Evidence of meeting #13 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was know.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
So moved.
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
That's unanimous. Thank you.
That being done, I see nothing else that we can accomplish today until the steering committee meets.
Mr. Lukiwski.
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
I have a question on the membership lists for other committees.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Oh, yes. They're all prepared and capable of being presented today.
I will ask for unanimous consent after question period to accept the committee lists.
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
You don't even run it by us here, just cursorily? No?
Okay. Fair enough.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
It's one of those things that happen in a cloud somewhere out there.
Madame Turmel.
NDP
Nycole Turmel NDP Hull—Aylmer, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We have to send our priority issues to the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure through the members representing us on it, correct?
NDP
Nycole Turmel NDP Hull—Aylmer, QC
I'm saying that for any items that we want prioritized, we have to go through our representative on the smaller committee to—
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
And please, that's the right way to do it, to have them show up Tuesday ready to discuss any item they want for this committee.
Mr. Lukiwski.
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Mr. Chair, there's one other item we should schedule. Since the latest replenishment is on a private member's bill—it's happening today—we'd have to schedule a private members' subcommittee on votability. That would be held probably the week of the 10th, either the 11th or the 13th.
We know who is on the current list of replenishment, but those members have until this Friday, I believe...and to determine those who have more than one motion or bill on their list, have until this Friday to make the determination of which one they want.
After we have the final list, we'll then need to have a subcommittee to determine whether they're votable or not.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Absolutely.
Is there any chance we could do that in the second half of the meeting on Tuesday? We have two hours, and I don't think the steering committee will take longer than the first hour.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Yes.
I recognize that we need to know who the member is from each party who is now sitting on that subcommittee for private members' business.
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
So next Tuesday is going to be the steering committee, right?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Right.
If we went from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock on the steering committee and then let private members' business meet—
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
All right.
We'll just have to schedule them to meet and report back to us in that following week.
One glitch in that following week is the budget on Tuesday the 11th. Oftentimes committee rooms are very tough to use on budget day. This room is often used to store a whole pile of copies of the budget, and lock-ups are held in other committee rooms, so you'll give your chair your best effort to find a committee room close to home for us to meet on that day.
Is there anything else?
Mr. Reid.
Conservative
Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, ON
Apropos of the Bezan hearings, when the Chief Electoral Officer was here, I made an inquiry as to whether he had sent any similar letters to other members who may have had similar problems in the past, or whether this was a unique phenomenon in his experience. He said he'd go back, investigate, and provide any further information. I think I actually requested that specific letters, if he had them, be sent to this committee. They would have come to the clerk. We've had a month and a half. I'm wondering whether or not that has actually happened.