Evidence of meeting #1 for National Defence in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Andrew Wilson
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can receive motions only for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions and cannot entertain points of order or participate in debate.
We can now proceed to the election of the chair. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair must be a member of the government party.
I am ready to receive motions for the chair.
Mr. Fisher.
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Liberal
Darren Fisher Liberal Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Welcome, everybody. It's great—on the last possible day, I guess—to be in front of all of you, face to face.
I would be honoured to nominate John McKay for the position of chair of the national defence committee.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Fisher that Mr. McKay be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
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An hon. member
Debate.
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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The Clerk
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. McKay duly elected chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
We have routine proceedings, but I see that the vote has been called already.
Am I in a position, if I have unanimous consent, to proceed until we're...? Do I have unanimous consent to at least accomplish something?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Now that we have established all of that, do I see nominations for the first vice-chair?
Mr. Motz.
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Conservative
Glen Motz Conservative Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB
Thank you, Chair, and congratulations on this very auspicious position that you now hold.
I would like to nominate the Honourable Kerry-Lynne Findlay as the first vice-chair, please.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Are there any other nominations?
Seeing none, I will assume that is the will of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
Wherever Kerry-Lynne is, congratulations.
For the second vice-chair....
Yes, Mr. Motz.
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Conservative
Glen Motz Conservative Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB
I'd like to nominate Ms. Normandin from the Bloc.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
That's very friendly of you.
Since I doubt Ms. Normandin will have a competition with herself, she is the second vice-chair.
(Motion agreed to)
Do we have a third vice-chair? No? We have just two.
We are now on routine motions. I'm assuming that all of you have the routine motions in front of you.
The first motion has to do with analyst services.
Are we in favour of analysts?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Welcome. I don't know your name.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Oh, it's you, Martin. My goodness, you look different behind that mask.
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An hon. member
Only the best.
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An hon. member
The best is right.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Excellent. My goodness, yes, this is a blast from the past.
The second motion is as follows:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be established and be composed of five members; the Chair, one member from each recognized party; and that the subcommittee work in a spirit of collaboration.
I don't know how you go about that, but we'll go with that.
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Conservative
Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
It is five members, then. It's just that in the proposed routine motion, it just says “number”. It doesn't have the actual number.
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Conservative
Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Does that include the Liberals, or is it one Liberal?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
No, it's the chair and one member of each recognized party.
As far as I know, the Liberal party is a recognized party, for some.
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An hon member
Well, it depends where you live.