Evidence of meeting #1 for International Trade in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was thursday.
A recording is available from Parliament.
3:35 p.m.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Jean-Marie David
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
We can now proceed to the election of the chair.
I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
Mr. Julian.
March 9th, 2010 / 3:35 p.m.
NDP
Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
I'd like to move that Mr. Lee Richardson be elected chair.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Julian that Mr. Lee Richardson 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)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Richardson the duly elected chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
We will now proceed to election of the first vice-chair. Are there any motions to that effect?
Mr. Silva.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
Moved by Mr. Silva that Mr. Cannis be elected first vice-chair.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare Mr. Cannis elected.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
I am now ready to receive nominations for the position of second vice-chair.
Are there any motions in this regard?
Mr. Guimond.
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Bloc
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The Clerk
Moved by Mr. Guimond that Mr. Laforest be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to.)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Laforest duly elected as vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
I now invite Mr. Richardson to take the chair.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
Let me first thank Mr. Julian for his gracious nomination and also for hosting the after-party.
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
3:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
Free tofu? That's good, Scott.
We do have just a couple of minor things. Let's get them out of the way, and then we can decide whether or not we want to spend the rest of the afternoon here.
The first is the usual motion to pay the bills. I think everyone knows about this stuff.
On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, the House of Commons adopted the following order:
That, for all standing committees, routine motions in effect at the time of prorogation of the previous session be deemed to have been adopted in the current session, provided that committees be empowered to alter or rescind such motions as they deem appropriate.
Accordingly, the routine motions that were in effect at the time of prorogation are reinstated. The clerk will reflect the House order in the minutes of this meeting. The committee can, if it chooses, amend any of these motions.
Finally, for our purposes, the clerk has distributed a copy of all the motions to committee members.
So really, I guess you're going to save us some time, Mr. Clerk.
Does anybody have any changes to what we did last time? This is really just about paying the bills, the order of speaking and the length, and all those kinds of things.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
Well, no, we don't have to if we're all in agreement, but I think if we're all in agreement we should so designate so that--
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Lee Richardson
Merci.
[Inaudible--Editor]...to make an announcement.
Mr. Cannis, go ahead.
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Liberal
John Cannis Liberal Scarborough Centre, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and congratulations. I know that on our side we all look forward to working with you and our colleagues across the way.
Mr. Chairman, I want to take this opportunity to invite all on the committee, and our staff as well, to meet Ms. Adriana Mejía Hernández, foreign deputy minister, multilateral affairs, from Colombia, next Wednesday, March 17, at 12:30 p.m. She will be visiting us, and we're going to host a lunch in the parliamentary restaurant. As we move on the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement, and given some of the concerns with respect to the human rights situation in Colombia, I thought there would be an opportunity with the vice-minister here for her to give us a 10-minute or 15-minute presentation over lunch. The floor, of course, will be open for any discussion as well.
I'm going to have my staff pass around an invitation indicating this. I would ask only for organizational purposes if we could coordinate this by Friday, or Monday at the latest, so that we can book this. Of course, I want to mention again that the staff are invited as well.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
