Evidence of meeting #9 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was meeting.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Okay. Let me check on our long-term list of things that PROC normally deals with.
We have some people here who go to the whips' and House leaders' meetings. Are there any items that any of the parties had thought of bringing forward to this Parliament or that might come before this committee that they could think of off the top of their head?
Liberal
Arnold Chan Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
Mr. Chair, I think I also had a substantive motion with respect to this committee rendering an opinion on Madame Labelle. I'm prepared to defer that motion. I would suggest that we might hold off until we've had the opportunity to examine the other two federal witnesses, and then I might consider amending my motion to dispense with all three in one shot, if that's acceptable to my friends on the other side.
My motion called upon this committee approve the appointment of Madam Labelle as being competent to serve on....
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Oh, yes, and Quick Draw McGraw there ended the meeting before you got to the motion that we had gone into overtime to deal with. Yes, I recall that.
Liberal
Arnold Chan Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON
My suggestion was simply that I would defer that motion until we've had the opportunity to examine the other two witnesses. I think that would be fair to everyone. We can discuss it at that time. I'm sure it will be interesting.
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Anybody who understood that reference is getting old, by the way.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Are there other things people want to discuss at this meeting?
I guess you get a sense of my modus operandi as chair. When I do those psychological tests, they show that I am task-oriented. Regardless of what anyone's agenda is, I just like to get things done and have some production from this committee. Otherwise we will be wasting our time. I think we're doing great on that, but that's just so people know where I'm coming from as I make decisions.
I would like to have some great things come out of the committee. I think we have been doing well. We're moving along quickly. We've done a lot of things. I think that's good.
NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
As long as you're not going to psychologically test us, it's all right.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Is there anything else anyone wants to bring forward?
Someone can move that we adjourn, if there's nothing else we can dispense with and get done.
Liberal