Evidence of meeting #1 for Veterans Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was motions.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Jolène Savoie-Day
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. She cannot receive other types of motions and cannot 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 government party. I'm ready to receive motions for the chair.
Mr. Casey.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Sean Casey that Mr. Bryan May be elected as chair of the committee. Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Brian May duly elected chair of the committee.
I invite Mr. May to take the chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Good morning, everyone.
First, thanks to all of you for your confidence. I will do my utmost to remain fair and to make sure that we stay on track and be as efficient as we can possibly be in this committee.
Does the committee wish to proceed at this time with the election of vice-chairs?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
Thank you.
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.
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Conservative
Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON
I would like to nominate Phil McColeman.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Schmale that Mr. McColeman be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. McColeman duly elected 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'm now prepared to receive motions for the second vice-chair.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Samson that Mr. Desilets 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. Desilets duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
If the committee agrees, we will now proceed with the adoption of routine motions. Members have received in an email the committee's routine motions from the previous Parliament. As a reminder, a motion must be moved by a committee member and does not need to be seconded.
Mr. Casey.
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Liberal
Sean Casey Liberal Charlottetown, PE
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a list of routine motions here that we can circulate.
To begin with the first one, I move:
That the committee retain, as needed and at the discretion of the Chair, the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament to assist it in its work.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Is there any discussion?
(Motion agreed to)
I would like to invite the analysts to take their seats at the table.
MP Casey.
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Liberal
Sean Casey Liberal Charlottetown, PE
I move:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be composed of five (5) members; the Chair, one Member from each Party; and that the subcommittee work in the spirit of collaboration.
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Liberal
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Liberal
Sean Casey Liberal Charlottetown, PE
I move:
That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four (4) members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government, but when travelling outside the parliamentary precinct, that the meeting begin after fifteen (15) minutes, regardless of members present.
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NDP
Rachel Blaney NDP North Island—Powell River, BC
Thank you so much.
Where it says “one member of the government” and “one member of the opposition”, I'm just wondering if we could make it “two members of the opposition and two members of the government”, which equals four. This is something that we have done in PROC as well.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
We have an amendment, and we need to deal with the amendment first.
Is there any discussion on the amendment?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
All in favour?
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Motion as amended agreed to)
MP Casey.
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Liberal
Sean Casey Liberal Charlottetown, PE
I move:
That witnesses be given ten (10) minutes for their opening statement; that, at the discretion of the Chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated six (6) minutes for the first questioner of each party as follows: Round 1:
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Bloc Québécois
New Democratic Party
For the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning be as follows:
Conservative Party, five (5) minutes,
Liberal Party, five (5) minutes,
Conservative Party, five (5) minutes,
Liberal Party, five (5) minutes,
Bloc Québécois, two and a half (2.5) minutes,
New Democratic Party, two and a half (2.5) minutes.
