Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good morning. My name is Lucile McGregor, and I'm the clerk of the committee. Honourable members of the committee, I see a quorum. You may want to refer to the agenda that was circulated to you. We're going to begin with the election of the chair. Standing Order 106(2) provides for the following:[...] each standing or special committee shall elect a Chair and two Vice-Chairs, of whom the Chair shall be a Member of the government party, the first Vice-Chair shall be a Member of the Official Opposition, and the second Vice-Chair shall be a Member of an opposition party other than the Official Opposition party.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Are there any other nominations? As there are no other nominations, I declare Mr. Goodyear elected chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. Before inviting Mr. Goodyear to take the chair, we'll proceed to the election of the vice-chairs. Standing Order 106(2) stipulates that the first vice-chair shall be a member of the official opposition and the second vice-chair a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Are there any other nominations? I declare nominations closed. As there are no other candidates, I declare Mr. Proulx elected vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. We now have a motion, if a member wants to move one, for vice-chair from a member of an opposition party other than the official opposition.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Are there any other nominations? As there are no other nominations, I declare Michel Guimond elected Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. I now invite Mr. Goodyear to take his place as chair of the committee.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it's the two vice-chairs from the committee and Monsieur Godin.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's the chair and two vice-chairs of the committee, and you need one person from the NDP. It would have to be Monsieur Godin.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It will be today, maybe by 1 p.m.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On the teleconferencing, I have been in touch with Professor Milner in Sweden, and he is the one who suggested doing it. He did it last year with the Quebec National Assembly. For Professor Milner it would be about 5 p.m. in Sweden; for Professor Heard it would be 8 a.m. in Victoria.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They didn't ask to be together. They know that they will be part of a panel.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is just a heads-up. We'll be sending the whips a letter about that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I haven't looked at the order paper today, but I'm assuming the motion that's on the order paper today is the motion for second reading and a referral to a legislative committee. So that's the motion that's going to be before the House.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unless it is amended, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I should have something in fifteen minutes, I would think.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll read it in English first, and then the interpreters will do a loose French translation. In the second paragraph of the motion, we would be deleting the word “forthwith” and adding: That the adoption of this motion be reported to the House following minor unanimously agreed-upon amendments, but no later than one week from today, October 26, 2006.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll read the motion first and then the amendment. The motion is “That this committee recommends that the Standing Orders in effect on October 5, 2006, including the provisional Standing Orders, be made permanent, and that the adoption of this motion be reported to the House forthwith.”