Debates of Dec. 2nd, 2020

The Environment

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

That is all the time we have for oral questions today.

The hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable on a point of order.

[Luc Berthold, Conservative, Mégantic—L'Érable, QC]

Mr. Speaker, during question period I asked the Prime Minister to reprimand the President of the Treasury Board for his failure to enforce the Official Languages Act.

I would like to ask for the consent of the House to table the following document: “Official Languages Requirements and Checklist”. It clearly sets out the requirements and the responsibility of the President of the Treasury Board concerning official languages.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

This being a hybrid sitting of the House, for the sake of clarity I will only ask those who are opposed to the request to express their disagreement. Accordingly, all those opposed to the hon. member's request will please say nay.

[Some hon. members]

Nay.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

We do not have unanimous consent.

The House resumed from December 1 consideration of the motion.

Opposition Motion—Support for Health Care Workers

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

It being 3:17 p.m., pursuant to order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of the member for Beloeil—Chambly relating to the business of supply.

Call in the members.

[And the bells having rung:]

The question is as follows. Shall I dispense?

[Some hon. members]

No.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

[Chair read text of motion to House]

[Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:]

[Marie-Claude Bibeau, Liberal, Compton—Stanstead, QC]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to correct my vote and vote against the motion.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

According to the Standing Orders, for a member to change his or her vote requires the unanimous consent of the House. Do we have the unanimous consent of the House?

[Some hon. members]

No.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #25

Business of Supply

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

I declare the motion carried.

[Adam Vaughan, Liberal, Spadina—Fort York, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order—

[An hon. member]

Tie, Mr. Speaker.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

That is a very good point. I want to thank the hon. member.

I want to remind everyone that they can vote without a tie but, in order to speak, they do have to have a tie. Saying, “I vote a certain way,” does not count as it is part of the voting process.

We will go back to the hon. member for Spadina—Fort York. He seems to have a tie on.

[Adam Vaughan, Liberal, Spadina—Fort York, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

I believe the member for Prince George—Cariboo either tried to vote twice or used a prop during the vote. I just wanted to make sure he was not recorded twice, and also I want to admonish him not to open his Christmas gifts too early, but wish him a merry Christmas and congratulations.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

I want to remind the hon. members that we are not to use props in the House, but I also want to congratulate the hon. member for Prince George—Cariboo on the birth of his new granddaughter.

[Todd Doherty, Conservative, Cariboo—Prince George, BC]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

First, I never want to correct the Speaker, but it is Cariboo—Prince George, so I am actually correcting our hon. colleague.

I just wanted to unreservedly apologize to all of my colleagues. This is my first granddaughter, and I hope, Mr. Speaker, that you will find it in your way and in your heart to see past this slip. I cannot promise it will not happen again, but I do unreservedly apologize to all.

This is my beautiful new granddaughter, Ren Kathleen.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

I know the hon. member well enough that it will probably happen again, so we will have to deal with it then.

Member for Cariboo—Prince George

[Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

If it is not pushing our luck here as we approach Christmas, I would like to suggest that, if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent for the following motion:

That the House thank the Member for Cariboo—Prince George for sharing this joy with us today and encourage him to continue to do so.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

This is a hybrid sitting of the House, so for the sake of clarity, I will only ask those who oppose the request to express their disagreement.

Accordingly, all those opposed to the hon. member moving the motion will please say nay. It is agreed.

The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.

There being no dissenting voice, I declare the motion carried.

(Motion agreed to)

[Todd Doherty, Conservative, Cariboo—Prince George, BC]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

I want to thank all of my hon. colleagues, and thank them for making me cry once again.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Anthony Rota]

As I said earlier, I did not think it was going to be the last time.