Evidence of meeting #1 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 40th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Michelle Tittley
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Michelle Tittley. I will be the clerk for the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
I am accompanied today by my colleague Erica Pereira, who is also a committee clerk.
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 to that effect.
Mr. Masse.
The Clerk
Mr. Masse moves that Mr. Chong be nominated as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
The Clerk
Before inviting Mr. Chong to take the chair, I will proceed to the election of the first vice-chair. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition. I am ready to receive nominations for first vice-chair.
Conservative
The Clerk
Mr. Lake moves that Mr. Rota be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further nominations? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Rota duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
The Clerk
I am now prepared to receive motions for the position of second vice-chair. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of the opposition other than from the official opposition.
Liberal
Marc Garneau Liberal Westmount—Ville-Marie, QC
I move that Robert Bouchard be named second vice-chair.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Monsieur Garneau that Monsieur Bouchard be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Monsieur Bouchard duly elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Michael Chong
Thank you very much.
My thanks to all members of the committee for their support. Some members are new to the committee. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
Thank you for electing me as your chair.
The first thing the clerk is going to do is distribute the routine motions that were used in the last Parliament, so that we have something to refer to and can start a discussion about the routine motions to see whether we can adopt them today.
Before we begin on the routine motions, I thought it would be good.... Maybe we will do this after we adopt the first routine motion, but once everybody is up here at the front of the table, we would ask each of you to introduce yourself, so that people know who you are and can put faces to names.
Is it the will of the committee to begin the discussion on routine motions? It looks as though we have agreement to do that.
Does everyone have a copy of the motions that were adopted in the last Parliament? We are distributing two copies of routine motions. One is a copy of the routine motions as adopted by this committee in the last Parliament. The second copy of routine motions that you'll receive is a generic one that is distributed to all committees by the House of Commons staff.
Go ahead.
Conservative
Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB
I'd like to move the first of the routine motions as it looked in the previous Parliament, so that the committee retain the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament, and so on.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Michael Chong
Is it the will of the committee to adopt the motion to retain the services of analysts from the Library of Parliament as it was adopted in the last Parliament?
(Motion agreed to)
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Michael Chong
It seems to be unanimous, so I invite the analysts to join me at the table.
Perhaps at this point, just before we go to the next routine motion, would you each introduce yourself to the committee and tell a little about yourself, and then we can put faces to names.
The Clerk
My name is Michelle Tittley. I'm the clerk of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. I'll be happy to work with all of you. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
You can also contact the committee assistant who works with me, and her name is Nancy. The best way to get in touch with us is through the committee's e-mail account rather than through personal e-mail.
It will be my pleasure to work with all of you.
Dan Shaw Committee Researcher
My name is Dan Shaw. I'm an economist and I've been assigned to this committee for about 10 years now. I think it's my anniversary right now.
I have a team. Now and then it involves a lawyer when there's legal work, a scientist when there's science work, and I also have Terry Thomas, also an economist, who is assigned to this committee at this time.
