Melissa Lantsman moved, — Given that,

• Hamas has been a declared terrorist organization by the Government of Canada since 2002;

• the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel left thousands of innocent people dead and injured;

• that an email directive sent from the Director of Journalistic Standards of CBC News, Mr. George Achi, to all employees of CBC News, directed them to downplay coverage of the horrific, sadistic, violence perpetrated by Hamas against innocent people in Israel by not referring to the attackers as terrorists, and to falsely claim that Gaza continued to be under occupation after Israel had pulled out in 2005; and

• the CBC receives $1.4 billion in public funding through taxpayer dollars annually, and that this committee has a mandate to review Government expenditures.

The Committee:

(a) denounce Mr. Achi’s comments and report this to the House;

(b) summon the President of the CBC, Catherine Tait to appear for 2 hours by herself within seven days of the motion being adopted;

(c) summon the CBC Director of Journalistic Standards, George Achi; and

(d) invite the CBC ombudsman Mr. Jack Nagler, to appear for a minimum of 2 hours to address the CBC’s position on Journalistic Standards and Practices.

Debate arose thereon.

Iqra Khalid moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Iqra Khalid, Brenda Shanahan, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jean Yip — 6;

NAYS: Kody Blois, Melissa Lantsman, Kelly McCauley, John Nater — 4.

At 11:28 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:36 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

At 12:24 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:27 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The committee resumed consideration of a draft report.

It was agreed, — That the draft report, as amended, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: "Chronic Homelessness".

It was agreed, — That the Chair, clerk and analysts be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to the report.

It was agreed, — That dissenting or supplementary opinions be in Calibri 12-point font, left aligned, single-spaced, and be submitted electronically, in both official languages, to the clerk of the committee, not later than Tuesday, October 24, 2023.

ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House