Evidence of meeting #1 for Justice and Human Rights in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was moore.

A recording is available from Parliament.

going to move

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Miriam Burke

The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Miriam Burke

Order.

Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of a chair.

I am ready to receive motions to that effect.

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Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

I nominate Art Hanger to be chair of the justice committee.

As spoken

The Clerk

It has been moved by Mr. Lee that Art Hanger be elected chair of the committee.

Are there further motions?

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

(Motion agreed to)

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

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Some hon. members

Hear, hear!

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The Chair Conservative Art Hanger

Thank you, all.

As spoken

The Clerk

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

As spoken

Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

I nominate Brian Murphy to be first vice-chair.

As spoken

The Clerk

It has been moved by Mr. Lee that Mr. Murphy be nominated first vice-chair.

As spoken

Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC

I move that nominations be closed.

As spoken

The Clerk

Is the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion by Mr. Lee?

(Motion agreed to)

As spoken

The Clerk

I declare the motion carried and Mr. Murphy duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.

Let us move to the election of the second vice-chair.

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Carole Freeman Bloc Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, QC

I nominate Mr. Ménard.

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The Clerk

Mrs. Freeman nominates Mr. Ménard.

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Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

I move that nominations be closed.

As spoken

The Clerk

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

(The motion is carried.)

I declare the motion carried and Mr. Ménard duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.

I now invite Mr. Hanger to take the chair.

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11:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Art Hanger

Thank you, one and all.

Getting right down to business, we have some routine motions, if that's the pleasure of the committee.

As spoken

Some hon. members

Agreed.

As spoken

11:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Art Hanger

Okay. They will be distributed right now.

As spoken

Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

On a point of order, can I ask you, Mr. Chairman and the clerk, if these routine motions are in the same form as existed for the committee before the prorogation? They're identical?

As spoken

The Clerk

They're just guidelines, as it is--

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Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

They're just guidelines? No, are they the same?

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The Clerk

They're the ones that the committee adopted last time.

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Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

Okay, thank you.

As spoken

A voice

Except the hours of notice on the last one.

As spoken

Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

Mr. Chairman, in the last one, with regard to notice of motion, the time period is left blank.

As spoken