Liaison Committee on May 11th, 2006

Evidence of meeting #1 for Liaison in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was wappel.

On the agenda

Committee Business

Election of Chair

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Marie-Andrée Lajoie

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Mr. Goodyear.

May 11th, 2006 / 1:15 p.m.

Conservative

Gary Goodyear Conservative Cambridge, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I have just a couple of points. That's fine if we start at 12:30; I have a committee meeting from eleven till one, so I will be showing up late.

The second thing is that on May 18, I believe, the Australian Prime Minister is here. That's a Thursday and--

1:15 p.m.

Some hon. members

It's the first Thursday of the month.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

Gary Goodyear Conservative Cambridge, ON

Thank you very much. My apologies.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Mr. Murphy, and then back to Mr. Szabo.

1:15 p.m.

Liberal

Shawn Murphy Liberal Charlottetown, PE

Mr. Chair, I have the very same comment. I think you're going to find at least three or four committees meeting from eleven to one. If you're the chair you can't, obviously, leave before one, and a lot of times you don't get out of there until a quarter after one, so it does make it somewhat difficult.

1:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

My suggestion is to maybe try to gather here in the room at a quarter to one to be punctual, to get started. Obviously, it's also dependent on the availability of rooms. I'd just urge you to try to be here as close to one as possible, and if we have quorum, then we're off to the races.

Are there any other comments on that?

So it will be one o'clock, then, and we're going to ask people, if they're going to be here at a quarter to one, to grab a quick bite, and then we'll try to get started as close to one as we can.

(Motion agreed to) [See Minutes of Proceedings]

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

I'll move on to motion 5, on services of analysts from the Library of Parliament, which is “that the Committee retain the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament, as needed, to assist the Committee in its work, at the discretion of the Chair”.

1:20 p.m.

An hon. member

So moved.

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

(Motion agreed to)

1:20 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Now, motion 6, in camera--

1:20 p.m.