Evidence of meeting #1 for Health in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was clerk.
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Liberal
Maggie Chi Liberal Don Valley North, ON
Do I just read them out one by one? Okay.
On analyst services, the motion reads:
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 it in its work.
On the subcommittee on agenda and procedure, the motion is:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I'm sorry. Let's do each each motion separately.
Thank you, Ms. Chi.
We'll go ahead. Is there any debate on this motion? Can I entertain a vote on the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
On the second motion, is there anyone who wants to—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Can the analysts who are in the room please come to your chairs?
Thank you. Maybe you can introduce yourselves.
I'm sorry, Dan.
Conservative
Dan Mazier Conservative Riding Mountain, MB
Chair, once we've done this, is there a reason that we're reading out each individual motion? Maybe we can just adopt them as—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I want to be fair. It's just in case somebody doesn't like it. Even though it's routine, somebody might object this time, so let's just get it done appropriately.
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Thank you.
These are our analysts. Perhaps I can let you introduce yourselves.
Kelly Farrah Committee Researcher
Hello, everyone. My name is Kelly Farrah, and this is my colleague, Tu-Quynh Trinh.
We were also the analysts for HESA in the previous session. We're looking forward to working with you all.
Tu-Quynh Trinh Committee Researcher
My name is Tu-Quynh Trinh. I'm happy to be here.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Thank you. That's good.
Does anybody want to move the next motion?
Go ahead, Ms. Chi.
Liberal
Maggie Chi Liberal Don Valley North, ON
On the subcommittee on agenda and procedure, it reads:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be composed of four members: the Chair and one member from each recognized party, as designated by each party’s whip, and that the subcommittee work in a spirit of collaboration.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Is there any debate on this motion?
Shall I call the question?
(Motion agreed to)
Go ahead again.
Will we let Ms. Chi read them all out?
Liberal
Maggie Chi Liberal Don Valley North, ON
On meeting without a quorum, the motion reads:
That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence published when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present, including two members of the opposition parties and two members of the government party.
Liberal
Liberal
Maggie Chi Liberal Don Valley North, ON
This one is on travel:
That, when travelling outside the Parliamentary Precinct, (a) the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of whether quorum is present, and (b) no substantive motion may be moved during such meetings.
Liberal
Maggie Chi Liberal Don Valley North, ON
On time for opening remarks and questioning of witnesses:
That witnesses be given five (5) 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 (6) minutes for the first questioner of each party as follows:
For the first round, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Bloc Québécois;
For the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning be as follows: Conservative Party, five (5) minutes; Liberal Party, five (5) minutes; Bloc Québécois, two and a half (2.5) minutes; Conservative Party, five (5) minutes; Liberal Party, five (5) minutes.
Liberal
Marcus Powlowski Liberal Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
I'm not going to propose it for this time around because there hasn't been consultation, but given that we're a health committee, there should be a requirement that any conflict of interest be declared beforehand, which I think has become the standard in medicine.
Again, having not consulted anybody on this, I'm not proposing it, but at some point I think we ought to make that a requirement.
