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House Hansard - 127

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Nov/15/22 5:16:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on the subject of quorum calls, I was troubled to see the other night during a quorum call that it was clear there were members in the lobby who did not come out. I looked at the Standing Orders, and we have no standing order that requires a member of Parliament who is within a few steps of the chamber to show up when there is a quorum call. Would the hon. member agree with me that PROC should have a look at this to see whether we should add to our Standing Orders that when there is a quorum call, the assumption when those rules were written was that any member who was ambulatory would get in and get to their seat, because there was a stronger sense of duty in those days? I wonder if we should have PROC look at it.
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