Evidence of meeting #1 for Public Safety and National Security in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Jean-Marie David
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions, cannot entertain points of order nor participate in debate.
We can now proceed to the election of the chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair must be a member of the government party.
I am ready to receive motions for the chair.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
Are there any further motions?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare Mr. John McKay duly elected as chair of the committee.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Thank you, everyone. I appreciate it. It was the robocalls that probably put me over the top, as it was a hotly contested election.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
I would have declared it a fraudulent election if I'd lost.
As people can tell, especially the new members being welcomed here, led by Shannon, I guess we must have really discouraged the entire Conservative Party last time. You did a clean sweep.
Tako, Damien and of course, the returning Glen, you're more than welcome. As Glen and others will know, we've had a pretty collegial committee, and we've done some pretty important work. I'm hoping that a lot of that work will carry over the course of whatever is left in this mandate.
With that, I'm going to move to the election of the vice-chairs. I would ask for a nomination for the first vice-chair.
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Conservative
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The Clerk
Are there any further motions?
(Motion agreed to)
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
We can do the usual stuff in saying that I'm really looking forward to working with you, but I'm not sure that's true.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.
I am now prepared to receive motions for the second vice-chair.
Mr. Lightbound, please go ahead.
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Liberal
Joël Lightbound Liberal Louis-Hébert, QC
Mr. Clerk, I nominate Kristina Michaud as second vice-chair of the committee.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Lightbound that Ms. Michaud be elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Michaud duly elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Mr. Chair, the floor is now yours.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. It is indeed a pleasure to see the clerk back before us today. He's had some health challenges, and we are hoping the committee won't overwhelm him in his health challenges. It's really good to see you, Jean-Marie, and you've really been very helpful to us all.
I'd like to turn to routine motions.
Ms. Damoff.
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Liberal
Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON
Thank you, Chair. I'll put on the record your comments about the clerk. They are shared by everyone who's been on this committee.
I would move that we adopt the routine motions from the last session of Parliament.
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NDP
Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
Chair, I guess I'll second it, but I would like to make some amendments to what is on the floor from the last Parliament. There are a couple of items that I believe need to be changed. I don't know how you want to do that.
How do you want to proceed?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
First of all, we should get the original motion on the floor.
Pam has moved it. Are you going to second it?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Then you'd have to move an amendment to the main motion. The main motion is properly on the floor, so with that, I'm assuming you have an amendment to the main motion.
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The Clerk
I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. It's just that we require unanimous consent if we're going to move all the motions in the same motion at the same time. I just want to make sure that the committee is in agreement.
