Procedure and House Affairs committee  Hello. 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 election of the first vice-chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Moved by Ms. Turmel that Ms. Latendresse be elected first vice-chair of the committee. Are there further motions?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to) I declare the motion carried and Madame Latendresse duly elected as first vice-chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That the decision of the chair be sustained.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When I solicited briefs on behalf of the committee, the e-mail indicated that the briefs should be submitted as soon as possible. When I did some follow-up calls with the provinces, as was discussed at the last meeting, I indicated that the date the committee was planning to proc

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I did have a phone call this morning from one of the provinces asking whether or not it was too late to submit something at this point. I indicated that the committee was planning to do clause-by-clause today, unsure if the committee would finish it today or at their next meeting

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That was Nova Scotia.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is still feasible. It can certainly still be done. There might be a longer delay after 6 p.m. in terms of securing translation services, but if the committee desires to keep it at 6 p.m., as in the House, certainly all services will be made available to make that happen.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will just draw members' attention to Standing Order 91.1, which I will read: 91.1 (1) At the beginning of the first session of a Parliament, and thereafter as required, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs shall name one Member from each of the parties recogn

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That would be at the discretion of the committee. One of the reasons why the text in bold was added--that 48 hours' notice be calculated in the same manner as for the House--is to reinforce the idea of it not being 48 hours in the pure sense of hours, but rather in the sense of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  --so there is a practical issue of when the notices come in. It is up to the committee to decide what time, if they would like to put a further amendment to this routine motion stating a time this could be in by. The only thing I would say to members is that in the House from M

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of the chair. I am ready to receive motions to that effect. Mr. Lukiwski.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has been moved by Mr. Lukiwski 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? (Motion agreed to) I declare the motion carried and Mr. Preston duly elected as chair of the committe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has been moved by Ms. Charlton that Mr. Comartin be elected 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. Comartin duly elected first vice-

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has been moved by Mr. Toone that Mr. Garneau be elected second vice-chair of the committee. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to) I declare the motion carried and Mr. Garneau duly elected second vice-chair of the committee. I now invi