Evidence of meeting #1 for Public Safety and National Security in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was meeting.
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Louise Hayes
Honourable members of the committee, my name is Louise Hayes.
I am the clerk of the committee.
I see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of the chair. I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
The Clerk
It is moved by Laurie Hawn that Garry Breitkreuz be elected chair of the committee.
Are there any further nominations?
The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Garry Breitkreuz duly elected chair of the committee.
Before we invite the chair to take the chair, we will now proceed to the election of vice-chairs.
I am now ready to receive nominations for the position of first vice-chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Judy Sgro that Susan Kadis be elected first vice-chair of the committee.
Conservative
Garry Breitkreuz Conservative Yorkton—Melville, SK
Just as a point of clarification, has she been contacted? Is this all right with her?
Liberal
The Clerk
Are there any other nominations?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Susan Kadis duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
I am now prepared to receive motions for the second vice-chair. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.
Bloc
Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
I would like to nominate Mr. Joe Comartin, member for Windsor—Tecumseh.
The Clerk
Are there any other motions? Do the members of the committee wish to adopt this motion?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Joe Comartin duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
I now invite the chair to take the chair.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Thank you very much, colleagues. I'm honoured to have been selected as your chair. I hope I can fulfill your expectations. I look forward to working with all of you. If any of you ever have concerns, please come and see me. I'm open, and I want to be fair. I want to make sure this committee works. So thank you very much for the faith you have shown in me.
I also want to congratulate the vice-chairs. I look forward to working with them as well.
We don't have to go to any more business today, I guess, but we could agree on the routine motions. You should have a copy of those. We can adopt those before we adjourn and maybe also have a little discussion on what we might do in the future. I think on Wednesday there is an informal item of business that we could deal with.
Are we prepared to go ahead with adoption of these routine motions? These are the ones the committee operated under when we dissolved Parliament. I think they've been working quite well generally.
Does anybody have any comments or concerns, or wish to make a motion that these be adopted?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Should we go through them one at a time, or are you willing to simply go through the whole group?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
Okay. Let's take a look at motion number 1, services of analysts from the Library of Parliament.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz
I will now ask Mr. Rosen to come to the table. He has given tremendous support to the justice committee in the past. He has done a lot of work and is an invaluable resource to this committee. I appreciate his giving us that support again.
Number 2 concerns the subcommittee on agenda and procedure, that the subcommittee be composed of a chair, two vice-chairs, and a member of the other opposition party.
