QUESTION PERIOD — Ministry of Canadian Heritage
Business of the Senate
March 19, 2019
Honourable senators, the time for Question Period has expired. I know honourable senators want to join me in thanking Minister Rodriguez for being with us today.
On a point of clarification, I was under the understanding that the leader would be able to ask a supplementary, but you did give several senators a supplementary question. Senator Carignan was on our list and he was not able to speak. I was going to rise the second time, but I didn’t want to take away from the time that was allotted for Question Period since the minister had a limited time. I am curious as to whether a supplementary is being allowed for all questioners? I thought it was only for the leaders and that it would have allowed everyone else to ask their question. That was my concern.
It was the agreement that we would have just the leaders ask supplementary questions, and the senators would just ask one question, and be put on the list for second questions if they wanted to ask a supplementary.
Unfortunately, today when we got into questions, I had already let a number of senators ask second questions, so I apologize for that. That was my fault; that was not part of the agreement. We will return to the agreement the next time we have a minister back.
For those who didn’t have an opportunity to ask a question, my apologies.
Resuming debate on second reading of Bill C-81 for the balance of your time, Senator Coyle.
