Evidence of meeting #1 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Stephen Knowles
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first item on the agenda is the election of the chair. I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
Mr. Simms.
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Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Thank you, sir.
I would like to nominate Mr. Fabian Manning.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Simms--
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NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
I have a point of order, sir.
I don't have a list of the people who are on the committees. Are these the members of the Conservative Party who will be on our standing committee? I know Gerald is the parliamentary secretary, so he's gone, but is this--
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The Clerk
It has been seconded by Mr. Stoffer.
Are there any other nominations?
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The Clerk
I therefore declare Mr. Manning as chair.
We will now proceed to the election of the vice-chairs.
The first vice-chair comes from the official opposition.
Mr. Kamp.
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Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
I would like to nominate Mr. Bill Matthews.
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The Clerk
Are there any other nominations?
Mr. Matthews is declared the vice-chair for the official opposition.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
And finally, we have a vice-chair from another opposition party.
I believe Mr. Stoffer raised his hand first.
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NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Lévesque and I can do this together. We'd like to nominate Monsieur Blais as the second vice-chair.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Stoffer, seconded by Mr. Lévesque, that Mr. Blais be the second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
Would the chair like to take the chair?
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
—and the committee. We've spent some time in the House, so we're quite familiar with each other.
The work of the committee will go on, and I certainly hope we can cooperate on the very important issues we will be discussing from time to time. We're not going to reinvent the wheel.
We have a few new faces. We will take a moment to allow these two new people to introduce themselves. Then we'll discuss some procedures that we're hopefully going to be following as a committee.
I'll leave it in your hands.
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The Clerk
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm Stephen Knowles. I'm the clerk of the committee. I've been around the Hill a little. I've been with this committee before and it's a pleasure to be back again. My colleague is Erica Pereira, who might wish to say a few words. She is here to give us a hand on the first day of a committee meeting for probably obvious reasons.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
To everybody who is on the committee, welcome back.
We have some procedures. Does everybody have a copy of those?
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Some hon. members
Yes.
