Evidence of meeting #1 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was second.
A recording is available from Parliament.
3:35 p.m.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Alexandre Roger
Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum.
I must inform you that the clerk of the committee cannot receive any motions except the one to elect the chair. The clerk cannot accept any other types of motions and cannot entertain points of order or 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 any motions to that effect.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Blake Richards that Merv Tweed be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Merv Tweed duly elected chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Before inviting Merv Tweed to take the chair, if the committee so wishes, we will now proceed to the election of vice-chairs.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition. I am now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Bevington that Jamie Nicholls be elected first vice-chair of the committee.
Are there any other motions?
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried. Mr. Nicholls has been duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member from an opposition party other than the official opposition. I'm now prepared to receive a motion to that effect.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Sullivan that Mr. Coderre be elected second vice-chair of the committee. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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The Clerk
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Coderre duly elected as second vice-chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
I will now invite Mr. Tweed to take the chair.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Thank you, everyone, for your confidence in my ability as chair.
Traditionally, these first meetings are mainly organizational. I think everybody has a list of routine motions that were adopted in the previous Parliament, and I think if it's the will of the committee, we can establish these rules. That's probably the only business of the day.
We have in front of you the routine motions from the previous meeting. We are able to establish our own rules, too. This was put in front of you just to show you what took place the last time.
Go ahead, Monsieur Coderre.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
Mr. Chair, I have a suggestion.
Since there will certainly be discussions about the time allocated for opening statements, about who gets to speak and for how long, I suggest that we adopt all the other motions, except for that one, which we could discuss and move separately. We would save time that way.
3:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Mr. Coderre has made a suggestion that we adopt the motions as presented. I'll open the floor for some debate on that.
We'll go to Mr. Albas.
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Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan—Coquihalla, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I believe that we should actually have a thorough discussion on each one for reference for some of the newer MPs so that they understand the process better. I would feel more comfortable going through them point by point.
Thank you.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Are there any other comments? Is everybody comfortable with that? I think it's not a bad idea to review them so that we have a full understanding of the rules as we move forward.
Monsieur Coderre, are you okay with that?
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Liberal
