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Minutes of Proceedings
Conservative
Bloc Québécois
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
Heather McPherson gave notice of the following motion:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee conduct a follow-up study to the 2017 committee study on Canada's sanctions regime titled “A Coherent and Effective Approach to Canada's Sanctions Regimes: Sergei Magnitsky and Beyond”; that the committee review the government's implementation of the recommendations in the 2017 report; that the committee review the need for new recommendations, if any, resulting from Canada's response to the situation in Ukraine and other situations since 2017; that the committee hold no fewer than four meetings; that the committee report its findings to the House; and that pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response to the report.
Questioning of the witnesses resumed.
At 2:16 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 2:22 p.m., the sitting resumed.
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
Garnett Genuis moved, — That the committee meet in public within seven days of the adoption of this motion for a discussion of committee business related to the study of the export of Russian Gazprom turbines.
Rachel Bendayan moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Rachel Bendayan, Wayne Long, Randeep Sarai, Maninder Sidhu, Sameer Zuberi — 5;
NAYS: Stéphane Bergeron, Michael D. Chong, Garnett Genuis, Greg McLean, Heather McPherson, Rob Morrison — 6.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the word “seven” with the words “the following”.
Sameer Zuberi moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the words “the following” with the word “fourteen”.
After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Rachel Bendayan, Stéphane Bergeron, Michael D. Chong, Garnett Genuis, Wayne Long, Greg McLean, Heather McPherson, Rob Morrison, Randeep Sarai, Maninder Sidhu, Sameer Zuberi — 11;
NAYS: — 0.
It was agreed, — That the amendment of Stéphane Bergeron, as amended, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the motion of Garnett Genuis, as amended, be adopted.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That the committee meet in public within fourteen days of the adoption of this motion for a discussion of committee business related to the study of the export of Russian Gazprom turbines.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $ 500.00, for the briefing from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $ 8,625.00, for the study of export of Russian Gazprom turbines, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget of the subcommittee on International Human Rights in the amount of $ 8,250.00, for the study of current human rights situation in Iran, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget of the subcommittee on International Human Rights in the amount of $ 3,850.00, for the study of current situation in Tigray, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget of the subcommittee on International Human Rights in the amount of $ 26,600.00, for the study of recognition of international human rights champions, be adopted.
At 3:53 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.