Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. The committee at its last meeting had set aside time next Thursday, February 25, for the appearance of the Minister of Democratic Institutions. Earlier this morning I heard from the minister's office that although she had planned to attend, she now has notice o

Procedure and House Affairs committee  “That any motion to sit in camera should be debatable for not more than three minutes each for the mover and one speaker from each recognized party, and that the committee may only meet in camera for the following purposes: to review”—(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), as they appear in th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Then the last paragraph would be “That minutes of in camera meetings should, with the unanimous consent of the committee, reflect the results of all votes taken”, etc.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  “That minutes of in camera meetings should, with the unanimous consent of the committee, reflect the results of all votes taken by the committee while in camera”, etc.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will read the motion as if it were amended: That the committee adopt the following procedures for in camera business: That any motion to sit in camera should be debatable for not more than three (3) minutes each for the mover and one (1) speaker from each recognized party

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The motion reads: That the committee invite the Minister of Democratic Reform to appear before it to respond to questions concerning the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We will prepare the report as quickly as possible as soon as we have all of the information we need.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I just want to flag for members that when we receive notices of motions, we do all we can to turn them around quickly and distribute them to the membership as soon as possible. With a 6:00 p.m. deadline, it will be very difficult to turn them around and distrib

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Earlier in the day would give us better access to the translation services, and also to the offices of the members if we should need to call for clarification.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Four o'clock is good.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not aware since I was not with the committee in the last session.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  But it applies to members of the committee already.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This particular motion here provides for a reduced quorum for the purpose of gathering evidence, so the committee can decide what it wants that to be composed of. The quorum for a meeting such as this is 50% plus one, but very often as a courtesy the chair will wait until there's

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As this motion reads right now, it is one member of the opposition, so it could be either of the opposition parties represented on the committee. If I understand the amendment correctly, Mr. Christopherson would like to provide for a member of—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the text was extracted from the minutes of the meeting in October 2013 when these motions were adopted by the committee.