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Minutes of Proceedings
Bloc Québécois
NDP
The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Mario Beaulieu moved on Monday, May 20, 2024, which read as follows:
That, given the obscene and offensive comments made by the Liberal MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell to a witness defending the cause of the French language in Quebec, the committee report to the House:
- that the Chief Government Whip and member of the Liberal leadership team immediately remove MP Francis Drouin from the Standing Committee on Official Languages and;
- that MP Francis Drouin resign as the Chair of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie".
That the motion be amended:
- by deleting the words "report to the House", and point a).
- by replacing the words “that MP Francis Drouin resign as the Chair of the” with the words "write to the clerk of the".
- by adding after the words "l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie”, the following "—section canadienne to call a meeting to vote on the presidency of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie—section canadienne".
At 10:15 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.