Procedure and House Affairs committee  I could let the committee know a little bit more about the timelines associated with ordering the food. Generally the House catering require 48 hours' notice before providing a catered committee meal. That would generally be what we're looking for. In the past, when the committe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right. It's five minutes. I apologize.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is on the amendment by Mr. Gerretsen.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I would just like to let the members of the committee know that in the past we've encouraged witnesses to provide their opening statements ahead of time so that they can be distributed. Frequently, issues arose over having opening statements translated in enough time

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This would be essentially the amendment that Mr. Gerretsen is proposing: “That witnesses be given 10 minutes for their opening statement, and that whenever possible, witnesses provide their opening statements 72 hours before their appearance; that, at the discretion of the chair,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Just to finish, Mr. Gerretsen, had the motion from Ms. Blaney been defeated, then there would be no problem moving a further suggestion or a different variation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I apologize, Madam Chair. My sense from Ms. Blaney was that she was moving a motion to adopt the routine motion as she set it out, and then the committee voted on it. If I have made a mistake, I apologize, but that was the understanding I had.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, you can go ahead. I apologize. I was confused by Ms. Blaney's motion, so it can be treated as an amendment. That section has been dealt with, and now you're on to a different part of that same motion. Again, I apologize to the committee for the confusion.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. As I mentioned to the chair, Ms. Blaney moved a motion on the rounds of questions that specifically set out how that would proceed. The committee adopted that through a majority, which essentially brings it to an end. It was the decision of the committee to proceed on that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I've gotten word here in the room that there does seem to be an audio problem with Ms. Blaney's mike. I don't know, Ms. Blaney, if you could try to unplug and plug it back into your computer to see if that might address the issue. The interpreters were also having

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Can you speak for just a couple more seconds? We'll see, with the interpreters, if they're getting better sound quality. One moment, please. Ms. Blaney, can you just say a few more words to see if the interpreters can understand a bit better?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They're giving me a thumbs-up now, so hopefully, that might be better. Mr. Therrien should also be getting better sound quality.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, we'll look into it to see what the issue is. If you could just suspend for a couple of minutes, we'll try to figure out what the problem is.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. We can proceed.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, Madam Chair, you can proceed that way if you want. You can group them all together into one block, except for the two that the committee would like to discuss further.