Government Operations Committee on Feb. 16th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #1 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Committee Business

Election of Chair

Election of Vice-Chairs

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Leif-Erik Aune

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

Next is “Documents distribution”.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

So moved.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

All in favour?

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

Number seven is “Working meals”.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

So moved.

3:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

They're not waking up, so I have to say “so moved”.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

All in favour?

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Next is “Travel accommodation and living expenses of witnesses”.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

So moved.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

All in favour?

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Next is “Access to in camera meetings”.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

So moved.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

All in favour?

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Next is “Transcripts of in camera meetings”.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

So moved.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

All in favour?

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

Finally, we have “Notice of motion”.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

So moved.

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

All in favour?

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

Now we can go back just quickly to “Witnesses belonging to the same organization”.

Madam Ratansi, perhaps I could ask you to make comments, since this apparently was the only committee that adopted this particular routine motion. Can you give us some background as to why the committee felt that it would be in its best interest to adopt this, if you can recall?

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

Mr. Chair, I wasn't here from 2011 to 2014, so I'm not sure which committee adopted it. Was it the committee during 2011?

3:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Tom Lukiwski

It was in the last session.

3:50 p.m.

Liberal

Yasmin Ratansi Liberal Don Valley East, ON

That means I wasn't here.