Evidence of meeting #1 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Chris Bittle
Thank you, Mr. Fergus.
We'll put the amendment to a vote.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Motion as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
Thank you, Chair. I'm going to read my next motion.
It reads, “That, pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(1), the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business be composed of one member from each recognized party and a chair from the government party, and that [name of member] be appointed chair of the subcommittee.”
Should I have read “Chris Bittle”? I apologize. It's my first time doing this.
Liberal
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
I move:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(1), the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business be composed of one (1) member from each recognized party and a Chair from the Government party; and that Élisabeth Brière be appointed Chair of the Subcommittee.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Chris Bittle
Okay.
Is there any debate?
(Motion agreed to)
Go ahead, Ms. Kayabaga.
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll read the next motion:
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 Chris Bittle
Is there any debate on the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
The analysts are more than welcome to come up. We definitely need their support. I know it talks about support “as needed”, but it's always needed. Welcome back. Thank you.
Go ahead, Ms. Kayabaga.
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll proceed with the next motion:
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 Chris Bittle
Thank you very much.
Is there any debate?
(Motion agreed to)
Go ahead, Ms. Kayabaga.
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll also move a motion on meeting without a quorum:
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
The Chair Liberal Chris Bittle
Is there any debate?
(Motion agreed to)
Please continue, Ms. Kayabaga.
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
I have another motion. It is on travel:
That, when travelling outside the Parliamentary Precinct: (a) the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of whether quorum is present, (b) no substantive motion may be moved during such meetings.
Liberal
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
Thank you.
This is on the time for opening remarks and the questioning of witnesses.
The motion reads, “That witnesses be given five minutes for their opening statements; that whenever possible, witnesses provide the committee with their opening statements 72 hours in advance; that, at the direction of the Chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated six minutes in round one for the first questioner from the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois; that for the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning be as follows: Conservative Party, five minutes; Liberal Party, five minutes; Bloc Québécois, two and a half minutes; Conservative Party, five minutes; Liberal Party, five minutes.”
Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
I don't want to be a stickler, but I do believe Madam Kayabaga said “direction” instead of “discretion” when she was reading it. I just want to make sure that it follows the text that I have here, which is “at the discretion”.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Chris Bittle
Are we all good with the language—just to be clear—that Mr. Calkins has clarified?
Conservative
Blaine Calkins Conservative Ponoka—Didsbury, AB
Just to be clear, I think it was just a verbal typo. The word I heard was “direction”, and the text that I have says “discretion”, so I want to make sure which word we're agreeing to.
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
I said “discretion”. Maybe my accent didn't catch up, but it's “discretion”.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Chris Bittle
That's excellent.
Is there any further debate?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Go ahead, Ms. Kayabaga.
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West, ON
Concerning document distribution, I move:
That only the clerk of the committee be authorized to distribute documents to members of the committee and only when the documents are in both official languages; and that all documents submitted to the committee in both official languages that do not come from a federal department, members’ offices, or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau, be sent for linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members, and that the witnesses be advised accordingly.