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.
Noon
Liberal
Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON
The next one is with regard to notice of motion:
That a 48-hour notice, interpreted as two nights, be required for any substantive motion to be considered by the committee, unless the substantive motion relates directly to business then under consideration, provided that: (1) the notice be filed with the clerk of the committee no later than 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday; (2) the motion be distributed to Members and the offices of the whips of each recognized party in both official languages by the clerk on the same day the said notice was transmitted if it was received no later than the deadline hour; (3) notices received after the deadline hour or on non-business days be deemed to have been received during the next business day; and that when the committee is travelling on official business, no substantive motion may be moved.
Noon
Liberal
Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON
The motion on orders of reference from the House respecting bills reads:
That in relation to orders of reference from the House respecting bills,
(a) The clerk of the committee shall, upon the committee receiving such an order of reference, write to each member who is not a member of a caucus represented on the committee to invite those members to file with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages, any amendments to the bill, which is the subject of the said Order, which they would suggest that the committee consider;
(b) Suggested amendments filed, pursuant to paragraph (a), at least 48 hours prior to the start of clause-by-clause consideration of the bill to which the amendments relate shall be deemed to be proposed during the said consideration, provided that the committee may, by motion, vary this deadline in respect of a given bill; and
(c) During the clause-by-clause consideration of a bill, the Chair shall allow a member who filed suggested amendments, pursuant to paragraph (a), an opportunity to make brief representations in support of them.
Noon
Liberal
Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON
Now to the motion on technical tests for witnesses, is everyone on the same page?
It reads:
That the clerk inform each witness who is to appear before the committee that the House administration support team must conduct technical tests to check the connectivity and the equipment used to ensure the best possible sound quality; and that the Chair advise the committee, at the start of each meeting, of any witness who did not perform the required technical tests.
Noon
Liberal
Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON
The motion on linguistic review reads:
That all documents submitted for committee business that do not come from a federal department or members’ offices, or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau be sent for prior linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members.
Noon
NDP
Noon
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
No, one moment. I have other motions that I want to make sure I've dealt with under routine motions before we proceed. In fact, I'm going to need a moment to confer with the clerk.
Thank you very much for concluding our routine motions. I am going to entertain other motions at this time—
12:05 p.m.
NDP
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
I had been informed that Mr. Brassard wished to move a motion, and then you informed me that you also wished to move a motion, so I will go in that order. It looks like Mr. Villemure has a motion as well, so I'm going to go with Mr. Brassard first, and we'll proceed after that.
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON
Thank you, Chair.
I have a point of clarification before I do move my motion. There was one routine motion that we were to come back to with respect to the designation of two members and two members. Were we not supposed to—
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON
Yes, and just so you know, Chair, I was dealing with the wrong sheet at the time, so now that I have that clarified....
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
Okay, so if you wish to do that, let's knock that off first, then I'll go to you.
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
Do we have a mover? I guess we're resuming debate on the meeting without quorum.
May I have either you or perhaps Ms. Hepfner—
12:05 p.m.
Liberal
Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON
Are we saying two members or one member? Two members, okay.
The motion on meeting without a quorum then reads: “That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and publish evidence when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present including two members of the opposition parties and two members of the government, but when travelling outside the parliamentary precinct, that the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of members present.”
12:05 p.m.
Liberal
Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON
Sorry, Mr. Chair, I have a question, just a point of clarification.
When we say “two members of the opposition parties”, are we saying two different opposition parties or is it just any two members from the opposition benches?
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
The motion Ms. Hepfner delivered should refer just to “opposition”, not “opposition parties” So I would take that to be any members who are members of an opposition party.
(Motion agreed to)
Thank you.
Mr. Brassard, you have the floor.
