International Trade committee  The question is on NDP-10. (Amendment negatived: nays 7; yeas 4)

International Trade committee  The question is on NDP amendments 9, 11, and 12. (Amendments negatived: nays 7; yeas 4)

International Trade committee  The question is on the motion in the name of Mr. Davies. (Motion negatived: nays 7; yeas 4)

International Trade committee  The question is on the motion in the name of Gerald Keddy, as amended by the committee. (Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)

International Trade committee  The budget was determined with the suggestions made by all three parties. When we took the names of the organizations and determined what city they were based in, that's where we got our determination. These are not people who have been invited but names that have been suggested by the parties.

International Trade committee  All right, we will proceed to the election of the 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 position of first vice-chair.

International Trade committee  Mr. Davies has moved that Mr. Merrifield be chair of the committee. Are there any other nominations for the position of chair? I see none. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to) The motion is agreed to. I declare Mr. Merrifield duly elected chair of the committee.

International Trade committee  Before inviting you take your chair, I will ask the committee if it is the desire of the committee to proceed to the election of the vice-chairs at this time.

International Trade committee  Mr. Davies has nominated Wayne Easter for the position of second vice-chair. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to) It is agreed, and I declare Mr. Easter elected second vice-chair.

International Trade committee  Honourable members of the committee, I see there is 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, cannot entertain points of order, and cannot participate in debate.

International Trade committee  Mr. Holder has moved that Mr. Davies be the first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any other nominations for the position of first vice-chair? I see none. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to) I declare Mr. Davies elected as first vice-chair of the committee.

International Trade committee  I will now invite Mr. Merrifield, the chair, to take his seat. Thank you.

International Trade committee  This is to defray costs.

International Trade committee  In the event that the committee does want to pay for any hospitality related to the meeting with the Icelandic delegation, it would have to adopt a motion to that effect. The motion that's in front of you was prepared by me for consideration by the committee, and I'll read it: That, subject to availability, the Standing Committee on International Trade meet informally with a delegation of parliamentarians from Iceland, that the Committee defray the hospitality expenses related to this meeting, and that these expenses be equally shared with the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, subject to that Committee' s approval.

International Trade committee  Mr. Cannan moves that Mr. Davies be nominated for vice-chair. Are there any other nominations for the position of vice-chair? Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to)