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House Hansard - 94

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 22, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
The Speaker
  • Jun/22/22 2:05:01 p.m.
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If I can have everyone's attention, the Chair wishes to revisit the technical issues that led to the early adjournment of the House yesterday evening. While the sitting was suspended and after yesterday’s adjournment, House staff was busy identifying and resolving the causes of the problem, which proved to be a connectivity issue external to the infrastructure of the House. The problem was corrected, and the systems were tested over night. Everything is now in order. The proceedings of the House and its committees may continue and technical resources will be available as needed. I would like to give my sincere thanks to all the devoted staff of the House who handled the situation diligently. I thank members for their attention.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
The Deputy Speaker
  • Jun/22/22 4:32:12 p.m.
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It is my duty pursuant to Standing Order 38 to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Spadina—Fort York, Taxation; the hon. member for Kitchener Centre, Housing; the hon. member for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, Correctional Service of Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Jun/22/22 5:19:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I will be very brief on two points, with reference to the question of privilege raised earlier today. If I may, I will first provide a comment from the Speaker of the House who issued a news release back on February 18 notifying members. I will read it directly: As per the Parliamentary Protective Service’s (PPS) most recent email notification, a police operation is expected to take place on Wellington Street and other locations in the downtown core of Ottawa. Given these exceptional circumstances, and following discussion with all recognized party leadership, the sitting today is cancelled. More information will follow. I cite that, because at times there are environments in which, through consultation, there is a need for the House, such as in last night's case, to adjourn. That is just the reality, and I think that I am using this to cite the precedent. The other thing I would like to highlight is that I would like to draw to your attention some pertinent details around the adjournment of the House last night. At 8:54 p.m., you, the Deputy Speaker, resumed the sitting of the House. When you did this, you stated the following: “I would like to inform members that we are still having trouble with the network. There is an estimation this will not be solved this evening, so I am wondering if we can come up with an agreement.” Given that you, the Deputy Speaker, made the request that agreement be sought to adjourn, I rose in response to see if there was an agreement to adjourn, given the challenges being experienced. No one's privileges were breached. I was responding to the information and the request from the Deputy Speaker to adjourn, so that the problem could be fixed and so that all MPs could participate.
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