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CANADA
Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
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EVIDENCE
Thursday, November 22, 2007
[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
[English]
Mr. Chair, we've had some discussion and I think we will end up supporting the motion as it is, but reluctantly. I want it on the record that notwithstanding that I think it's unreasonable, given our agenda and the fact that we'll be doing it on December 13, we will support the motion.
[Translation]
The motion reads as follows:
That official representatives of Citizenship and Immigration Canada appear before the committee on December 13, 2007 and submit, by December 11, 2007, a history of regularization programs, statistics and a detailed report on undocumented workers.
[English]
That was public.
We will now go in camera again.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
[Public proceedings resume]
Mr. Chair, I would ask that you take us back in camera or I'm going to challenge your ruling. I don't think you can, at the whim of one member, end our in camera proceedings. I don't think so, sir.
On a motion to sit in public or to sit in camera, the question is put without debate. It's put immediately and it's decided by a majority of the committee.
Is there consent to resume public proceedings?
Some hon. members: No.
The Chair: There's no consent.