Evidence of meeting #45 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vice-chair.
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The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Miriam Burke
Good morning, everyone. Good morning, members.
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. 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 chair.
Mr. Dechert.
Conservative
Bob Dechert Conservative Mississauga—Erindale, ON
Madam Clerk, I'd like to propose the name of Mr. Dean Allison for chair of the committee.
The Clerk
It's been moved by Mr. Dechert that Mr. Allison be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Allison duly elected chair of the committee.
The Clerk
Before I invite you to take the chair, I'm going to do the election of the vice-chairs.
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 first vice-chair.
Mr. Dechert.
Conservative
Bob Dechert Conservative Mississauga—Erindale, ON
Madam Clerk, I'd like to propose Mr. Dewar for vice-chair.
The Clerk
It's been moved by Mr. Dechert that Mr. Dewar be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Dewar duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of the opposition party other than the official opposition.
I am now ready to receive motions for the position of second vice-chair.
Conservative
John Williamson Conservative New Brunswick Southwest, NB
I'll nominate my New Brunswick colleague, Dominic LeBlanc.
The Clerk
It's been moved by Mr. Williamson that Mr. LeBlanc be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt this motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. LeBlanc duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
I want to welcome everyone back from the summer.
We don't have a lot of business for today. I was wondering if we could move into committee business for a couple of short things, and then we'll adjourn for today and we'll get started again next week. Is that okay?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Dean Allison
All right. We'll move into committee business then.
[Proceedings continue in camera]