Citizenship and Immigration committee  Honourable members, I see a quorum. We will now commence the meeting. The clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair, and—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay, sir. That is duly noted. I'll come to your motion in just a moment.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I may not receive any other type of motion and I cannot entertain points of order nor participate in debate. We can now proceed to the election of the chair. Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the chair must be a member of the government party. Was it Mr. Dhaliwal who moved t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Dhaliwal, please turn your camera on. We're ready to receive your motion if you have one.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are there any other motions for the nomination of chair?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It has been moved by Mr. Regan that Ms. Zahid be elected chair of the committee. Are there any other nominations? Seeing none, is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? I see unanimity. (Motion agreed to) I declare the motion carried and Ms. Salma Zahid d

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It seems we're having some technical difficulties. I also hear feedback on my end. I'm going to check with the technical team and follow up with committee in just 10 seconds. Please bear with me for just a moment.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much. We've made a technical intervention. Hopefully that will improve the audio quality. Ms. Zahid, since you have been elected chair of the committee, I've sent a couple of notes to your P9 account on the next steps. The chair is yours.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much. The committee will proceed to the election of vice-chairs. 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 position of first vice-chair. Madame Martinez Ferrada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It has been moved by Ms. Martinez Ferrada that Ms. Normandin be elected as the first vice-chair. Are there any other nominations?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I hear an intervention. Is that Mr. Saroya? Could I ask you to repeat yourself, please? Okay, then, are there any other nominations for the position of vice-chair? Hearing none, is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Ms. Dancho. Madame Martinez Ferrada, I'm not able to hear points of order, but you have the floor.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are currently discussing the motion to elect the first vice-chair, who must indeed be a member of the official opposition. We have a motion. I think that Mr. Soraya also had something to say. Mr. Soraya, go ahead.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It has been moved by Mr. Saroya that Raquel Dancho be elected the first vice-chair. Are there any other nominations? Hearing none, as more than one candidate has been nominated, pursuant to the order adopted by the House on Wednesday, September 23, any motion received after th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Of course, I beg your pardon. Members of the committee, I must apologize. I've never before received a nomination for someone who was not a member of the required party and I took it for granted.... I apologize to all members. For the first motion, Madame Normandin regrettabl