Good morning, everyone.
I appreciate the unanimous consent for my election to the chair. I would assume the fact that there were no hands raised opposed is a good thing. We're off to a great start.
I would like to thank Jean-François Lafleur for getting everything going in such a timely fashion.
As you know, colleagues, this is a subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance that was just given its mandate a short while ago.
I think it's best that we put this in context as we get going.
The second report of the finance committee was that:
A. pursuant to Standing Orders 108(1)(a) and 108(1)(b), a Subcommittee on Bill C-38 (Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act) be established to examine the clauses contained in Part 3....
—that will be the part this subcommittee is tasked with—
...(Responsible Resource Development) of the Bill, provided that
(i) the subcommittee be composed of twelve (12) members including seven (7) from the Conservative Party, four (4) from the New Democratic Party, and one (1) from the Liberal Party, to be named following the usual consultations with the Whips,
(ii) the chair of the subcommittee be a member of the Conservative Party,
(iii) the subcommittee be empowered to send for persons, papers and records, to receive evidence, to sit during a time when the Committee is not sitting in Ottawa, to sit when the Committee is sitting outside the Parliamentary Precinct and to sit during periods when the House stands adjourned,
(iv) the subcommittee adopt the routine motions of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, other than the creation of a subcommittee on agenda and procedure....
—so all of the agenda and procedure discussions that we will have, we will have as a whole subcommittee—
(v) the subcommittee finish its examination no later than 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 4, 2012, and report its findings to the Standing Committee on Finance at the next available opportunity, provided that if the subcommittee has not reported by that time, it shall be deemed to have reported a recommendation that the clauses contained in Part 3 of Bill C-38 be carried;
Does everybody understand that? Does anybody want to go through the routine motions from the Standing Committee on Natural Resources? I think that would probably be a handy thing to have.
Does everyone have a copy of that? Is everybody satisfied with those routine motions?