Evidence of meeting #1 for Veterans Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
11:05 a.m.
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. 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 government party.
I am prepared to receive motions for the chair.
Mr. Samson, you have the floor.
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
11:05 a.m.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Samson that Mr. May be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any other further motions? No.
(Motion greed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. May duly elected chair of the committee. I invite Mr. May to take the chair.
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Good morning, everyone. Thank you. That was a tense moment there with that silence, but I'm glad we cut through that.
Does the committee wish to proceed at this time with the election of the vice-chairs?
11:05 a.m.
Conservative
John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON
On a point of clarification, Mr. Chair, can you indicate how you would like the committee members to notify you, whether it's by the “raise hand” feature, or simply by this?
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
I'll go through that, Mr. Brassard. If we can just get through the election of the vice-chairs, then I have a bit of a script that we'll go through and I'll answer most of those questions.
11:05 a.m.
Bloc
Luc Desilets Bloc Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC
Mr. Chair, I have a point of order.
There is currently no French interpretation. I don't know if this is normal, since we are starting the meeting.
11:05 a.m.
The Clerk
The interpretation should be working. Give us a moment to check it out.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
If I speak in English a bit here, would you give a thumbs-up once it gets fixed. Is there still no translation?
Do you hear any translation now?
Mr. Desilets, do you have the language selected on the bottom there?
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
William Amos Liberal Pontiac, QC
I hear the interpretation when I click on the “interpretation” icon at the bottom of the screen, next to the word “participants”. I clicked on “French” and I hear it.
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Is anyone else having a problem with the translation?
Mr. Desilets, you're on mute, sir.
11:05 a.m.
Bloc
Luc Desilets Bloc Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC
I'm sorry. I don't know why, but it works now. I haven't made any changes.
Thank you very much.
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Excellent. Thank you very much. We will have technical difficulties with this, and I appreciate everyone's patience.
Again, does the committee wish to proceed at this time with the election of the vice-chairs? Seeing a lot of nodding heads, I invite the clerk to proceed with the election of the vice-chairs.
11:05 a.m.
The Clerk
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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 position of first vice-chair.
11:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
If I can interrupt the clerk for just a moment, now I don't hear the French translation. I was hearing it without difficulty, but now that is not the case.
11:05 a.m.
The Clerk
Okay, I'll verify with the interpreters.
11:05 a.m.
Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
There's still no interpretation. I can hear it in English.
Do you want to test it out there again, Madam Clerk?
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The Clerk
Absolutely.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.
I am now ready to receive motions for the position of first vice-chair.
You have the floor, Mrs. Wagantall.
11:05 a.m.
Conservative
Cathay Wagantall Conservative Yorkton—Melville, SK
Madam Clerk, I would be pleased to nominate John Brassard.
11:05 a.m.
The Clerk
Thank you.
It has been moved by Mrs. Wagantall that Mr. Brassard be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
Are there any further motions?
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 motions for the second vice-chair.
Go ahead, Mr. Samson.
11:10 a.m.
Liberal
Darrell Samson Liberal Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, NS
Thank you very much.
I nominate Mr. Luc Desilets of the Bloc Québécois as second vice-chair.
