Agreed.
No.
House of Commons Hansard #90 of the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was health.
House of Commons Hansard #90 of the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was health.
The Acting Speaker Conservative Bruce Stanton
All those in favour of the amendment. will please say yea.
The Acting Speaker Conservative Bruce Stanton
In my opinion the nays have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Call in the members.
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
I declare the amendment defeated.
The next question is on the main motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And five or more members having risen:
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
I declare the motion carried.
The hon. member for Peterborough is rising on a point of order.
Dean Del Mastro Independent Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, I was standing to vote in support of this government motion, but I do not believe that my vote was counted. I would like to be registered as supporting the government.
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
I do not think the member was standing at the time that the yeas were being called. Is there unanimous consent to allow the member's vote to be counted?
Vote on Motion No. 10Points of OrderGovernment Orders
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Conservative
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I can confirm that I saw the member standing during the counting of the yea votes.
Peter Van Loan ConservativeLeader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I would just further add to this that the hon. member for Peterborough stood at the same time as he did in the previous motion on the amendment, where he was counted in the same sequence, before the counting turned to the Liberal Party. Therefore, he had every reason to assume that, having stood at the same time, he would have been counted in the same fashion in support of this motion.
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
It is working so well in other venues that what I will do is check the tapes. I have to say that at the time I saw it, I did not see the member standing; but if members say that he was standing, we can certainly examine the tapes and, if he was, we can adjust accordingly, but I did not see it at the time. I will come back to the House with that.
The hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands is rising on a point of order.
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, I know you have made your ruling that you will look at the tapes. However, I know the tapes often do not reveal everything that was seen. I know the hon. member for Edmonton—St. Albert saw the hon. member for Peterborough standing.
In the balance of convenience in this matter, the recording of his vote matters to no one as much as it matters to the member. His constituents know when he is present in the House, as any of us are; our attendance is only registered in whether we have voted or not. It makes no material difference to how the vote was counted. I voted opposite to the member for Peterborough.
It is a matter of member's privilege to be counted for standing for his or her constituents. Every vote should count when a member stands as promptly as the member for Peterborough did.
Dean Del Mastro Independent Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is standard practice in this House to take members at their word, in fact, that they are being honest when they are speaking in this House. When I stood in the House and indicated that I had, in fact, stood to vote and to be counted in the same fashion that I had previously, I was being honest.
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, you are going to have to make a decision. Are you going to go by what a member says? I hope we are all treated the same.