Evidence of meeting #1 for Natural Resources in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
4 p.m.
Liberal
Patrick Weiler Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Yes, I'll read the next motion. It concerns the transcripts of in camera meetings and reads as follows:
That one copy of the transcript of each in camera meeting be kept in the committee clerk’s office for consultation by members of the committee or by their staff.
(Motion agreed to)
4 p.m.
Liberal
Patrick Weiler Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
The next motion is about notices of motion and reads as follows:
That 48 hours’ notice, interpreted as two nights, shall be required for any substantive motion to be considered by the committee, unless the substantive motion relates directly to business then under consideration, provided that (a) the notice be filed with the clerk of the committee no later than 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday; that (b) the motion be distributed to members in both official languages by the clerk on the same day the said notice was transmitted if it was received no later than the deadline hour; and, that (c) notices received after the deadline hour or on non-business days be deemed to have been received during the next business day and that when the committee is travelling on official business, no substantive motions may be moved.
(Motion agreed to)
4:05 p.m.
Liberal
Patrick Weiler Liberal West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
The last motion, which concerns orders of reference from the House respecting bills, reads as follows:
That, in relation to orders of reference from the House respecting bills, (a) the clerk of the committee shall, upon the committee receiving such an order of reference, write to each member who is not a member of a caucus represented on the committee to invite those members to file with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages, any amendments to the bill which is the subject of the said order, which they would suggest that the committee consider; (b) suggested amendments filed, pursuant to paragraph (a), at least 48 hours prior to the start of clause-by-clause consideration of the bill to which the amendments relate shall be deemed to be proposed during the said consideration, provided that the committee may, by motion, vary this deadline in respect of a given bill; and (c) during the clause-by-clause consideration of a bill, the chair shall allow a member who filed suggested amendments, pursuant to paragraph (a), an opportunity to make brief representations in support of them.
4:05 p.m.
Liberal
Bryan May Liberal Cambridge, ON
I'm sorry to interrupt this. I'm getting text messages from different staff. As you all know, staff are listening via telephone. I want to let the technical folks know that they're having a really hard time. Apparently, with the English phone number, they're getting the French translator, and I believe vice versa, as well. I wonder if somebody could take a look at that, because the staff are trying to listen in, in real time, and are having a hard time understanding.
4:05 p.m.
The Clerk
Mr. Chair, I sent you a text message about that. We have been told by our technical team that we will need to suspend to restart these phone lines properly. Maybe you can quickly finish with all the routine motions, and suspend after that as a natural gap before proceeding with further deliberations.
4:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
Let's vote on the last routine motion, and then we'll do that.
(Motion agreed to)
Let's suspend until I get word from our clerk that we can resume without any difficulty.
4:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
What we have left to deal with is to decide what studies we're going to do going forward. There have been a number of motions submitted by all parties. What I proposed, and I believe everybody is in agreement, is that our subcommittee will meet before our next meeting, review all of these motions and agree on a format and a path forward. Then we'll bring that back to this group and we can discuss and vote on whatever we need to vote on. Is everybody in agreement with that?
Perfect. That being the case, there's no other business. I believe we can move to adjournment then.
I want to thank everybody. All of our meetings are going to go this smoothly; this is perfect. Bob's going to be in his car in a very relaxing place, and it's going to keep him preoccupied and we're all going to be.... We're all in our happy places in our homes and various places. Maybe that has something to do with the mood.
4:15 p.m.
Conservative
Greg McLean Conservative Calgary Centre, AB
Pardon me, Mr. Chair.
I understand it's customary at this point in time, having received the estimates, for us to submit an invitation, or at least a motion to invite the minister to appear before the committee in his schedule. Would that be appropriate at this point in time, please?
4:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
I'll do you one better. You don't need a motion. I will undertake to invite the minister to come to the committee to deal with the estimates, and I'll get a date from him at his earliest convenience.
Unless there's anything else, I believe we are done for the day.
Thank you. We'll see you at our next meeting. I'll be in touch with people about the subcommittee meeting time.
This meeting is adjourned.