National Defence committee  Actually, Minister Sajjan, please approach your laptop a little bit closer. The interpreters are having difficulty hearing you clearly.

National Defence committee  If you move it a little bit closer to your laptop, that should help.

National Defence committee  Just to maintain my own sanity in trying to corral all of this, I'm going to take the other motions that have been submitted and, with the permission of the members present, I could insert them into the minutes as notices of motion. I would then refer to those notices of motion a

National Defence committee  Just a point of clarification, anything that comes after today won't be in the minutes as being referred to the subcommittee today. That does not curtail any other motion from being brought forward at the steering committee.

National Defence committee  Could I just intervene for a second? I'm going to have to minute this. The motion we are adopting would be Mr. Garrison's motion with regard to inviting the ambassador for women, peace and security. We're going to consider that adopted. The motion that Mr. Bezan had put forward

National Defence committee  It's a tricky proposition. The difficulty is that it makes for bad TV, and it may not be legible to viewers at home. The motions have been distributed previous to the meeting, so everybody should have copies of them, and they are available in the committee's binder on the Source

National Defence committee  This would cover independents as well. The intent of the motion is that we don't clog up report stage with amendments that could have been moved in committee. That would include independents.

National Defence committee  I would also insert that these are not just technical limitations. These are also the parameters that were agreed to by the whips of the various parties when they negotiated how these meetings would take place, and there is the House administration's ability to support the meetin

National Defence committee  I believe it's more in line with a technical issue. House administration has made some policy decisions in this regard. I would just ask members to bear in mind that the transition to Zoom has been thrust upon the House, so a lot of these questions are being answered on the fly.

National Defence committee  At present, no. The policy is that staff members are allowed to use “listen live” telephone lines, or they can watch on ParlVU, which has about a 70-second delay. However, if we have an in camera meeting, each MP is allowed to have a staff member in the Zoom meeting. They would

National Defence committee  These routine motions would be in effect for the entire session. When the pandemic is over, the committee could always revisit any routine motions and adjust them whenever they see fit.

National Defence committee  It has been moved by Mrs. Gallant that Mr. Bezan be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any further motions? Seeing none, I will now move to the recorded division pursuant to the House order of Wednesday, September 23. The question is that Mr. Bezan be elec

National Defence committee  It has been moved by Mr. Baker that Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe be elected as second vice-chair of the committee. Are there any further motions? Pursuant to the House order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I will now proceed to a recorded division. The motion is that Mr. Brunelle-D

National Defence committee  Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions, entertain points of order, or participate in debate. We can now p

National Defence committee  It has been moved by Mr. Spengemann that Mrs. McCrimmon be elected as chair of the committee. Are there any further motions? Pursuant to the order of Wednesday, September 23, I will now proceed to a recorded division. The question is that, as moved by Mr. Spengemann, Karen McCr