Evidence of meeting #11 for Health in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vice-chair.

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Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Andrew Bartholomew Chaplin

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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Andrew Bartholomew Chaplin

Honourable members, I see we have 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 governing party. I'm now ready to receive motions for the post of chair.

Mr. Wilks.

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Conservative

David Wilks Conservative Kootenay—Columbia, BC

I move to nominate Ben Lobb as chair.

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The Clerk

It has been moved by Mr. Wilks that Ben Lobb be elected chair of the committee. Are there any further motions?

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Conservative

Wladyslaw Lizon Conservative Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON

I would like to second that.

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The Clerk

The committee has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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The Clerk

(Motion agreed to)

I declare the motion carried and Ben Lobb duly elected chair of the committee.

Before inviting the chair to preside, if the committee wishes, we could now proceed to the election of vice-chairs.

Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.

I am now ready to receive motions for the vice-chair.

Mr. Morin, you have the floor.

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NDP

Dany Morin NDP Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

I nominate Ms. Libby Davies.

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The Clerk

Are there any other motions?

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Conservative

Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON

I would like to second that member of Parliament Libby Davies be vice-chair.

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The Clerk

Moved by Mr. Morin that Ms. Libby Davies be elected vice-chair of the committee.

The committee has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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The Clerk

(Motion agreed to)

I declare the motion carried and Libby Davies duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.

Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition. I'm now prepared to receive a motion for second vice-chair.

Mr. Lunney.

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Conservative

James Lunney Conservative Nanaimo—Alberni, BC

Yes, I propose Dr. Hedy Fry.

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The Clerk

It has been moved by Mr. Lunney that Hedy Fry be elected as second vice-chair of the committee. The committee has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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The Clerk

(Motion agreed to)

I declare the motion carried and Hedy Fry duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb

Welcome back and again thank you, everybody, for not saying no when you had a chance to.

It's great to be back. We have a few new members to our committee who are very qualified and very knowledgeable. It's great to have you two gentlemen on our committee to add to the discussion.

We've done the business we're here to do today. Is there any other business we'd like to do?

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NDP

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Move to adjourn.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb

The only thing we could discuss, if you want to for a couple of minutes, is our meeting on Thursday. We'd like to have a meeting on Thursday, if we can get all the witnesses put together. If we can do that, we'll march right along and advise everybody, if we can get the witnesses to be here on time.

Maybe too, while we just have everybody here, I know we didn't discuss this, but would you like to give us a little update about what kind of work you were working on over the break? Would you like to do that, or would you want to wait for another meeting? Do we want to talk about that, or do you want to wait until Thursday to discuss that?

What are the committee's thoughts on that?

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An hon. member

Wait until Thursday.

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NDP

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

We will probably have a motion from Eve on Thursday as well.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb

Perfect. That works well. I just wanted to make sure everybody was advised.

If there's nothing else, we'll adjourn the meeting.