Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you stated, I would leave it to the chair and to the committee to interpret the motion and how it should be used moving forward. At this point, I would echo what the chair stated, which was that the notice was indeed published before this motion was adopted.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Under the section “Committees and Questions of Procedure and Privilege”, as stated by the chair, it says, “Disorder and misconduct in a committee may arise as a result of the failure to abide by the rules...or to respect the authority of the Chair. Disorder and misconduct also include the use of unparliamentary language”.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you stated, page 1095 of House of Commons Procedure and Practice , under the section on convening a meeting by the chair, states the following: “Committee meetings are convened by the Chair acting either on a decision made by the committee or on the Chair's own authority.”

Government Operations committee  Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would say that based on analysis done alongside the analysts, it appears that the majority, and perhaps all of the questions that were asked of the witness to provide responses to in writing, were addressed. Again, I would hesitate to give you 100% clarity on that.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through you, Chair, as you stated, sir, the committee has received two correspondences from Mr. Firth. The last was distributed to members on Monday morning. I believe the correspondence that was circulated in both official languages stated remaining answers.

Government Operations committee  It's five yeas and five nays.

Government Operations committee  (Motion negatived: nays 6; yeas 5)

Government Operations committee  Go ahead, Mr. Kusmierczyk.

Government Operations committee  The question is on the subamendment, and your answer is yes.

Government Operations committee  We have six yeas and four nays.

Government Operations committee  The question is to amend the motion by replacing the words “calls upon” with “requests” and to remove the request for a comprehensive response from the government pursuant to Standing Order 109. The subamendment would retain the change from “calls upon” to “requests”, but would remove from the proposed amendment the text requesting a government response.

Government Operations committee  The question is to adjourn debate on the motion of Mr. Genuis.

Government Operations committee  That is my understanding, sir. If you'd like me to double-check that on your behalf, I can. At this point, we do have an amendment put forward by Mr. Jowhari, but to clear the record, I don't mind going back and checking that for you, sir, if you'd like.

Government Operations committee  The motion as it stands reads as follows: That the committee invites the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada and the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, Erin O'Gorman, to each appear separately for one and a half hours— We'll remove the word “each” that is redundant.

Government Operations committee  To date, we have amended the original motion by Mr. Sousa with the amendment proposed by Madame Vignola. It was subsequently amended as well by the amendment put forward by Mr. Genuis. Now we are on a second amendment by Mr. Genuis. This is the text I have, based on the second amendment that's currently being debated by the committee: “That the Committee invites the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada and the President of Canada Border Services Agency, Erin O'Gorman, to each appear separately for one hour and a half each, as well as officials, regarding the 2023‐2024 Supplementary Estimates (C), and that the meeting take place on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.”