Human Resources Committee on Nov. 14th, 2007

[The Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Jacques Maziade]

Welcome everyone.

I see quorum. We can now proceed to the election of the chair. I'm ready to receive motions to that effect.

Mr. Lake.

[Mike Lake, Conservative, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, AB]

I nominate Dean Allison.

[The Clerk]

Mr. Lake moves to nominate Mr. Allison. Are there any other motions?

[An hon. member]

I move that nominations be closed.

[The Clerk]

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Michael Savage, Liberal, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS]

Under certain conditions.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Clerk]

I declare the motion carried and Mr. Allison duly elected chair of the committee.

Before inviting Mr. Allison to take the chair, we will now, if the committee wishes, proceed to the election of the vice-chairs.

[Judy Sgro, Liberal, York West, ON]

I nominate Michael Savage.

[The Clerk]

Are there any further motions?

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Clerk]

I declare the motion carried and Mr. Savage duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.

Now let's proceed to the second vice-chair.

I am now prepared to receive motions for the position of second vice-chair.

[France Bonsant, Bloc, Compton—Stanstead, QC]

I nominate Mr. Lessard.

[The Clerk]

Ms. Bonsant has nominated Mr. Lessard. Are there any other motions?

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

(Motion agreed to)

I declare the motion carried and Mr. Lessard duly elected second vice-chairman of the committee.

I now invite Mr. Allison to take the chair.

[Some hon. members]

Hear, hear!

[Judy Sgro, Liberal, York West, ON]

If only all our elections could be this brief.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

Yes, that's right.

The clerk has some routine motions that are now going to be distributed. We can probably take care of them today.

We'll hand those out and then we'll go through the routine motions.

[Ruby Dhalla, Liberal, Brampton—Springdale, ON]

I have a question regarding “Minister of Foreign Affairs”.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

I'm sorry?

[Ruby Dhalla, Liberal, Brampton—Springdale, ON]

It's under “Sub-Committee on Agenda...”.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

Where is it?

[Ruby Dhalla, Liberal, Brampton—Springdale, ON]

It's in routine motions.

[The Chair, Conservative, Dean Allison]

I'm sorry, these are sample motions. This is what was taken from the foreign affairs committee; it's just a sample of routine motions. We have to adopt our own for the human resources committee.

[Michael Savage, Liberal, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS]

Mr. Chair, these are significantly different from the rules we've operated under previously. Is that correct?