Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. However, if there's unanimous consent, then that's fine. We can just say that it amends the whole motion.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. If it is your ruling that Mr. Harris did not properly have the floor, he would be unable to move the motion at this time. However, with regard to Mr. Oliphant's other part of the question, the substantive motion, if it relates directly to the business under

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, they're managing to follow at the moment. The sound is iffy. There seems to be some latency in his sound. Mr. Thoppil, I'm not sure if you're using a VPN or if you have many things open on your computer. That might make a difference, if you could close some background

Foreign Affairs committee  Ms. Khanna, when you're speaking French, I ask that you click on the globe icon at the bottom and select French as the language, and then when you're speaking English, click to English. You might have an older version of Zoom. Try that and see if it fixes the problem.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Mr. Chair, as long as everybody understands—it was not clear to me—that you have agreed to the motion as amended by the subamendment already, then that's fine. You can move on to a new amendment.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, it would depend on whether the committee agrees to resume debate in today's meeting. If you had a written version of the amendments when you presented them in committee, I would appreciate it.

Foreign Affairs committee  In committee, Mr. Chair, members are free to challenge the decision of the chair. In this case, your decision, your ruling, was that Mr. Chong did not properly have the floor. The decision was challenged. The majority of the committee members determined that Mr. Chong did properl

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, but—

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, a challenge to the decision of the chair is also a dilatory motion that we would need to decide right away, but I just need to clarify. Was it your decision that Mr. Chong did not have the floor correctly to seek unanimous consent?

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Genuis is challenging the decision of the chair. The question is whether the decision of the chair should be sustained. (Ruling of the chair overturned: nays 6; yeas 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On a point of order, you may not move a motion, including a motion for unanimous consent. In this particular case, Mr. Genuis moved his point of order, and then you did indicate that you were going to give him the floor. At that point, he had the floor le

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I would suggest that when you gave the floor to Mr. Genuis after he indicated that he was seeking unanimous consent, he did at that point legitimately have the floor. However, he does not have unanimous consent to move that motion or for it to be agreed to. At this p

Foreign Affairs committee  No, Mr. Chair. Points of order are really reserved for when a member thinks the rules of the committee are being breached. They would have to indicate which rule is being breached to make it a proper point of order.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, if I may—

Foreign Affairs committee  —the committee can proceed to some things on unanimous consent, but it is a freedom with limitations. You cannot overturn the Standing Orders, for example, and you cannot overturn higher procedural authorities. In this particular case, once you had moved your point of order and