Human Resources Committee on June 18th, 2025

[The Clerk of the Committee, Alexandre Longpré]

Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.

Pursuant to Standing Order 106(3)(a), as the clerk of the committee, I will preside over the election of the chair and the vice-chairs.

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 and cannot 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.

Go ahead, Madam Koutrakis.

[Annie Koutrakis, Liberal, Vimy, QC]

I would like to nominate Robert Morrissey for the chair.

[The Clerk]

Are there any further motions?

It has been moved by Ms. Koutrakis that Mr. Morrissey be elected as chair of the committee.

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

(Motion agreed to)

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

[The Chair (Robert Morrissey (Egmont, Lib.)), Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

Thank you for the nomination. Sometimes there are no choices.

Before we begin, I want to remind everybody to choose the language that you wish to participate in during the meeting. Make sure you're on the right channel so that you can fully participate.

Please refrain from tapping the microphone booms or doing any reaching to ensure the safety of our translators and interpreters.

If the committee is in agreement, I invite the clerk to preside over the election of the vice-chairs.

[The Clerk]

Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.

I am now ready to receive motions for the first vice-chair.

Mr. Genuis.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Thank you, Mr. Clerk.

I can just say, first of all, congratulations to you, Mr. Chair. We look forward to working with you.

I'm pleased to nominate Ms. Rosemarie Falk as the vice-chair.

[The Clerk]

It has been moved by Mr. Genuis that Ms. Falk be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.

Are there any further motions?

I will now put the motion to the committee. It has been moved by Mr. Genuis that Ms. Falk be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.

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

(Motion agreed to)

I declare the motion carried and Ms. Falk duly elected the first vice-chair of the committee.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

Congratulations, Ms. Falk.

I believe that of the current members on this committee, you have the most extensive experience. You were here before me.

[Rosemarie Falk, Conservative, Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake, SK]

I don't think I was, but I'll take that.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

You were.

[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 prepared to receive motions for the second vice-chair.

Go ahead, Madame Desrochers.

[Caroline Desrochers, Liberal, Trois-Rivières, QC]

First, let me congratulate Mrs. Falk and the chair.

I nominate Marilène Gill for the role of second vice-chair.

[The Clerk]

It has been moved by Ms. Desrochers that Mrs. Gill be elected as second vice-chair of the committee.

Are there any further motions?

(Motion agreed to)

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

Now that we have dealt with the election of the executive of the committee, we will move to the adoption of the routine motions.

Is that right, Clerk?

[The Clerk]

Yes, we will move to the routine motions.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

To all members, especially incoming members, committees generally adopt routine motions that have been discussed by the various parties. These motions, if you choose to adopt them, ensure the orderly conduct of the meetings and ensure that everybody has their fair share of time in the meetings.

I believe that every member has received the routine motions. If you have them all, is it your wish to go one by one or simply to adopt them as presented?

Go ahead, Mr. Genuis.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I think they should be read out, but we could maybe just read them all out and then agree to them.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

That's fine with me. I'll ask the clerk then to....

Mr. Genuis, could you make that a motion?

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

I will move the following:

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.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

Is there agreement to adopt this?

(Motion agreed to)

Are we going to go through each one, or do you want to...?

[Annie Koutrakis, Liberal, Vimy, QC]

If it's the will of the committee, Chair, I can read several, maybe to the bottom of the first page, and then someone else can continue, or I can put up my hand and read them all at once. It's whatever the committee wishes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

We forgot.... I was wondering where they were. The familiar analysts are sitting in the back of the room. I would invite the analysts to come and join me at the head of the committee. For the new members, these are your analysts for HUMA.

It's good to have you back. I'm sorry that I overlooked you. You're always there. I just assumed you were.

With that, we had a motion from Mr. Genuis on the first one. That was carried. We're now going down to “Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure”. I'm going to go through these. If it's good, I'll ask for a motion to adopt it.

Madam Koutrakis—

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

If you're moving a motion, the motion has to be.... I assume we all have the same sheet, but can we read out the motions so that they're on the record?

The clerks are nodding. I think that's the best practice.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bobby Morrissey]

Okay.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Just move the motion, and then we'll all be good to go.