Evidence of meeting #1 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was move.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
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. Zed.
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Liberal
Paul Zed Liberal Saint John, NB
Mr. Chairman, I would be happy to nominate Tom Wappel as a candidate for chair.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Zed that Mr. Wappel 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)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Wappel duly elected chair of the committee.
The next process is the election of the two vice-chairs. The first vice-chair, according to the Standing Orders, is from the government party. The second vice-chair will be from one of the two opposition parties. We'll proceed.
I'm now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
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Conservative
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Stanton that Mr. Tilson be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other nominations?
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. Tilson duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
I am now prepared to receive motions for the second vice-chair. As I indicated, they will have to come from one of the other two opposition parties. I'm ready to receive motions.
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Bloc
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The Clerk
Mr. Laforest moves that Pat Martin be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
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 Pat Martin duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
I now invite Mr. Wappel to take the chair.
Congratulations.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
Thank you, Mr. Zed, for nominating me. Thank you, colleagues, for not putting up anybody to oppose me.
We have some routine motions, with your permission. I think they are in front of you, are they not? We'll start at the top, the subcommittee on agenda and procedure.
Would somebody be prepared to move that motion?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
Is there any discussion on that motion?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
Services of Analysts from the Library of Parliament.
Is there anyone who would move that motion?
By the way, are there any questions on that motion?
Mr. Zed, you're going to move it? Okay, thank you.
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
On reduced quorum, this is to receive evidence but not to pass motions. There would be at least three members, including one member of the opposition.
Who will move that for me?
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Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
In the committee I was at this morning, where we have an opposition member as the chair--which we have here--they made an amendment, which I thought was appropriate, to include one member of the opposition and one member of the government.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
Okay. We don't actually have a motion, so if you wish to put a motion with those words....
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
So it would read, then, “...at least three members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government”.
Okay, that's the motion. Is there any discussion?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
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Conservative
David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Chairman, I would move that during the first round of questioning the witnesses, seven minutes be allocated to each party in the following order: Liberal, Bloc, NDP, Conservative, and that in subsequent rounds five minutes be allocated...how am I going to phrase this? It would be an opposition member first, which would be a Liberal, followed by a government member's question, followed by an opposition member--presumably the Bloc--followed by a government member's question, followed by a New Democratic Party question.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Tom Wappel
Okay.
I thought I saw Madame Lavallée's hand first, and then Mr. Zed.
Madame--oh, I'm sorry.
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Conservative
David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
If I could finish up, in subsequent rounds, five minutes should be allocated to each member on each round.
