Evidence of meeting #1 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
A recording is available from Parliament.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
Order.
Honourable members of the committee,
I see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of a chair. I'm ready to receive motions to that effect.
Mr. Pearson.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
It has been moved by Mr. Pearson that Mr. Szabo be elected chair of the committee.
Are there any further nominations?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
We will proceed to the election of the first vice-chair, who has to be a member of the government party.
Mr. Wallace.
Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
Mr. Clerk, I would like to nominate Mr. Tilson as the first vice-chair—and no speech.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
It is moved by Mr. Wallace that Mr. Tilson be elected vice-chair of this committee.
Are there any other nominations?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
I'm going to ask my colleague Julia Lockhart, who's new to the committees directorate, to preside over the election of the second vice-chair.
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Julia Lockhart
Pursuant to the Standing Orders, the second vice-chair must be a member of a party other than the official opposition.
Mr. Asselin.
Bloc
Gérard Asselin Bloc Manicouagan, QC
I am the member for Manicouagan, and I nominate Pat Martin from the New Democratic Party.
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Julia Lockhart
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk Ms. Julia Lockhart
I declare Pat Martin duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
I would ask Mr. Szabo to take the chair of the committee.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Paul Szabo
Thank you, colleagues. I want you to know that when I was asked to be the nominee for this position, I was very delighted. It's an area in which I have done a fair bit of work in the past. I was chair of the government operations and estimates committee when it was responsible for access to information, privacy, and ethics. I also have served, since its inception, on the panel reviewing the estimates of all the officers of Parliament. So I'm quite familiar with the activities.
I certainly was impressed with the workload that the committee had during the first session. The work on PIPEDA and some of the work on identify theft certainly was very important, and there are some demands coming forward. We'll talk about future business after, but I understand it's usually the practice to deal with the routine motions of the committee.
I believe the clerk has circulated to all honourable members some copies of the routine motions that were adopted. I wonder if the clerk could confirm to the committee that these are identical to the motions adopted for the last session.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Richard Rumas
Mr. Chair, I can confirm that these are the motions adopted at the commencement of the first session of the 39th Parliament.
Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion that we adopt the routine motions as circulated, with one exception and one change only, and that is in the category of notice of motion. Instead of saying that 24 hours' notice be required, I would like to delete that and say that no notice be required for substantive motions.
NDP
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Paul Szabo
First of all, you've asked for consent to deal with them as a block, and I think that's the motion on the table.
It sounds like the committee would like to consider the proposal you've laid out, so possibly we can deal with the motions one by one then.
NDP
