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.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Nancy Vohl

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON

On a point of order, Chair, respectfully, I believe it's members who propose the routine motions.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Yes. That's what I'm asking for.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON

Thank you.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Go right ahead if you'd like to lead us off with the first one.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON

I think I'll let my colleague Ms. Hepfner do it.

December 13th, 2021 / 11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

Sure.

The first motion is as follows:

That the committee retain, as needed and at the discretion of the Chair, the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament to assist it in its work.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Thank you.

All in favour?

(Motion agreed to)

Thank you.

At this moment, I can now invite the analysts to join the table.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

Shall I carry on?

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Yes.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

On the subcommittee on agenda and procedure, I move:

That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be composed of five members, namely

—a certain number of members that I don't have here—

the chair and one member from each recognized party; and that the subcommittee work in a spirit of collaboration.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

I would ask you to maybe rephrase that to make sure it's clear that you were moving that it be composed of five members.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

Thank you.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Okay.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

I move the following:

That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be composed of five members, namely the chair and one member from each recognized party; and that the subcommittee work in a spirit of collaboration.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Thank you.

(Motion agreed to)

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

The next motion reads, “That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive and publish evidence and to have that evidence published 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 party, but when travelling outside the parliamentary precinct, that the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of members present.”

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Okay. You are moving that the chair be authorized to hold meetings and receive and publish evidence when a quorum is....

I'm sorry, which...? Could you...?

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

It's on meeting without a quorum. Is that...?

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Right.

It's “provided that at least four members are present including one member of the opposition and one member of the government”.

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

Sure.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Okay. So I got that correctly.

All those in favour of the motion? Any opposed?

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON

Sorry, but just to seek clarification, are we saying “two” members of the opposition and “two” members of the government, or is it “one”?

11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain, ON

It says “two” here. I was just reading it.

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Okay.

This will be up to the members. We may end up needing a quick moment here. The routine motion that is typically passed would be...or the one that was adopted in the last Parliament was “one” and “one”.

Ms. Hepfner, you said “two” and “two”.

We might need some discussion on this. Is “two” and “two” acceptable?

11:25 a.m.

Conservative

John Brassard Conservative Barrie—Innisfil, ON

Can I just have a minute, Mr. Chair?