Evidence of meeting #1 for Subcommittee on the Review of the Anti-terrorism Act in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was de.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Motion 7 should be amended to read “de son personnel ou de son parti”.
Conservative
Rick Norlock Conservative Northumberland—Quinte West, ON
Is the party person a member of Parliament?
Bloc
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gord Brown
Right, but the motion is that one staff or a party person....
Do we have a seconder for that?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gord Brown
Seconding that is Mr. Norlock.
So it's that unless otherwise ordered, each committee member be allowed to be accompanied by one staff or party person at an in camera meeting.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
If we say “de son personnel ou de son parti”, that could mean another MP.
Liberal
Roy Cullen Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Well, any member of Parliament can attend any meeting. It's ex officio.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
I would imagine there's a hierarchy of some kind among staff members in all parties and that occasionally, when the committee is examining an important question, a member may ask someone who ranks higher up that a staff member to attend the meeting in his place.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gord Brown
Oh, so you're asking, Mr. Ménard, if a staff member could come instead of the member in secret meetings?
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Yes. The wording “qu'un membre de son personnel” refers to a staff member. I'd like the words “d'un membre de son personnel” to be followed by ”ou d'un membre du personnel de son parti”.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gord Brown
It's one staff member, according to the motion. All in favour of number 7?
(Motion agreed to)
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gord Brown
We'll move along to number 8. That's in camera meetings transcripts.
Mr. Cullen, seconded by Mr. Norlock, moves that one copy of the transcript of each in camera meeting be kept in the committee clerk's office for consultation by members of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gord Brown
Number 9 is notice of motions. It is moved by Mr. Cullen, seconded by Mr. MacKenzie, that 48 hours' notice be required for any substantive motion to be considered by the committee, unless the substantive motion relates directly to business then under consideration, and that the notice of motion be filed with the clerk of the committee and distributed to members in both official languages.
(Motion agreed to)
Bloc
