Evidence of meeting #1 for Public Accounts in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Joann Garbig
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of the chair, who, according to Standing Order 106(2), must be a member of the official opposition.
I am ready to receive a motion.
Mr. Saxton.
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Conservative
Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC
Madam Clerk, I would like to nominate Shawn Murphy as chair of the committee.
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The Clerk
Mr. Saxton moves that Mr. Murphy be chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions? There are none.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion.
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Murphy duly elected chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Now, if members wish, we may proceed to the election of vice-chairs.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
I would nominate that Daryl Kramp be vice-chair from the government party.
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The Clerk
Mr. Murphy moves that Mr. Kramp be elected as the first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions?
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Conservative
Daryl Kramp Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
I nominate that David Christopherson be vice-chair.
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The Clerk
On the motion of Mr. Murphy for the election of Mr. Kramp as vice-chair, is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion.
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Kramp duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
For the election of a second vice-chair, who must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition, Mr. Kramp.
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Conservative
Daryl Kramp Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
I will at this time nominate David Christopherson as that member.
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The Clerk
Mr. Kramp moves that Mr. Christopherson be elected as the second vice-chair of the committee. Are there no further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the said motion?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Christopherson elected second vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
I would now invite Mr. Murphy to take the chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Thank you very much.
I want to extend to everyone a very warm welcome to the committee. I am confident we are going to have a very productive, interesting, and enjoyable session.
The next item of business, colleagues, is the routine motions.
Colleagues, this is the wording of the routine motions that were approved in the 39th Parliament, starting with the services of the analysts, but I'll wait until those have been circulated, and we will do each one separately. Some of these motions are relatively routine. I will read them and invite movers.
The first one regards services of analysts, and the wording is simple: that the committee retain, as needed and at the discretion of the chair, the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament to assist it in its work.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
It is moved by Madam Ratansi.
Is there any discussion?
(Motion agreed to)
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
We will at this time invite Alex Smith and Andrew Kitching as analysts for the committee. Welcome aboard, gentlemen.
Also, I should have done this earlier, but before I go any further, I want to introduce our clerk, Joann Garbig, to the members of the committee. Miriam Burke is here assisting for this week only, but Joann will be here at every meeting.
Let's move on to the second item, again a routine matter, that the subcommittee on agenda and procedure be established and be composed of the chair, the two vice-chairs and a member of the other opposition party.
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Liberal
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Conservative
John Weston Conservative West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Mr. Chair, I would move a couple of amendments.
I would suggest we add that a quorum of the subcommittee shall consist of at least three members, one of whom must be from the government and one member of the opposition, and further, that each member of the subcommittee shall be permitted to have one assistant attend any meetings of the subcommittee on agenda and procedure.
I think those are self-explanatory, but if you would like, Mr. Chair, I can pass you the text.
