Evidence of meeting #31 for Public Accounts in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was business.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Joann Garbig
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
We can now proceed to the election of a chair.
I'm ready to receive motions to that effect.
Mr. Saxton.
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Conservative
Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC
I move that Shawn Murphy be nominated as chair of the committee.
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The Clerk
It's been moved by Mr. Saxton that Mr. Murphy be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
No?
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. Murphy duly elected chair of the committee.
Before inviting Mr. Murphy to take the chair, if the committee wishes we will now proceed to the election of vice-chairs.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
I'm now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
According to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the government party.
Is there a motion?
Mr. Christopherson.
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The Clerk
Mr. Christopherson moves that Mr. Kramp be elected as the first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there no further motions?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Kramp duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
I'm now prepared to receive motions for second vice-chair.
Pursuant to the Standing Order 106(2), the second Vice-Chair shall be a member of an opposition party other than the Official Opposition.
Is there a motion?
Mr. Weston.
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Conservative
John Weston Conservative West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Madam Clerk, I move David Christopherson.
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The Clerk
It is moved by Mr. Weston that Mr. Christopherson be elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Christopherson duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
I would now invite Mr. Murphy to take the chair.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Thank you, Madam Clerk, for those proceedings.
Thank you, Mr. Saxton, for the nomination.
The next order of business at this meeting, which does require the consent of the meeting, is to proceed now to the outstanding reports.
The order we will go in is: passport services, Passport Canada, from the 2009 status report; followed by the Governor in Council appointments process, also from the 2009 status report; and then, finally, if we have time, contracting for professional services, Public Works and Government Services Canada, from the December 2008 report of the Auditor General of Canada.
There's a whole bunch. I'll take Mr. Shipley first, then Mr. Kramp, then Mr. Weston.
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Conservative
Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
Just on a procedural thing, Mr. Chairman, we have some new faces that are with us.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
Okay.
Do you want to have the discussion on the reports first?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
No, I was going to introduce the new members first, and then we'll go into this.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
As Mr. Shipley has indicated, I have the pleasure because all the.... Mr. Paillé was at the previous meeting, but all the parties have finally nominated their members to the public accounts committee, and as you have already noticed, we do have two members at the table.
First of all, we welcome Mr. Pascal-Pierre Paillé, from the Bloc Québécois.
Welcome to the committee, and I do hope you enjoy your time here.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Also, too, we want to welcome Mr. Derek Lee. I consider Derek Lee to certainly be an expert on parliamentary procedure, and we'll benefit greatly from his presence here.
Welcome, Mr. Lee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
