Members of the committee, I made an error here in my handling of this meeting, and we're going to have to go back and fix that.
We shouldn't have elected vice-chairs today. That is done at the beginning of a session. Of course, the session starts when there's been a Speech from the Throne. Over the years it's been like that so often that in the 16 years I've been here, in my memory, it's always been the start of a new session when we've come back in the fall.
Really, all we should have done today is elect a chair. Some committees are electing vice-chairs too. We've done that and we can't go back on that, but the routine business that governs the committee--I've got the wrong term, but the rules, the routine proceedings, that govern the committee we decided at the start of the session. In fact, we shouldn't be dealing with that again unless the committee decides at some separate time to do that. If we're going to deal with any other business today at all, it will require unanimous consent to do so, including the motion that was brought forth.
Before we debate that motion, I have to put it to the committee, whether there's unanimous consent to deal with this issue, which wasn't on the agenda, which wasn't the appropriate business to come before this committee.
Mr. Regan, if you would like to ask for unanimous consent to deal with your motion, that's the appropriate way.