Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, that is five yeas and five nays. It is a tie vote.

Government Operations committee  I beg your pardon, Mr. Chair. May I ask Mr. McCauley to repeat the amendment so that I can have the text, please? Thank you.

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  I will check with our technicians.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I've been informed the interpretation is working. You may just want to ask if the committee wishes for Madame Vignola to repeat her comment.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'm sorry to intervene. I believe Mr. Purves is still having some issues with his sound. Perhaps it may be worthwhile to come back to him. Our technicians are still working with him. He was back, but I think his sound is still giving him some problems.

Government Operations committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. I believe Mr. Purves may have dropped out of the meeting, unfortunately.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I was hearing translation on the French channel, but if you give me a moment, please, I will ask the technician to look into it. Thank you.

Government Operations committee  For the benefit of the technicians, I will continue speaking, so they can check the translation. I want to make sure the interpretation is working properly. The technicians are suggesting we try again, Mr. Chair. If you could please try, I would appreciate it.

Government Operations committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, on that point, to my mind there are essentially two separate issues here: whether the motion can move forward; and if the motion is adopted, what process does the committee follow when it's asking questions? I would advise the committee to be cautious at al

Government Operations committee  If I understand your question correctly, Mr. Drouin, you're asking what provisions or what powers the committee has to have witnesses appear. Or, are you asking more about the effect that the current...? The federal government is currently in a legal battle with the company Tango

Government Operations committee  It is true that there is a sub judice convention that exists that usually says that Parliament shouldn't deal directly with issues that are before the courts. However, there's quite a lot of leeway within that in the sense that it is a convention; it's not a hard and fast rule. I

Government Operations committee  Madame Vignola has her hand up.

Government Operations committee  The text of the motion moved by Mr. McCauley was “That the Committee recall officials from the Treasury Board Secretariat to discuss the documents they provided regarding COVID-19 spending, and that the meeting be held no later than April 23, 2021.” Thank you.

Government Operations committee  My understanding of the amendment is that the term “national standard for stockpiling PPE” be replaced with “supply levels in real quantities per item”. Have I understood that correctly?