Evidence of meeting #1 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Justin Vaive
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can receive motions only for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions and cannot entertain points of order or participate in debate.
We will now proceed to the election of the chair. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair must be a member of the government party.
I am now ready to receive motions for the chair.
Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
Mr. Clerk, I would really love to entertain debate with you, but I understand that's not possible, given what you just said, so I move that Ms. Sahota be chair.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Gerretsen that Ruby Sahota be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
There are no further motions. Is it agreed?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Ruby Sahota duly elected chair of the committee.
I invite Ruby Sahota to take the virtual chair.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Thank you, Mr. Vaive.
It is a pleasure to be back on this committee, and it is nice to see all of the very familiar faces and some new members as well. Welcome to PROC.
It's nice to have you, Ms. Vecchio. Tom, it's nice to see you as well.
Mr. Doherty, you have subbed in before as well. It's nice to have you back. It seems as though many of the other members are permanent members from the last Parliament.
Oh, actually, Mr. Finnigan, you are a new member and you have been subbing in as well. It's nice to have you back.
Ms. Blaney, Mr. Turnbull, Mr. Alghabra, Mr. Gerretsen, and Dr. Duncan, it's a pleasure to have all of you.
Mr. Therrien and Mr. Tucker, it's nice to have you as well.
I don't think I've forgotten anybody at this point.
We should carry on with the election of the vice-chairs at this time. After that we'll get into routine motions.
The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.
I'm now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
Conservative
Conservative
Karen Vecchio Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON
I would like to put forward the name of Todd Doherty for first vice-chair, representing the CPC.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Vecchio that Todd Doherty be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any other motions?
The Clerk
I'll just put the question on the motion proposed by Ms. Vecchio.
It has been moved by Ms. Vecchio that Todd Doherty be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are all in agreement?
(Motion agreed to)
Welcome, Mr. Doherty.
The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.
I am now ready to receive motions for the second vice-chair.
Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
Mr. Clerk, or Madam Chair, I nominate Mr. Therrien for second vice-chair.
The Clerk
Mr. Gerretsen has moved that Alain Therrien be elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk
Welcome, Mr. Therrien.
We have elected the chair and vice-chairs of the committee.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Congratulations, Mr. Therrien. It's nice to have you aboard again.
Let us get into the routine motions. Before we get into any other discussion, it is a priority that we set those in place.
Go ahead, Mr. Turnbull.
Liberal
Ryan Turnbull Liberal Whitby, ON
Madam Chair, I'd like to move that we adopt the routine motions, and I'll read them one by one if that's okay.
Liberal
Ryan Turnbull Liberal Whitby, ON
On analyst services, I move:
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.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
Mr. Clerk, should we vote on these one by one or just see if there is any opposition to any of the routine motions?
The Clerk
The committee could proceed in whichever way it so pleases. It can choose to go through all of them and adopt them in a block. The committee can also choose to go through them one at a time, with a vote after each one.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ruby Sahota
How would the committee like to proceed? Would you like to proceed in blocks or one at a time?
Liberal
Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
Madam Chair, can I suggest that we see if there are any routine motions that anybody would like to separate out, and then first vote on everything else in one block? Then, if there are separations, we could deal with those on their own.
