Evidence of meeting #13 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was know.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mrs. Marie-France Renaud
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform the members of the committee that the clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair.
The clerk cannot receive other types of motions, cannot entertain points of order, nor participate in debate.
We can now proceed to the election of the chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair must be a member of the government party.
I am ready to receive motions.
Mr. Reid, you have the floor.
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Conservative
Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, ON
Although I'm tempted to nominate my friend Tom Lukiwski, I'm going to resist that temptation and nominate Joe Preston instead.
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An hon. member
Oh, sure.
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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An hon. member
Tom, it could be at least one or two.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Reid that Mr. Preston be elected chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Preston duly elected chair of the committee.
Before inviting Mr. Preston to take the chair, if the committee agrees, we will now proceed to the election of vice-chairs.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.
I am now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
Ms. Turmel, go ahead.
January 30th, 2014 / 11 a.m.
NDP
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Turmel that Ms. Latendresse be elected first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Alexandrine Latendresse duly elected, in absentia, first vice-chair of the committee.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.
I am now prepared to receive a motion for the second vice-chair.
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Liberal
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal Winnipeg North, MB
Are you looking for a nice Saskatchewan Roughrider fan or—
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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The Clerk
Mr. Scott.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Scott that Mr. Lamoureux be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Lamoureux duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Chair, may I be the first to congratulate you on your ascension to power again?
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
I wanted to suggest that we could do some productive work right now. I think that Mr. Bezan's outstanding issue should be our priority, even above my own colleague's motion. I don't think we can leave that cloud hanging over the member any longer than necessary.
I won't make a motion, I'll just throw it out for discussion, Chair, but would it not be possible for us to schedule that hearing today so that we can land running and invite the parliamentary law clerk and get on with it?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Sure. I'll go to Mr. Lukiwski on that issue, and we'll have a casual conversation, I guess.
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Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Yes, sure. I agree with David's assessment. We have to deal with this.
My understanding is I believe it's resolved. We haven't seen any official notification on that yet, but my understanding is, after speaking with Mr. Bezan, it is resolved. However, I do believe that there are issues germane to that case that would be very important for us to at least have one study on, perhaps two.
I know that we're going to have to schedule a steering committee meeting, and as a member of the steering committee on future business I will certainly be recommending the first order of business to be that case, the privilege case on Mr. Bezan.
I don't know if it's appropriate to try and schedule it now before the steering committee meets.
I can't remember, David, who's your representative on the steering committee?
