Medical Assistance in Dying Committee on April 8th, 2022

[The Joint Clerk of the Committee, Ms. Mireille Aubé]

Honourable senators and members of Parliament, there is quorum.

As Senate joint clerk of your committee, it is my duty to preside over the election of the Senate joint chair.

I'm ready to receive a nomination to that effect.

[Pierre Dalphond, Senator, Quebec (De Lorimier), PSG]

Madam Joint Clerk, I'd like to nominate Senator Yonah Martin.

[The Joint Clerk, Ms. Mireille Aubé]

Are there other nominations?

It is moved by the Honourable Senator Dalphond that the Honourable Senator Martin do take the chair of this joint committee.

Is it your pleasure, honourable senators and members of Parliament, to adopt this motion?

(Motion agreed to)

I invite the Honourable Senator Martin to take the chair as the Senate co-chair.

[The Joint Co-Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin (British Columbia, C)]

Thank you, honourable colleagues.

Thank you, Ms. Aubé.

We will now proceed to the election of a Senate deputy chair.

I'm ready to receive a motion to that effect.

[Stan Kutcher, Senator, Nova Scotia, ISG]

I propose Senator Mégie as deputy chair.

[The Joint Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin]

Thank you, Senator Kutcher.

Are there any other nominations?

Is it agreed to adopt the motion?

(Motion agreed to)

[The Joint Co-Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin]

I declare the motion carried and Senator Mégie duly elected vice‑chair of the committee.

[The Joint Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

Members of the committee, we'll proceed now to the election of the joint chair representing the House of Commons.

[Hedy Fry, Liberal, Vancouver Centre, BC]

I would like to nominate the Honourable Marc Garneau.

[The Joint Clerk, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

Thank you, Ms. Fry.

It's moved by the Honourable Hedy Fry that the Honourable Marc Garneau be elected joint chair representing the House of Commons on this committee.

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

(Motion agreed to)

The Honourable Marc Garneau is duly named joint chair of the committee.

[The Joint Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin]

Thank you.

Do we have a mover for motion one? It is as follows:

That the committee retain, as needed and at the discretion of the joint chairs, the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament to assist it in its work.

Do I have a mover for this first motion?

[Pamela Wallin, Senator, Saskatchewan, CSG]

I so move.

[The Joint Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin]

Thank you, Senator Wallin.

[The Joint Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Madam Chair Senator Martin, I believe we still have to elect the vice-chairs of the House of Commons.

I believe the joint clerk is responsible for that.

[The Joint Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin]

Thank you.

Let's go back to that, and then I'll come back to this first motion.

Thank you, Monsieur Garneau.

[The Joint Clerk, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The committee will now proceed to the election of vice-chairs representing the House of Commons.

I'm ready to receive a nomination for the position of first vice-chair.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Thank you very much.

I would be pleased to nominate Michael Barrett.

[The Joint Clerk, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

It is moved by Mr. Cooper that Michael Barrett be the first vice-chair of the committee.

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

(Motion agreed to)

Mr. Barrett is duly named the first vice-chair of the committee.

I'm ready to receive a nomination for the position of second vice-chair.

[René Arseneault, Liberal, Madawaska—Restigouche, NB]

I'd like to nominate Luc Thériault.

[The Joint Clerk, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

Mr. Arseneault moves that Mr. Thériault be elected second vice‑chair of the committee.

Is it the committee's pleasure to adopt the motion?

(Motion agreed to)

[The Joint Clerk, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

I declare the motion carried and Mr. Thériault duly elected second vice‑chair of the committee.

I'm ready to receive nominations for the position of third vice-chair.

[Michael Barrett, Conservative, Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON]

Mr. Clerk, I'd like to nominate Mr. Alistair MacGregor.

[The Joint Clerk, Mr. Leif-Erik Aune]

It's moved by Mr. Barrett that Mr. MacGregor be the third vice-chair of the committee. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the nomination?

(Motion agreed to)

Mr. MacGregor is duly elected as the third vice-chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It's much appreciated.

[The Joint Chair, Hon. Yonah Martin]

Thank you.

As you can see, I was quite eager to jump right into our committee work.

Thank you to all those who are serving in the roles and for our colleagues to have the confidence in us to work on this committee together.

At this time, I'll go back to that first motion. Senator Wallin had moved the motion regarding the services of the analysts.

[Pamela Wallin]

I so move again.