Evidence of meeting #44 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 chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
11 a.m.
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Alexandre Roger
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, and cannot entertain points of order or participate in debate.
We can now proceed with 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 election of the chair.
Go ahead, Ms. Chow.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Chow that Mr. Miller be elected as chair of the committee.
Are there any further motions?
I see none. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare the motion carried and Mr. Miller duly elected chair of the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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The Clerk
Before inviting Mr. Miller to take the chair, if the committee 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 ready to receive motions for the first vice-chair.
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Isabelle Morin Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, NDP
I nominate Ms. Chow.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Ms. Morin that Ms. Chow be elected as first vice-chair of the committee.
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
I declare the motion carried and Ms. Chow 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 of an opposition party other than the official opposition.
I am now prepared to receive a motion for the second vice-chair.
Go ahead, Mr. Holder.
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Conservative
Ed Holder Conservative London West, ON
It is my honour to put the Honourable Denis Coderre into the third spot.
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The Clerk
It has been moved by Mr. Holder that Mr. Coderre be elected second vice-chair of the committee.
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt this motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I declare 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. Miller to take the chair.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
Thank you very much.
It is going to be a pleasure to work with all of you. I am very excited to be on this committee. I think you will find me very fair to all sides, but I will be strict when I have to be.
Anyway, I would suggest, and I open it up to direction from the committee, that our first order of business should be to have a steering committee. If that's okay, the clerk will send out a notice for that for next Tuesday. We'll go from there, unless I hear from you.
Is there any other business for today?
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Some hon. members
No.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
There is one item that I am going to bring up. I've been discussing with some of you that because of the change of time for this meeting—I think earlier you met at 8:45—and because of the QP practice, which affects all parties, it's going to be my practice to try to end the meetings at about 12:45. That allows everybody to get there.
With no further ado, everybody have a good weekend. We'll see you all on Tuesday.
The meeting is adjourned.
