Madam Speaker, there has been consultation among House leaders and, in the continued spirit of parliamentary reform, I think you would find consent for the following motion to be adopted without debate and unanimously. I move:
That Standing Order 104(2) be amended to read as follows:
(2) The standing committees which shall consist of the number of members stipulated below, and for which the lists of members are to be prepared, except as provided in section (1) of this Standing Order, shall be on:
(a) Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources (sixteen Members);
(b) Agriculture and Agri-Food (sixteen Members);
(c) Canadian Heritage (sixteen Members);
(d) Citizenship and Immigration (sixteen Members);
(e) Environment and Sustainable Development (sixteen Members);
(f) Finance (eighteen Members);
(g) Fisheries and Oceans (sixteen Members);
(h) Foreign Affairs and International Trade (eighteen Members);
(i) Health (sixteen Members);
(j) Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (eighteen Members);
(k) Industry (sixteen Members);
(l) Justice and Human Rights (eighteen Members);
(m) National Defence and Veterans Affairs (sixteen Members);
(n) Procedure and House Affairs (sixteen Members);
(o) Public Accounts (seventeen Members);
(p) Transport and Government Operations (sixteen Members).