Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, on a minor point of procedure, it does require the unanimous consent of the committee to withdraw a motion. May I ask you to canvass that? Alternatively, I can put that to a question by recorded division to ensure that all the members of the committee are in agreement

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. With regard to the competing privileges that exist, for example, Mr. Green mentioned the privilege that parliamentarians hold versus the privilege that cabinet confidentiality holds. For another example, Ms. Block also talks about the sensitivity of commerc

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I have not. In order to take the decision on the amended version of the motion, including August 30 rather than June 29 as the date, it has to be by recorded division.

Government Operations committee  That would be Mr. Aboultaif.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, if I may intervene, the motion that Mr. Green gave notice of earlier this week, which was distributed to members, contained the June 29 date, so it would be in order for him to move that motion with the correct date.

Government Operations committee  Yes. The next person is Mr. Kusmierczyk.

Government Operations committee  I believe we may have lost the Chair's feed. Mr. Drouin, could you chair the meeting, please?

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The motion is essentially...for the four committee meetings following the May 29 meeting. The committee has already decided which witnesses they will have up until May 29. For the four meetings following the May 29 meeting, they will invite the witnesses id

Government Operations committee  The witness had planned to make a five-minute opening statement, Mr. Chair.

Government Operations committee  Yes. The order adopted by the House that regulates our video conference meetings does require a recorded division. My understanding is that for the meeting on May 29, the committee would like to invite those witnesses identified in meeting number 10 on the draft work plan circu

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the next scheduled meeting that we know of for the committee is Friday, May 29. If we look at the next meeting in the proposed work plan that the analysts have put out, that would be the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Auditor General's office. It could be that t

Government Operations committee  Mr. Green raised his hand at the same time I did, so you may wish to hear from him before—

Government Operations committee  I was going to say yes, it was referred to the public accounts committee. The public accounts committee will be meeting on Tuesday to consider the person who has been nominated. I'm sorry, but I don't know the person's name. However, the nomination of the Auditor General has to b

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, at a previous meeting the committee adopted a motion that Minister Hajdu, the Minister of Health, be invited to appear on May 22, and the invitation has been issued. However, we also have other witnesses who were invited to appear and who would be in the second hour, n

Government Operations committee  I would also like to say, Mr. Chair, if I could, that I believe Mr. McCauley and Madam Vignola both wish to intervene, but I think Madam Vignola was first.