Government Operations committee  Good morning, honourable members of the committee. I see a quorum. I must inform committee members that the clerk can only entertain motions for the election of the chair. He shall not receive any other motions or points of order and shall not participate in debate. We can now

Government Operations committee  Mr. Paul-Hus nominates Mr. Robert Kitchen for the position of chair. Mr. McCauley, you have your hand raised. Do you want to nominate somebody?

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. McCauley. Are there any other nominations for the position of chair? Pursuant to the order adopted by the House on Wednesday, September 23, if there's only one motion, we'll proceed immediately to the decision-making process. Does the committee wish to adopt t

Government Operations committee  Curiously enough, Mr. Kitchen, it isn't really a nomination of the House of Commons. It's actually a motion, and there is no such provision. Once the motion is made, it's in the hands of the committee. You would have needed unanimous consent to withdraw. Your only option now, if

Government Operations committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, there are two points to raise. The first is that you could ask, when you have an opportunity, one of your staffers to email the OGGO inbox with your cellphone number. In the event I need to communicate with you privately, that would give an opportunity for

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Under the Standing Orders, the clerk does preside over the election of the vice-chairs, so if you will allow me, I will proceed to that right now.

Government Operations committee  Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the government. I’m now ready to entertain motions for the position of first vice-chair.

Government Operations committee  The nomination of Mr. Drouin is hereby proposed. Are there any other motions? (Motion agreed to) Seeing no dissension, I declare the motion carried and Mr. Drouin duly elected first vice-chair. I will now proceed to the election of the second vice-chair. I'm sorry, Mr. Gerr

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Gerretsen. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the second vice-chair must be a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition. I’m now ready to entertain motions for the position of second vice-chair. Mrs. Vignola, you have the floor.

Government Operations committee  Mr. MacKinnon nominates Mrs. Vignola for the position of second vice-chair of the committee. Are there any other motions? (Motion agreed to) Seeing no dissension, I declare the motion carried and Madam Vignola duly elected second vice-chair of the committee. I will now hand

Government Operations committee  We can, Mr. Chair. Copies of the routine motions were sent to all members yesterday. I see that Mr. Gerretsen would like to intervene and Mr. McCauley would like to intervene as well. It may be worthwhile for members to continue using the raised hand function so that we can tr

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, just as a point of clarification for the benefit of the members, traditionally the analysts are visible to the committee with their cameras on during a regular committee meeting. In light of the fact that they're only attached to the committees now, their cameras have

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. McCauley. The motion that existed originally is the one that the chair read. However, that did give discretion to the chair. The motion that Mr. Kitchen read, which was the original one in effect, gave discretion to the chair, who at the time was Mr. Lukiwski, to

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I have found a copy of the motion that was adopted by PROC. I believe it is the same as the one Madame Vignola read out. If you wish, I can read it back to the committee to ensure that they know what they are voting on.

Government Operations committee  The motion that was adopted by PROC is as follows: That witnesses be given five (5) minutes for their opening statements; that whenever possible, witnesses provide the committee with their opening statements 72 hours in advance; that, at the discretion of the Chair, during the