House of Commons Hansard #5 of the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was pandemic.

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

Vote #6

COVID-19 Response Measures ActGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

I declare the motion carried.

COVID-19 Response Measures ActGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

The member for Richmond—Arthabaska on a point of order.

COVID-19 Response Measures ActGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Conservative

Alain Rayes Conservative Richmond—Arthabaska, QC

Mr. Speaker, I would like some clarification. We saw many members turn their cameras off during the vote. It seems to me that the rules are extremely clear, and I am sure that your staff, the IT people, can check on that. You have already pointed out this situation several times. One day, a vote might bring down the government. There are important decisions to be made. It seems to me that the rules are extremely clear. I would like you to clarify the situation for us so that we can be sure to follow the rules we were given.

COVID-19 Response Measures ActGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

As I mentioned earlier, it is very important that members' cameras remain on for the duration of the vote. Members' cameras must be on from start to finish.

I will finish and we will then proceed to points of order.

The bill stands referred to a committee of the whole.

Pursuant to an order made earlier today, Bill C-4, An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19, is deemed considered in committee of the whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage, deemed read a third time and passed.

(Motion agreed to, bill deemed considered in committee of the whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage, deemed read a third time and passed)

COVID-19 Response Measures ActGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

The hon. member for Richmond—Arthabaska on a point of order.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Conservative

Alain Rayes Conservative Richmond—Arthabaska, QC

Mr. Speaker, I would like to know whether the rule is going to be applied so as to cancel the votes of those whose cameras did not stay on from beginning to end, or is this simply a request.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

The rule is there. If someone raises a point of order and makes the request, we would have to check. Since these are the first few votes, some flexibility is needed.

However, if the member for Richmond—Arthabaska would like, we can examine the situation and do something.

Is that what the hon member is requesting?

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Conservative

Alain Rayes Conservative Richmond—Arthabaska, QC

Yes, that is my request, Mr. Speaker.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:05 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

Okay, we will see what we can do from a technical standpoint and get back to the House.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON

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

I would ask that, in consideration of that, you ask your technical team to reach out to individual members because—

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

I believe there is another point of order coming up from the member for Perth—Wellington that we do need a tie in order to speak in the House, and I am going to have to cut that off.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON

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

During the vote the screen on my tablet went black and when I used my mouse to bring the screen back, the video had stopped. I did not turn it off, but there were technical issues, so it went off on its own. I want to put that on the record, because my video was off but I certainly was in front of the camera the entire time, and it was not anything I had done to turn the camera off.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

I thank the member and will take that into consideration.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

NDP

Carol Hughes NDP Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I did have some technical problems where I got disconnected, and therefore I had to reconnect twice.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

NDP

Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. You made a point the other night of telling people that there were three ways that they could unmute their microphones. One of them was pressing the space bar. I tried that earlier today and it turned off my video. There are obviously some things going on that we do not know about and maybe the technical people do.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

We will consult our technicians on that one.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Conservative

Larry Maguire Conservative Brandon—Souris, MB

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I too would like to report that my screen went blank after I voted and before the end of the votes, and it took some time to go back on. I did call in and they said I was reconnected, but I just wanted to make the House aware of that as well.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

I thank the member.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The House will now see that I am wearing a tie.

The point I was trying to make was very similar to that of the member for Oakville North—Burlington. I had a technical issue where my camera went blank for about 10 seconds. When giving consideration to this, I would also encourage you to give consideration to members who leave their screen on, but physically leave the presence of the screen so that they are not being recorded, which I think would be considered just as egregious, in terms of any ruling you might have on this.

Presence of Members Voting VirtuallyPoint of OrderGovernment Orders

September 30th, 3:10 a.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Anthony Rota

We will take that into consideration.

It being 3:12 in the morning, this House stands adjourned until later today at 2 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).

(The House adjourned at 3:16 a.m.)