EVIDENCE Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights NUMBER 024 2nd SESSION 39th PARLIAMENT Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Le mardi avril Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights CANADA [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] EVIDENCE April 15, 2008 Committee Edited Evidence * Table of Contents * Number 024 (Official Version) Official Report * Table of Contents * Number 024 (Official Version) Témoignages * Table des matières * Numéro 024 (Version officielle) 24 15 04 2008 2008/04/15 15:30:00 House of Commons Comité permanent de la justice et des droits de la personne Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights JUST Chair Mr. Art Hanger 39 PUBLIC PART ONLY -

PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT (1535) [ English ] The Chair (Mr. Art Hanger (Calgary Northeast, CPC)) : Order. Monsieur Ménard. [ Translation ] Mr. Réal Ménard (Hochelaga, BQ) : Good day, Mr. Chairman. It will surely come as no surprise to you that I would like you to call a vote on the motion brought forward by our colleague Dominic Leblanc, so that we can move on with our work. As you know, pursuant to our standing orders, when a ruling by the chair is appealed, a vote is automatically held and the question is not open for debate.

You yourself have invoked the standing orders on occasion in the case of amendments to bills. I would imagine that there have not been any changes recently to the standing orders. I think all members want to resume this study, but they also want to abide by the standing orders. Therefore, I would like you to call immediately a recorded division on this motion. [ English ] The Chair : Thank you for your intervention, Monsieur Ménard. I do respect the procedures and the purpose behind which committees sit. There are rules and there's a mandate for the committee. You know that as well as I.

The mandate of the committee does not warrant study of this particular motion that was put forward by Monsieur LeBlanc. Hon. Larry Bagnell (Yukon, Lib.) : It's only your opinion. You have to call the question. The Chair : It was ruled out of order five times, and this will be the sixth time. As a result, I will vacate the chair, and that is exactly what I'm going to do. The Vice-Chair (Mr. Brian Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, Lib.)) : Sadly, the committee's in disarray. The meeting is adjourned.