Government Operations committee  Okay. You're saying to remove “and in Canada”.

Government Operations committee  So it's replacing “and in Canada for the years 2015 to the present” with “for the years”—

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll just say, for the benefit of the committee, that Mr. Johns has sent the text of the motion to me. I sent it for an emergency translation about a half an hour ago, but I have not yet received the translation. I cannot distribute anything on behalf of t

Government Operations committee  The amendment is essentially to strike the words “hiring process of” and add after the word “hiring”, “of members of equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous peoples”, and adding the words “contracting of businesses owned and operated by members of equity-deserving groups”.

Government Operations committee  All right. The text of the motion, if the amendment were adopted, would read as follows. That, in the context of its study on the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the committee invite the President of Irving Shipbuilding Inc. and representatives from the company as well as the D

Government Operations committee  Yes, we can distribute that document to all members of the committee. It's just a summary of the information that was submitted to the liaison committee. I'll just ask them not to disclose it, as it's confidential.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding of the subamendment is that “biannual” would be replaced with “every three months” in the first instance, and in the second instance, instead of “biannual basis”, it would be “on a basis of every three months”. That's my understanding of t

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, for the information of the committee, in the amendment that was passed, it says that the reports will have to be submitted to the committee on a biannual basis starting June 30, 2022, and ending December 31, 2023.

Government Operations committee  I need to explain something to the committee first, if I may.

Government Operations committee  This is to explain something to the members of the committee. In the version of the amendment that I have from Mr. Housefather, the text is correct; however, the version that he had sent to me was the original version of Monsieur Paul-Hus's motion. You may notice that the text

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

Government Operations committee  Mr. Williams, this is the clerk of the committee. We are not indicating any problems on our side in terms of the translation. It's coming through the right channels. I wonder what you've selected, if you've selected either the English or the French translation or the floor chan

Government Operations committee  As you've logged in through the web, there is nothing we can do. The problem doesn't appear to be coming from our side, Mr. Williams. It appears to be coming from the web side.

Government Operations committee  I'm not quite sure how to rectify that, unfortunately.