Evidence of meeting #1 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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11 a.m.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Justin Vaive
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions, entertain points of order or 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 governing party.
I am ready to receive motions for the chair.
Mr. Gerretsen has the floor.
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Liberal
11 a.m.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Gerretsen that Ms. Sahota be elected chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Sahota duly elected.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
I invite Ms. Sahota to take her place at the head of the table.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for putting your confidence in me to chair this committee. It was a pleasure for me to sit on this committee for four years, in the last Parliament. I'm really honoured to have the privilege of chairing this committee, and I will try to do the best job possible.
I believe we can move to the election of the vice-chairs. The clerk will preside over the election of the vice-chairs.
11 a.m.
The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition. I'm now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
Mr. Brassard.
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Conservative
11 a.m.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Brassard that Mr. Richards be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any other motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Richards duly elected first vice-chair.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 102(6), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition party.
I am now ready to receive motions for the election of the second vice-chair.
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Liberal
11:05 a.m.
The Clerk
It has been proposed by Mr. Turnbull that Mr. Therrien be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Therrien duly elected second vice-chair.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
Madam Chair, I would offer the following motion by consent of the committee, given the format that previous committees have been taking, such as the Canada-China committee:
That the Committee report the following recommendation to the House: That for the remainder of the 43rd parliament that Standing Order 106(2) be amended by (i) replacing the word “two”, with the word “three”, (ii) replacing each occurrence of the words “, and the second vice-chair shall be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition party”, with the words “the second vice-chair and the third vice-chair shall consist of one member of the second opposition party and one member of the third opposition party”.
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Since we've just received this motion, we don't have copies to hand out to everybody. Essentially, the motion calls for, instead of our standard two vice-chairs, a third vice-chair from the other party represented here, the NDP. Does anyone have anything to state on the matter?
Mr. Brassard.
11:05 a.m.
Conservative
John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON
Thank you, Madam Chair. Just as a point, the document we've received is solely in English and is not translated. I question whether the motion is in order at this point, because of the fact that it's not translated.
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Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
I apologize if it came off as a.... I was submitting the motion with the intent.... I did not even think that I was going to be submitting the physical motion because I was just asking for consent from the committee for it, like we would normally ask for consent from the committee for something.
I didn't intend it to be.... I'm sorry. I didn't even know you were going to ask me for it. I was just putting it out there verbally, thinking that the committee would accept consent of that.
