Evidence of meeting #1 for Liaison in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was elected.

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Clerk of the Committee  Mr. André Gagnon

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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. André Gagnon

Bonjour à tous. Good afternoon. I think we have quorum.

My name is André Gagnon. I'm the clerk of the Liaison Committee.

As you are aware, our first item of business today is the election of the chair. I am now ready to take a motion.

Madame Boivin.

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NDP

Françoise Boivin NDP Gatineau, QC

Thank you.

I move that Mr. Allison be elected chair of the committee.

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The Clerk

Ms. Boivin moves that Mr. Allison be elected chair of the Liaison Committee.

Are there any other motions?

The motion before the committee is that Mr. Allison be elected chair of the Liaison Committee.

(Motion agreed to)

Congratulations, Mr. Allison.

We shall now proceed with the election of a vice-chair. I am ready to take a motion.

Mr. Bezan.

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Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake, MB

I move that Mr. Christopherson be elected vice-chair.

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The Clerk

Mr. Bezan proposes that Mr. Christopherson be elected vice-chair of the Liaison Committee.

Are there any other motions?

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Conservative

Merv Tweed Conservative Brandon—Souris, MB

That's playing fair.

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Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

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The Clerk

The motion before the committee is that Mr. Christopherson be elected vice-chair of the Liaison Committee.

(Motion agreed to)

Mr. Christopherson is duly elected vice-chair of the committee.

Now I invite Mr. Allison to take the chair.

Merci.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

We're going to proceed now with the election of the subcommittee on committee budgets. What we're going to need is a total of seven. We already have a chair and a vice-chair; we'll need five other, additional members.

Mr. Preston.

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Conservative

Joe Preston Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON

I'd like to nominate Mr. Miller.

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Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake, MB

I nominate Mr. Tweed.

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Conservative

Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON

I nominate Mr. Preston.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Mr. Tweed.

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Conservative

Merv Tweed Conservative Brandon—Souris, MB

Mr. Bezan has a lot of experience on this, so I would nominate him.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Ms. Smith.

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Conservative

Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB

I nominate Mr. Warkentin.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Mr. Martin.

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NDP

Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

I'd like to nominate Madame Boivin.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

We now have six members, instead of the five. I want to ask the committee whether it would be okay if we went with the six members we have nominated, plus the two, the chair and the vice-chair.

Is that okay?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

Thank you very much.

We're now going to go forward with routine motions.

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NDP

David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Can we go in camera?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

We've actually been....

I have two routine motions here. The first is on working meals: that the clerk of the committee be authorized to make the necessary arrangements to provide working meals for the committee and its subcommittees.

Do I have someone to move that for me?

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Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake, MB

I so move.

(Motion agreed to)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dean Allison

The second routine motion I have is with regard to the service of the analysts from the Library of Parliament: that the committee retain as needed and at the discretion of the chair the services of one or more of the analysts from the Library of Parliament to assist in its work.

Mr. Benoit moves the motion to adopt.

(Motion agreed to)

Thank you very much for dealing with routine motions.

We'll move on to item 5. Just give us a moment to go in camera, and then we'll look at our financial report.

[Proceedings continue in camera]