At 4:10 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:12 p.m., the sitting resumed.

At 4:13 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:31 p.m., the sitting resumed.

It was agreed, — That the committee invite the Commissioner of Official Languages to appear as part of its consideration of the 2020-21 Main Estimates, before Friday, November 27, 2020.

The Committee resumed consideration of the motion moved by Mario Beaulieu, on Thursday, October 29, 2020, which read as follows:

That the Committee present the following recommendation to the House in form of a report:

That the Standing Committee on Official Languages recommend to the House the creation of a special committee to hold hearings to examine all aspects of the design and creation of the Canada Student Service Grant, including those relating to the study to review the safeguards to prevent conflicts of interest in federal government expenditure policies; government spending, WE Charity and the Canada Student Service Grant; the government’s decision to select WE Charity, an anglophone organization, to implement the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG); and the administration of the Canada Student Service Grant and WE Charity;

(a) that the committee be composed of 11 members, of which five shall be government members, four shall be from the official opposition, one shall be from the Bloc Québécois and one from the New Democratic Party;

(b) that changes in the membership of the committee shall be effective immediately after notification by the whip has been filed with the Clerk of the House;

(c) that membership substitutions be permitted, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2);

(d) that the members shall be named by their respective whip by depositing with the Clerk of the House the list of their members to serve on the committee no later than 3 days following the adoption of this motion by the House;

(e) that the Clerk of the House shall convene an organization meeting of the said committee no later than 5 days following the adoption of this motion by the House;

(f) that the committee be chaired by a member of the official opposition;

(g) that notwithstanding Standing Order 106(2), in addition to the Chair, there be one vice-chair from the official opposition, one vice-chair from the Bloc Québécois and one vice-chair from the New Democratic Party;

(h) that quorum of the committee be as provided for in Standing Order 118 and that the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government;

(i) that the committee be granted all of the powers of a standing committee, as provided in the Standing Orders, as well as the power to travel, accompanied by the necessary staff, inside and outside of Canada;

(j) that the committee have the power to authorize video and audio broadcasting of any or all of its proceedings;

(k) that the committee continue all of the business of the following committees: the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics; the Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Official Languages; and the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates; and that the documents and evidence received by each of these committees be deemed to have been received by the said committee, and;

(l) that the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, be among the witnesses ordered to appear from time to time as the committee sees fit.

The debate continued.

Marie-France Lalonde moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS: René Arseneault, Terry Duguid, Marie-France Lalonde, Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Patricia Lattanzio — 5;

NAYS: Niki Ashton, Mario Beaulieu, Steven Blaney, Marc Dalton, Bernard Généreux, Dan Mazier — 6.

Debate continued on the motion of Mario Beaulieu.

At 5:13 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:16 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Debate continued on the motion of Mario Beaulieu.

At 5:35 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:40 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Debate continued on the motion of Mario Beaulieu.