Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. Members of the committee, this is the wording of the motion as amended. I'll start in English, and then I'll move to French. That, in respect of the Committee’s study of the government’s reasons for the prorogation of Parliament in August 2020, the Committee r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you want to suspend briefly?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Essentially, Mr. Therrien, if the proposal is adopted and the motion itself ultimately adopted, then a recommendation that uses the wording Mr. Nater is about to propose would be included in a report sent to the House. It's a two-step process. Once the report is back in the Hous

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll make one point right off the top. My understanding of the subamendment that Mr. Nater has put forward is that the report would still be presented to the House. There would be a recommendation along the lines that Mr. Nater is proposing that would be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I could respond, if you would like.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Therrien, based on my reading of the English and the French, they suggest the same thing, which is that a recommendation be made in the report to give the committee the power to compel the appearance of the Prime Minister before the committee. As I mentioned, the committee ca

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In my view, it's good. I am obviously no linguist. However, my understanding—Mr. Nater can always correct me if I'm wrong—is that what we're talking about is a recommendation in the report which, when tabled and adopted by the House, creates an obligation for the Prime Minister

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I can answer.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I can answer Ms. Vecchio. The original invitations to the Prime Minister and the other witnesses the committee had identified and wanted to hear from go back to a steering committee report. I don't have the precise dates off the top of my head, but back in February,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, of course, Madam Chair. Procedurally, there is no problem with maintaining those timelines. In normal circumstances, when all members would be meeting in the room, those timelines would likely be very achievable in the sense that the committee would be able to sit for as lo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You're absolutely right, Mr. Therrien. A translation problem may well explain this choice of words. As you pointed out, the verb "régler" should be used instead.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, to understand Mr. Nater's subamendment, we have to go back and also look at Mr. Blaikie's subamendment, which was adopted in the last meeting.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The issue is in the French. None of it is wrong. Let's look at Mr. Blaikie's subamendment. It says: "...et que toutes les questions nécessaires à la finalisation et au dépôt du rapport soient réglées..." Mr. Nater's subamendment is aiming to change the words after the French wo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, that's right. In fact, when I prepare the minutes for this meeting, I'll make sure the proper word is in there, “réglées” as opposed to “élimination de”, so it will be taken care of there.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair—