Evidence of meeting #1 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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3:40 p.m.
The Clerk of the Committee Mrs. Julie Geoffrion
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions, cannot entertain points of order, nor participate in debate.
We can 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 ready to receive motions for the chair.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Ruimy, that Mr. Bryan May be elected as chair of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. May duly elected chair of the committee.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Bonjour tout le monde. Unfortunately, that is probably the extent of my French for now. I do apologize for those that require the translation, but I am working on that quite diligently and hope to be able to speak in both official languages by the end of my term here.
Thank you very much.
This is a great honour and I look forward to working with all of you. We have a lot that will be coming to this committee and a lot of work to do, so I'm not going to waste a lot of time with jibber-jabber. Let's get at it.
If the committee is in agreement, I invite the clerk to proceed with the election of the vice-chairs.
February 17th, 2016 / 3:40 p.m.
Conservative
Mark Warawa Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC
I nominate Mr. Bob Zimmer, champion of the north, as vice-chair from the Conservative Party.
3:40 p.m.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Warawa that Mr. Zimmer be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Zimmer duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
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 prepared to receive motions for the second vice-chair.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Ruimy that Ms. Ashton be elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Ashton duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
I think we're just going to move toward the adoption of the routine motions. Does everyone have a copy of the motions?
3:40 p.m.
Conservative
Mark Warawa Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC
Mr. Chair, I appreciate these being handed out.
I have no problem with the routine motions that have been adopted previously. I would move that we adopt the routine proceedings with an amendment, and it's to the speaking order. I'd suggest what has been adopted by the committee on procedure and House affairs, which, having been here a very long time, is what I am used to. It works well.
In the first round it's seven minutes, and the second is five minutes. Also I think, particularly in the first round, that five or six minutes goes very fast and that with seven we get a little bit more fulsome input in the questioning in the first round. So I am moving that we adopt the routine proceedings with that change, that there be seven minutes in the first round and five minutes in the second round.
3:40 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Just for clarification, are you talking about the timing only, or the order as well?
3:40 p.m.
Conservative
Mark Warawa Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC
The time, traditionally, for the witnesses is 10 minutes per testimony. But in the rotation, in questioning the witnesses, it would be what was adopted by the procedure and House affairs committee, which I think we have—
3:40 p.m.
Conservative
Bob Zimmer Conservative Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, BC
It's a different order, though, to be clear.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Yes, I understand that.
So, I guess the question is....
You're a moving to adopt all the motions all at once, as well as—
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Conservative
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Conservative
Mark Warawa Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC
Using the model from the procedure and House affairs committee, the change in that first round would be that instead of starting with a Conservative, it would start with the government: Liberal, Conservative, NDP, and Liberal in the first round.
3:45 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Does everybody have both options in front of them?
We'll do them individually, but we will move this one to the front of the order, if you wish, and we can put that to a vote.
We need somebody to move it. For the sake of a proper motion, if you wish to read the whole motion for the record, then we can put it to a vote.
3:45 p.m.
Conservative
Mark Warawa Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC
The motion is that we adopt the routine motions, as presented, with the rotation. Is it okay to include this with the rotation being that, or do you want the adoption of this and then to amend it later? I think it's appropriate to make it a motion with that amendment. Is that not correct?
