Evidence of meeting #1 for Status of Women in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was routine.
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The Clerk of the Committee
We will now proceed with the election of a chair. I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
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Liberal
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The Clerk
It has been moved by the Honourable Anita Neville to nominate the Honourable Judy Sgro as chair.
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Conservative
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The Clerk
Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
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The Clerk
The Honourable Judy Sgro is duly elected as chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Before inviting the chair to take the chair, we will now proceed to the election of the vice-chairs.
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Conservative
Nina Grewal Conservative Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
I would like to nominate Joy Smith as a vice-chair.
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The Clerk
Nina Grewal has nominated Joy Smith for the position of vice-chair.
Are there any further motions?
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An hon. member
I move that nominations be closed.
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The Clerk
There being no further motions, Joy Smith has been duly elected as vice-chair.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Are there any motions for second vice-chair?
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The Clerk
Diane Bourgeois moves that Ms. Irene Mathyssen be the second vice-chair.
Are there any other nominations?
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A voice
I move that nominations be closed.
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The Clerk
I declare Irene Mathyssen duly elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Now I'll invite the chair to take the chair.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Thank you all very much.
Joy, you wanted to say something. I'm sorry, I mean, Mrs. Smith. I'm a pretty informal person, so you'll have to catch me when....
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Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
That's just fine, Judy--oops, Ms. Sgro, I mean.
I would move that we have the elections today and then move to adjourn. I understand we're going to be having a subcommittee looking at the agenda and things like that. So I would move that after the elections today, which have been completed, we adjourn until Thursday and agree to meet as a subcommittee before Thursday to talk about the agenda.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Should we deal with some of the standard and routine motions first, the housekeeping items, which is the normal procedure, and then adjourn and do the subcommittee work, unless you have issues with some of the routine motions we have?
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Conservative
Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
I would prefer to adjourn just after the elections today. There are a few things I need to go over in terms of the routine motions. So if that's all right, we can do the routine motions the next day very quickly.
