Evidence of meeting #1 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was report.
A recording is available from Parliament.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. James M. Latimer
Honourable members, I see a quorum.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2)
your first order of business is to elect a chair.
I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
If Mr. Preston is interested in the position, I would be happy to nominate him.
The Clerk
Are there any other motions?
Is the committee ready for the question? All those in favour of Mr. Preston being chair?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk
Our next item of business is the election of the first vice-chair.
The first vice-president must come from the official opposition.
I would remind the committee that I am not able to recognize members in debate.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
I'd like to propose Mr. Marcel Proulx as the first vice-president of this committee.
The Clerk
Ms. Jennings moves that Mr. Proulx be elected first vice-chair.
Are there any other motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk
We can now proceed to the election of the second vice-chair, who must come from an opposition party other than the official opposition.
Conservative
The Clerk
Mr. Lukiwski moves that Mr. Guimond be elected second vice-chair.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk
I declare Monsieur Guimond duly elected second vice-chair.
I would invite Mr. Preston to take the chair.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
I've prepared a short 45-minute acceptance speech. The parade will follow after, down Wellington.
Thank you very much.
As Mr. Lukiwski said, each time I've been elected, the time I've served as the committee chair has been a little bit longer. Let's see if we can keep this one for a few months, or longer.
I understand that there might be agreement to consider a draft membership report for committees. Is that agreed?
Monsieur Guimond.
Bloc
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Has each party submitted its list? I see Mr. Latimer nodding in agreement. I ask that we suspend the proceedings for five or ten minutes to give us time to review these lists.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
A draft report has been prepared. Therefore, if you would like to do that, we are going to be handling.... Perhaps we should move in camera.
Bloc
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
No.
I just want a copy. My assistant can check and we can go on with other business.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
I would like to call the committee back to order.
Does the committee agree to adopt this report?
I'll give you one more minute.
Bloc
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
We've found a problem with the industry committee. There's one extra Liberal. The Liberals have four and are supposed to have three. It's a 12-member committee.
That's a good reason for asking for this small break.
Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Chair, on the industry, science and technology committee, the name of Mario Silva should be deleted.
