Go ahead.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Okay. I'm going to explain the process.
If I'm not here as the chair, if I choose to take a health break, and if Ms. Nash is here as the first vice-chair, she would have to take the chair. She does not have an option; she would have to take the chair. If I were not here and Ms. Nash were not here and Mr. Brison were here, then he would have to take the chair as the second vice-chair. If the three of us are not here, as happened in one meeting—I nominated someone and Mr. Van Kesteren filled in as the chair. That can certainly happen, but that happens with the consent of the committee, and as the clerk explained, there is a difference between consent and unanimous consent.
If the three of us, the chair and the two vice-chairs, are not in the room, there is a process to nominate an acting chair. There is a motion to nominate, which is non-debatable. It's proposed by a member, and to the question Mr. Bélanger asked—can this motion be proposed given the motion we adopted—yes. The clerk is going to explain that further, but the motion the committee adopted that dealt with Bill C-45 does not preclude the introduction of a motion for an acting chair.
If there is only one nomination that's proposed, members vote on that nomination. If there's more than one person, the proposition for a nomination is a secret vote, as per Standing Order 106(3).
Does that answer everyone's questions?
Mr. Bélanger.