Canadian Heritage committee  Welcome. I see that we have a quorum, so I will commence. 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 nor participate in debate.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. Are there any further motions? Seeing none, it has been moved by Ms. Dabrusin that Scott Simms be elected chair of the committee. Pursuant to the House order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I must now proceed to record a division unless there is unanimo

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Ms. Dabrusin. If you'll allow me to ask Mr. Simms, I will make sure we try to send out all the information to the staff and members, so that they have the correct phone line. I will flag it to our technical team. Thank you very much for that. In the meant

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm just going to send a quick note, Chair, to our technical staff regarding the phone lines.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, sir, I've flagged it, so hopefully we can get this resolved momentarily. If the committee wishes, we can proceed with the election at least of the vice-chair and second vice-chair for the time being. Hopefully by the time we complete that process, the phone lines will be w

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I'm being told that phone lines should be back up soon and that ParlVu is indeed running. Hopefully those phone lines will be working again soon. Apologies again for the technical issues so far today.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, there's a delay on ParlVu. The phone line is certainly the preferred method so that it is in real time. I'm being told by my IT counterparts that it should be up and running very soon. If I have another update, I will let you know as soon as possible.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Chair. I will do so. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition. I'm now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair. Do I have any motions for the first vice-chair?

Canadian Heritage committee  It has been moved by Mr. Shields that Alain Rayes be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any further motions? Pursuant to the House Order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I will now proceed to a recorded division unless there is unanimous consent. Is there

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the clarification. Mrs. Bessette, you may go ahead.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. It has been moved by Mrs. Bessette that Martin Champoux be elected as second vice-chair of the committee. Are there any further motions? Pursuant to the House Order of Wednesday, September 23, 2020, I will now proceed to a recorded division.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, of course. Unfortunately, I cannot entertain it, but the chair can.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, sir. The point of clarification here is that, indeed, all recognized parties, depending on the routine motions that are adopted, could very well be represented on the subcommittee. This is more a question of the vice-chair titles—

Canadian Heritage committee  —so they're two different topics. Ms. McPherson is noting that there is a suggestion or a desire to have a third vice-chair position for the committee, and we can certainly make note of that.

Canadian Heritage committee  Sorry to interrupt, sir. I don't believe I was complete in the election of the second vice-chair, so if you'll allow me, sir, I'll complete that process.