Evidence of meeting #1 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Michael MacPherson
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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Liberal
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Jaczek that Sherry Romanado be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions? No.
Pursuant to the House order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I will now proceed to a recorded division.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 12; nays 0)
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Sherry Romanado duly elected chair of the committee.
I invite Mrs. Romanado to take the virtual chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
Thank you very much.
Thank you, members. I'm looking forward to working with you again this session.
Thank you for your trust.
With that, I will turn the chair back over to the clerk so that we can take the nominations for the vice-chairs.
11:10 a.m.
The Clerk
This is for 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 now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
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Conservative
11:10 a.m.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Derek Sloan that Mr. James Cumming be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions? No.
Pursuant to the House order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I will now proceed to a recorded division.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Cumming duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
We can now proceed to the election of the second vice-chair.
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.
11:10 a.m.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Lambropoulos that Mr. Lemire be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Seeing none, pursuant to the House order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I will now proceed to a recorded division.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Lemire duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
I hand it back over to the chair.
11:15 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
Thank you very much.
I would like to ask if there are any other motions for the position of vice-chair.
Seeing none, we will now proceed with the routine motions.
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Liberal
Emmanuella Lambropoulos Liberal Saint-Laurent, QC
Madam Chair, I remember that, in the last session, Mr. Masse was also a vice-chair. Is it something we would be willing to accept, to have a third vice-chair once again, considering the fact that this is how it has worked in the past?
11:15 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
I understand that the decision is still before the Board of Internal Economy on whether or not there's a possibility of having a further vice-chair. I'm checking with the clerk. I understand that, at the moment, we cannot pursue that, but I would like to confer further with the clerk and get back to the committee.
I agree that it worked very well in the last session, and if we are able to do so, we would like to proceed that way. Let me get back to the committee with respect to the ability of the committee to accept another vice-chair.
If it is the will of the committee, I will now move to go through the routine motions. We will go over them one by one so they can be debated and voted on as such.
With that, I will open the floor to the routine motions.
Madam Jaczek.
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Liberal
Helena Jaczek Liberal Markham—Stouffville, ON
Thank you very much, Chair.
Starting with analysts' services:
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.
Would you like me to go through them one by one?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
We're going to do them one by one. Are there any questions or comments on this motion?
(Motion agreed to)
Madam Jaczek.
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Liberal
Helena Jaczek Liberal Markham—Stouffville, ON
The next motion is on the subcommittee on agenda and procedure:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be composed of five (5) members; the chair, one member from each party; and that the subcommittee work in the spirit of collaboration.
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Liberal
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NDP
Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON
You will notice that other committees had to work in the word “collaboration”.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
On that note, because it's already in the motion, I think, in the spirit of this committee, we didn't have a problem.
Are there any other comments or questions regarding this?
(Motion agreed to)
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Liberal
Helena Jaczek Liberal Markham—Stouffville, ON
The next is on meeting without a quorum:
That the chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four (4) members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government, but when travelling outside the Parliamentary precinct, that the meeting begin after fifteen (15) minutes, regardless of members present;
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
Members, are there any questions or comments on this motion?
(Motion agreed to)
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Liberal
Helena Jaczek Liberal Markham—Stouffville, ON
The next is on the time for opening remarks and questioning of witnesses:
That the witnesses be given ten (10) minutes for their opening statement; That, at the discretion of the chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated six (6) minutes for the first questioner of each party as follows: Round 1: Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Bloc Québécois, New Democratic Party. For the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning be as follows: Conservative Party: 5 minutes, Liberal Party: 5 minutes, Conservative Party: 5 minutes, Liberal Party: 5 minutes, Bloc Québécois: 2.5 minutes, New Democratic Party: 2.5 minutes;
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NDP
Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON
I have a quick question on that, Madam Chair.
Is that different from ours? I think it might be. This is coming from the overall process. Is it the same or is it a little different?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sherry Romanado
This one is the same as the one we had in the last session.
Are there any questions or comments on the motion?
Go ahead, Madam Lambropoulos.
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Liberal
Emmanuella Lambropoulos Liberal Saint-Laurent, QC
Currently it says that witnesses have 10 minutes to give their testimony. We saw in the summer, when we were meeting almost the entire summer, that many times we had tech glitches and difficulties that did not allow us to complete all of our rounds.
Are we willing to shorten the amount of time that witnesses have to speak at the very beginning to make sure that all members have time to ask their questions and that all rounds will be completed?
