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Minutes of Proceedings
Conservative
Bloc Québécois
The Minister made a statement and, with Bob Hamilton, answered questions.
At 4:57 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 5:02 p.m., the meeting resumed.
Bob Hamilton made a statement and, with Marc Lemieux and Sophie Galarneau, answered questions.
René Villemure moved, —
Whereas on November 6, 2024, the Liberal government announced the closure of the Canadian subsidiary of the social network TikTok, the committee invite to testify:
(a) For two hours, François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry;
(b) For one hour each:
(i) David Vigneault, former Director of CSIS; and
(ii) Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada;
That the Committee report its observations and conclusions to the House of Commons.Debate arose thereon.
Iqra Khalid moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing, in section (b) (i), the words “David Vigneault, former Director of CSIS” with the words “Daniel Rogers, current Director of CSIS”.
Debate arose thereon.
René Villemure moved, — That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “Daniel Rogers, current Director of CSIS” the following: “and David Vigneault, former Director of CSIS”.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the subamendment and the result of the vote was announced:
YEAS: Michael Barrett, Adam Chambers, Matthew Green, Gerald Soroka, René Villemure — 5;
NAYS: Parm Bains, Anthony Housefather, Iqra Khalid, James Maloney, Brenda Shanahan — 5.
Whereupon, the Chair voted in the affirmative.
Accordingly, the subamendment was agreed to.
The question was put on the amendment of Iqra Khalid, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Adam Chambers, Matthew Green, Anthony Housefather, Iqra Khalid, James Maloney, Brenda Shanahan, Gerald Soroka, René Villemure — 10;
NAYS: — 0.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Adam Chambers, Matthew Green, Anthony Housefather, Iqra Khalid, James Maloney, Brenda Shanahan, Gerald Soroka, René Villemure — 10;
NAYS: — 0.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
Whereas on November 6, 2024, the Liberal government announced the closure of the Canadian subsidiary of the social network TikTok, that the committee invite to testify:
(a) For two hours, François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry;
(b) For one hour each:
(i) Daniel Rogers, current Director of CSIS and David Vigneault, former Director of CSIS; and
(ii) Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada;
That the Committee report its observations and conclusions to the House of Commons.At 6:13 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.