Transport committee  I would suggest that Mr. Barsalou-Duval explain.

Transport committee  If you want my interpretation on what the rule would then cover off—and I hope this is Mr. Barsalou-Duval's understanding as well—if we remove the text, as Mr. Bachrach suggested, "or any motion in amendment of a substantive motion", this would still cover situations in which the committee was in a portion of committee business and a member brought forward a motion that perhaps had not had the 48 hours' notice and had not been distributed beforehand.

Transport committee  Once again, so that it's clear for me, that amendment by Mr. Bachrach to remove that language has been accepted?

Transport committee  I understand where we're at and I'll just put the vote to the committee.

Transport committee  Again, this is the motion with regard to the testing of witnesses before they appear at committee. Would you like me to read the entire motion again?

Transport committee  (Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Transport committee  We'll go with the motion on translation: That all documents submitted for Committee business that do not come from a federal department or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau be sent for prior linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members.

Transport committee  I'm going to take it that the amendment was just adopted by unanimous consent.

Transport committee  It reads: That the text of any substantive motion or any motion in amendment of a substantive motion be distributed in writing in both official languages to all Committee members before the Committee begins debate on such a motion.

Transport committee  I think Mr. Kram's point was just which of the three motions we would designate as motion number one.

Transport committee  It reads: That the clerk inform each witness who is to appear before the Committee that the House Administration support team must conduct technical tests to check the connectivity and the equipment used to ensure the best possible sound quality; and that the Chair advises the Committee, at the start of each meeting, of any witnesses who did not perform the required technical tests.

Transport committee  It's my understanding that the sound quality is checked as part of the process for checking the witnesses' connectivity and sound quality.

Transport committee  Beginning with the testing of witnesses and the use of headsets and whatnot, our current practice is that all witnesses are tested before appearing at committee. We make every effort to make sure that every witness is provided with a headset. It's not always possible to get a witness a headset in time.

Transport committee  We can hear you fine. The sound seems to be fine for everyone else. It may be a connectivity issue on his end. We're having our technicians look into it. Just bear with us one moment, please.

Transport committee  The question is on the motion of Mrs. Kusie with regard to Keystone XL. (Motion negatived: nays 7; yeas 4)