romanado's amendment, which is to remove those points. I'm making a subamendment to add an additional point.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Your additional point is with regard to Greyhound service in Canada. Correct me if I'm wrong.
NDP
Taylor Bachrach NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Yes. I bring this forward, Mr. Chair, because the way in which I vote on Ms. Romanado's amendment to remove all of those points depends on whether or not my point is included. I'd like to have the question of whether we add an additional bullet dealt with before I vote on whether to slash the whole thing.
The earlier point made by Mr. Lawrence was that he was amenable to adding a point about buses. If he's amenable to that, then I'm amenable to keeping all the points. Otherwise, I'll vote with Ms. Romanado and we'll keep it really simple.