Evidence of meeting #1 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Nancy Vohl
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform the 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 and cannot 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 official opposition. I am now ready to receive motions for the chair.
Mr. Brassard.
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Conservative
John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON
I nominate Pat Kelly for the position of chair of the committee.
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The Clerk
Thank you, Mr. Brassard.
It has been moved by Mr. Brassard that Pat Kelly be elected chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Pursuant to the motion adopted by the House, I should put the motion to the question, and I should go with a recorded vote, unless there's consent of the committee.
Is it the will of the committee to adopt that Mr. Kelly be elected chair of the committee?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
(Motion agreed to)
I declare Mr. Kelly duly elected chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
Thank you very much.
I appreciate your confidence in me to chair this very important standing committee. It's a real pleasure to rejoin this committee. I spent a couple of years on the ethics committee. In fact, it was my first committee assignment after I was elected in 2015, so I'm delighted to be back and I look forward to serving all members of the committee as your chair.
If the committee is in agreement, I will proceed to the election of the vice-chairs.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House of Commons order of November 25. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Regarding the speaking list, the committee clerks will will do their best to maintain a consolidated order.
I'll also take this opportunity to remind participants of this meeting that taking screenshots or photos is not permitted.
The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
Perhaps I'll just dispense with the rest of that part and proceed directly to the election of the vice-chairs. The first vice-chair will be a member of the governing party's side.
I will open the floor to nominations for vice-chair.
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Conservative
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Liberal
Ya'ara Saks Liberal York Centre, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is my first time joining this committee, and it's a pleasure to be here with all of you, even though it is virtually this week.
I certainly do hope we can work collaboratively on the important matters that are tabled at this committee to study as we move forward.
For today, I would like to nominate my colleague Ms. Iqra Khalid as vice-chair of this committee.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
Thank you.
Ms. Iqra Khalid is nominated.
Are there any other nominations for vice-chair?
Seeing none, I would again put it to the committee. If there is agreement among the committee members, we will dispense with the recorded vote.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
(Motion agreed to)
I declare Iqra Khalid vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Conservative
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Liberal
Greg Fergus Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I nominate René Villemure for the position of second vice‑chair of the committee.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
Thank you.
There are no other nominees for the second vice-chair.
(Motion agreed to)
I declare Monsieur Villemure the second vice-chair.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
If it's the will of the room here, I will proceed to the routine motions. We have a number of them to go through this morning. I hope we can do this fairly quickly.
The first routine motion, which would have been distributed to most members of the committee....
Go ahead, Mr. Green.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Mr. Chair, as we haven't established ground rules, I'm just wondering if I could provide you with notice at the appropriate time of some motions that are outside the routine motions.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
I understand that there are members of the committee who do have outside motions. I will add you to that.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
When we are finished with the routine motions, I will go to other motions that may arise from the floor.
I will now ask, though, for a motion on analyst services. These motions were distributed to the committee.
Can someone—