Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Good afternoon, dear committee members. As you can see, the chair of this committee is not present, and as this committee doesn't have any vice-chair, I'm bound by the rules to proceed with the election of an acting chair for this meeting. Do I have a motion from the floor about

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  All of you have heard the terms of the motion. Is the committee in agreement with it? (Motion agreed to) I invite Mr. Graham to take the chair.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Yes. You're absolutely right. First, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs would have five sitting days to deal with the decision of this committee, either to be in agreement or disagreement. Then it would table a report. After that, there would be a period of fi

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Those are calendar days.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Absolutely.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Absolutely. It was withdrawn by the House Tuesday morning.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Yes, to get this motion adopted by someone.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  And this one.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Mr. Schmale, for your concerns. To address these, you talked first about Standing Order 86, if I remember correctly. Just to inform the committee members, this standing order actually applies to notices, for instance a private member's motion

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Do you want me to answer?

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Most of the time, as you know, the subcommittee proceeds on the basis of consensus, but if there are concerns raised about a specific question, well, in the end the question will be put by the chair and could be resolved by a show of hands. Then we know w

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Nothing further to add, thank you.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Okay. I can offer some comments.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. About the concerns raised for Bill C-343 by Mr. Chan, first, I'll comment on the idea that the bill might be requiring a royal recommendation. At this stage, it's not necessarily the role for the subcommittee to determine whether or not a bill requires a