Agriculture committee  Thanks. I'd like to put forward a motion that we continue with our committee business. The opposition burned through, basically, an hour on a motion.

Agriculture committee  I've put forward a motion, Chair, that I want us to continue with committee business, because the opposition has burned through an hour. I'm going to comment on my motion. My comment is that we don't leave enough time for committee business. We are always behind on committee business, and the opposition just burned through an hour.

Agriculture committee  No, he was off topic.

Agriculture committee  That's fine, Chair. My motion still stands.

Agriculture committee  That is correct.

Agriculture committee  On a point of order, there's a motion on the floor, Chair, and you can't ignore it. The motion is that we continue with committee business.

Agriculture committee  I've already put a motion on the floor. You must deal with it.

Agriculture committee  Chair, there's a motion on the floor. You must deal with the motion. The motion is that we continue with committee business.

Agriculture committee  No, I think the witnesses can wait until we conduct some more committee business, Chair. I think you're in an unfortunate position. The opposition has burned through an hour's worth of time over a motion that they all voted for. The motion stands, Chair, and we need to bring it to a vote.

Agriculture committee  I know. They make recommendations to the main committee.

Agriculture committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, you called the vote and it's a recorded vote. Why are you so threatened by this?

Agriculture committee  I have a point of order. There is a question of relevance here. We're talking about a motion that has to do with a study of young farmers. I sense a filibuster. If Mr. Easter feels so strongly about this issue, he should vote against the motion. That is how he will speak loudest.

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Chair. What I'll say is that Mr. Bellavance and all members of the committee know that the committee is fully capable of acting independently of the government and should be acting independently of the government. There are many motions where the government already has a position on something but this committee chooses to study it anyway.

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Chair. The amendment simply includes looking at government and industry initiatives, at both.

Agriculture committee  Chair, I can propose a motion for a friendly amendment to Mr. Shipley's bill so that our committee studies both government and industry initiatives that encourage youth to be involved in farming.