Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on Sept. 29th, 2010

[The Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Graeme Truelove]

Good afternoon, honourable members. Welcome to the committee, and welcome to the new committee room. It might interest members to know that this is actually the very first committee to meet in any of the new rooms.

Seeing a quorum, we can now proceed to the election of the chair. I am ready to receive motions to that effect.

It has been moved by Mr. Dreeshen that Mr. Stanton be elected chair of the committee.

Are there any further motions?

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

(Motion agreed to)

[The Clerk]

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

[Some hon. members]

Hear, hear!

[Earl Dreeshen, Conservative, Red Deer, AB]

I would like to nominate Bruce Stanton.

[An hon. member]

I'll second it.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Thank you very much--a very difficult, difficult contest.

[An hon. member]

Congratulations.

[The Clerk]

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

[Anita Neville, Liberal, Winnipeg South Centre, MB]

I nominate Todd Russell.

[The Clerk]

Ms. Neville nominates Mr. Russell.

Are there any further motions?

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

[Marc Lemay, Bloc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC]

Allez, mon Todd from Labrador.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[Marc Lemay, Bloc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC]

(Motion agreed to)

[The Clerk]

I declare Mr. Russell vice-chair of the committee.

[Some hon. members]

Hear, hear!

[Todd Russell, Liberal, Labrador, NL]

Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much.

[The Clerk]

Are there motions for the second vice-chair?

Monsieur Lemay.

[Marc Lemay, Bloc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC]

I nominate Ms. Jean Crowder.

[The Clerk]

Mr. Lemay nominates Ms. Crowder.

Are there any further motions?

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

(Motion agreed to)

Ms. Crowder is duly elected second vice-chair.

[Some hon. members]

Hear, hear!

[The Clerk]

I will now invite Mr. Stanton to take the chair.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much for your indulgence on a very toughly fought contest.

My congratulations to each of the vice-chairs, who you all will know--with the exception of, I think, our one new member since our last committee constitution. We welcome John Weston as a regular member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

As I'm sure you all know at this point, we also welcome a new parliamentary secretary. Some changes took place just prior to resuming the session. We welcome Ms. Shelley Glover as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Welcome to all. We don't really have any other items of business in front of us here today.

However, am I given to understand,

Mr. Lévesque,would you like to introduce a motion to the members of the committee?

[Yvon Lévesque, Bloc, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC]

My motion follows up on the implementation of the Nutrition North Canada program to replace the Food Mail program. Since its inception...

[The Chair, Conservative, Bruce Stanton]

Just one moment, Mr. Lévesque. Excuse me.

Mr. Bagnell, you have the floor.

[Larry Bagnell, Liberal, Yukon, YT]

Can you explain how these new translation things work? In particular, how do you get the volume higher?