Justice Committee on Feb. 4th, 2013

[The Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Jean-François Pagé]

Honourable members of the committee,

I see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of the chair.

Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair of the committee must be a member of the government party.

I am ready to receive motions for chair.

Madame Boivin.

[Françoise Boivin, NDP, Gatineau, QC]

Thank you.

I want to welcome everyone, especially the new members of the committee, as we enter 2013.

I would like to nominate my colleague, Mike Wallace.

[The Clerk]

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. Wallace duly elected chair of the committee.

[Some hon. members]

Hear, hear!

[The Chair, Conservative, Mike Wallace]

Thank you, Ms. Boivin.

We're going to do this relatively quickly.

I appreciate that you guys didn't meet last week while I was away. That was nice.

On Wednesday we have the potential for the minister to come before us for the first hour to start the discussion on Bill S-9. The second hour would be for the officials.

I need unanimous consent for that to happen. After that, we will adjourn this meeting and then begin the meeting of the subcommittee on agenda and procedure.

Could I have a motion for unanimous consent for that?

[Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Conservative, Delta—Richmond East, BC]

I so move that we start consideration of Bill S-9 on Wednesday, with the Minister of Justice coming for the first hour and the officials for the second hour.

[The Chair, Conservative, Mike Wallace]

Are there any questions or comments? Are we all in agreement?

(Motion agreed to)

[The Chair, Conservative, Mike Wallace]

That's carried, so I will conclude this meeting. Those who are not on the subcommittee on agenda and procedure can leave.

[Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Conservative, Delta—Richmond East, BC]

Replacing Mr. Goguen on that subcommittee just for today is Dan Albas.

[The Chair, Conservative, Mike Wallace]

Okay.

This meeting is adjourned.

Thank you very much.