Evidence of meeting #1 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Nancy Vohl
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform the members that the clerk of the committee can receive motions only for the election of the chair. She can't receive any other types of motions and she can't entertain points of order or participate in the debate.
We can now proceed to the election of the chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair must be a member of the government party.
I am now ready to receive motions for the election of the chair.
Liberal
Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Madam Clerk, I nominate Ken McDonald as chair of the fisheries and oceans committee.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Hardie that Mr. McDonald be elected chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions?
Seeing none, pursuant to the motion adopted by the House I will have to put the question and ask for a recorded vote, unless there is unanimous consent to the motion.
(Motion agreed to)
There is unanimous consent. Mr. McDonald can take the chair.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Thank you, everyone. I wish every election could be as easy and be by unanimous consent. I'm sure some people probably voted for someone Liberal for the first time, but I do appreciate it being by unanimous consent of all parties. I look forward to everybody working together as we have in the past.
I especially want to congratulate Mr. Bragdon on his new appointment on the Conservative side. I welcome from Cape Breton—Canso, Mr. Kelloway; and a new member to the committee, Mr. Mazier, from Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa. You have big shoes to fill. The former member, Mr. Sopuck, added quite a bit of knowledge and participated a lot in this committee. He was sorely missed when he decided not to run again, but I'm sure you're up to the challenge.
I welcome Mr. d'Entremont, whose riding is West Nova. I'm sure the fishery is important to that area of his province, like it is to many of us in our provinces. Mr. d'Entremont, I'm sure we'll get alone fine. In school, my son had a teacher by the name of d'Entremont, and I hope our relationship is a lot better than he had with his teacher, because it wasn't a good one. I'm sure it will be much better than that.
Are there any nominations for first vice-chair?
The Clerk
Mr. Chair, if I may intervene, I have a few specific words to say in order to be procedurally correct.
I will proceed to the election of vice-chairs.
The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.
I'm now prepared to receive motions for the position of first vice-chair.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Madam Clerk, I would like to nominate MP Richard Bragdon as the first vice-chair of the committee.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Arnold that Mr. Bragdon be elected first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions for the position of first vice-chair of the committee?
According to the motion adopted by the House, I will proceed with a recorded vote.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 10; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
October 14th, 2020 / 11:15 a.m.
Liberal
Jaime Battiste Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS
Mr. Chair, I'd like to nominate Marilène Gill as the second vice-chair.
The Clerk
Pursuant to the Standing Orders, the second vice-chair of the committee must be a member of the opposition other than the official opposition.
Mr. Battiste moved that Ms. Gill be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions for the position of second vice-chair of the committee?
Since there are no further motions, we'll proceed again to a recorded division, pursuant to the House Order of September 23.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 10; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
The Clerk
I want to congratulate the chair and the vice-chairs on their election.
Mr. Chair, the floor is yours.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Thank you, Nancy, and congratulations to the vice-chairs.
Now we're ready to see if there will be a motion for us to adopt the routine motions.
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
Mr. Chair, I would move the adoption of the following routine motions.
First is analyst services:
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 in its work.
The Clerk
I will specify with you and the committee how you can proceed. The motion adopted by the House on September 23 was that all votes should be taken by recorded vote, unless there is unanimous consent of the committee to agree or unless it is a vote on division.
I don't know if the committee today wants to proceed with a recorded vote for every single vote or if, Mr. Chair, you want to ask if we should proceed the other way.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Do we want to proceed with unanimous consent or do you want a recorded vote?
Bloc
The Clerk
The routine motion is that the committee retain the help of an analyst.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 10; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
This is the second routine motion:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be composed of five (5) members; the Chair, one member from each Party; and that the subcommittee work in the spirit of collaboration.
Liberal
Jaime Battiste Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS
Mr. Chair, I'd like to add an amendment to that.
I believe that it's been duly agreed at other meetings that, “the witnesses be given five minutes for their opening statements, that, whenever possible, witnesses provide the committee with their opening statements 72 hours in advance, that, at the discretion of the chair during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated six minutes for the first questioner of each party, as follows: round one: Conservative Party; Liberal Party; Bloc Québécois; New Democratic Party. For the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning to be as follows: Conservative Party, five minutes, Liberal Party, five minutes, Bloc Québécois, two and a half minutes and New Democratic Party, two and a half minutes; Conservative Party, five minutes and Liberal Party, five minutes.”
That's the first amendment.
I will just go to the second amendment for other in camera meetings, “...that the committee may only meet in camera for the following purposes: a) to consider a draft report; (b) to attend briefings considering national security; (c) to consider lists of witnesses; (d) for any other reason with the unanimous consent of the committee. That all votes taken in camera, with the exception of votes regarding the consideration of draft reports be recorded in the minutes of proceedings, including how each member voted when recorded votes are requested; that any motion to sit in camera is debatable and amendable.”
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
Mr. Chair, I have a point of order. I don't believe that's in relation to the motion that was just read. I believe that's down on number four, Jaime.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
That's exactly what I was going to raise, Mr. Morrissey. I don't think that it applies to the motion that you just read out.
Liberal
Jaime Battiste Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS
Then I have been briefed incorrectly and I apologize for jumping the gun. I hope that you will allow me to say that again at another time.
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
Mr. Chair, do you want me to read it again, or is everybody clear? It's on the subcommittee on agenda and procedure. It's simply the makeup of the subcommittee.
