Evidence of meeting #16 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was lauzon.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Members speaking

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

No, I asked to be put on....

Clerk, did I not ask to be put on the order...?

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

You did, and I turned it over to you. I said that you had the floor. That was not a point of order.

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

Okay. I was making a point of order again, Mr. Chair. Now I would like to put my name forward to speak.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

Mr. Albas, the record will clearly indicate that I turned it over to you for—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

Sir, I would like to speak to it—

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

Mr. Albas, first of all, do not talk when I am talking. I am speaking, and I am the chair.

I am saying to you, sir, that I turned it over to you for a point of order. You had your point of order. I invited you to challenge the chair, which you did not do.

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

I—

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

I then turned it over to Mr. Lauzon, who was on the speaking order—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

Mr. Chair, out of—

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

—and I then said, Mr. Albas, that it was your turn. You had the floor. It was not a point of order, Mr. Albas. Don't try to convince me that it was. You used your—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

I was trying to make a point of order again.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

No. You brought up the same thing you spoke to earlier but not on a point of order—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

Well, I would like to speak to the motion now.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

—and then I said there were no other members on the speakers list, and I called the vote—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

I put my hand up again.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

—so we are going to a vote—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

I put my hand up, Mr. Chair.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

—because when I call the vote, we go to a vote. Mr. Albas, I'm going to call you out of order—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

You can follow the rules of this place. You can let me have my say. You've been giving Mr. Lauzon the floor for the last six meetings. You can give me the floor so that I can make my representations on behalf of my position.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

Mr. Albas, you had the floor. There's nobody else—

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

Can I please have my other members raise their hands?

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

—and I called the vote.

Yes, Mr. Barsalou-Duval.

Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, QC

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.

I'm hearing that the interpreters are struggling to do their job because a number of people are speaking at the same time.

The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke

Another reason we shouldn't be speaking over the chair is for the protection of our interpreters.

3:55 p.m.

Conservative

Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC

Let a member be heard.