Evidence of meeting #1 for Special Committee on Indigenous Women in the 41st Parliament, 1st 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.
We can now proceed to the election of the chair.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the House of Commons on February 26, the chair must be a member of the government party.
I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
Ms. Rempel.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Rempel that Ms. Ambler be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions?
Liberal
Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON
Seeing that we were going to start in a non-partisan way, I think we had an agreement that I would nominate Stella Ambler. I think it would be a good beginning to this committee, maybe, if that would be possible.
The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Bennett that Ms. Ambler be elected chair of the committee.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Ambler duly elected chair of the committee.
The Clerk
Before inviting Ms. Ambler to take the chair, if the committee wishes we will now proceed to the election of the vice-chairs.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the House on February 26, the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition.
Are there any motions to that effect?
The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Crowder that Ms. Davies be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Davies duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
The Clerk
I am now ready to receive motions for the election of the second vice-chair.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the House on February 26, the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.
Are there any motions?
Ms. Ambler.
Conservative
The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Ambler that Ms. Bennett be elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler
Thank you, everyone, for your confidence, and welcome to the first meeting.
I believe the intention is for this to be fairly short. There's not a whole lot to be done here today, but I do believe there is some desire to set a time for the meetings.
Do I have any suggestions or motions for that?
Ms. Truppe.
Conservative
Susan Truppe Conservative London North Centre, ON
Thank you, Madam Chair, and welcome.
I'd like to move that we have our meetings on Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. when the House is sitting.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler
Right. The suggestion is for a meeting time of Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Is there discussion?
Ms. Crowder.
NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Yes. I understand that usually there are a couple of blocks of time when special committees normally meet, and that's not usually the timeframe for special committees. I think the other issue is this: is it the intention that the committee would only meet once a week rather than twice a week, like other committees?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Stella Ambler
I'm assuming that by Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., you mean once a week. The latter part of your comment is, I believe, correct.
As far as the first is concerned, is there any discussion on that? I don't know what the other times are. I only have the one proposed time. Is there another proposed time?
Ms. Ashton.
NDP
Niki Ashton NDP Churchill, MB
It was just a question around the motion. I understand the motion talked about—
Conservative
