Public Accounts Committee on Feb. 2nd, 2012

Evidence of meeting #24 for Public Accounts in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was business.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Committee Business

MPs speaking

David Christopherson
Andrew Saxton
Gerry Byrne

Also speaking

8:50 a.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

I call the meeting to order.

I'm sorry, colleagues. My apologies for being a few minutes late. Please bear with me for a moment.

I'm not sure where everyone has been. I do know that Monsieur Dubé had a death in the family. It was not in his immediate family, but he's had to deal with a few things. He's on his way.

Do you mind just giving me a couple more minutes to get up to speed with the clerk, and hopefully our other colleagues will arrive? In any event, in a couple of minutes we'll get going. Is that okay?

8:50 a.m.

An hon. member

Yes.

8:50 a.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

Thanks.

8:55 a.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

We can now continue with this 24th meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

Go ahead, Mr. Saxton.

8:55 a.m.

Conservative

Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Since we are continuing to deal with committee business, and as has been the practice in the past, I move a motion that we go in camera, as is normally what we do.

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A voice

It's normally what you do.

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Conservative

Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC

No, the tradition has been that we always discuss committee business in camera, and this is committee business.

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NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

You're correct, Mr. Saxton.

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Conservative

Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

8:55 a.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

There's no debate on the motion. Is there anything out of order?

Mr. Byrne, are you rising on a point of order?

8:55 a.m.

Liberal

Gerry Byrne Liberal Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL

No, I would like to call for a recorded vote.

8:55 a.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP David Christopherson

Oh, of course. You have that right.

All right, there will be a roll call.

We have the motion. It's in order. I'll ask the clerk to conduct that roll call.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

Thank you.

The motion carries seven to four. Therefore, I'll suspend for a moment while we do an adjustment, and then we'll be right at it.

[Proceedings continue in camera]