PACP Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Alain Therrien moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertakes a study of the expenditure of nearly $100,000 in public funds by the Governor General of Canada for catering services during an eight-day tour of the Middle East in March 2022; and that the committee invites the Governor General to appear before the committee for a period of two (2) hours on or before June 23, 2022.
At 11:30 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:20 p.m., the sitting resumed.
A point of order was raised as to the procedural acceptability of the proposed motion.
RULING BY THE CHAIR
The Chair ruled the motion admissible as it is in the committee’s mandate to study the issues raised in the motion.
Whereupon, Peter Fragiskatos appealed the decision of the Chair.
The question: "Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?" was put and the decision was overturned on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Richard Bragdon, Eric Duncan, Jeremy Patzer, Alain Therrien — 4;
NAYS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Han Dong, Peter Fragiskatos, Brenda Shanahan, Jean Yip — 6.
The motion was declared out of order.
Alain Therrien moved, — That the committee mandates the Chair to send a letter to the Auditor General of Canada strongly recommending that she investigate the expenses and costs incurred by the Governor General of Canada, from public funds, in her capacity as Canada's representative at home and abroad since her appointment on July 6, 2021.
A point of order was raised as to the procedural acceptability of the proposed motion.
RULING BY THE CHAIR
The Chair ruled the motion admissible as it is in the committee’s mandate to study the issues raised in the motion.
Whereupon, Peter Fragiskatos appealed the decision of the Chair.
The question: "Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?" was put and the decision was overturned on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Richard Bragdon, Eric Duncan, Jeremy Patzer, Alain Therrien — 4;
NAYS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Han Dong, Peter Fragiskatos, Brenda Shanahan, Jean Yip — 6.
The motion was declared out of order.
At 12:38 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:43 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.
The committee resumed consideration of a draft report.
At 1:01 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.