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CANADA

Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates

NUMBER 027 
l
3rd SESSION 
l
40th PARLIAMENT 

EVIDENCE

Thursday, September 30, 2010

[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]

  (0850)  

[Translation]

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard):
    Good morning, everyone. I hope you are well rested after the summer break. So we are starting a new session of the year.

[English]

     Honourable members of the committee, l see a quorum. We can now proceed to the election of the chair. I'm ready to receive motions to that effect. Please note that the candidate for this position must belong to the official opposition.
    Mr. Warkentin.
Mr. Chris Warkentin (Peace River, CPC):
    I'd like to nominate Mr. John McKay for chair.
The Clerk:
    Mr. Warkentin has nominated Mr. McKay.
    Are there any other nominations?

[Translation]

    Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt this motion?
    (Motion agreed to)
    The Clerk: I declare Mr. McKay duly elected as chair of this committee.

[English]

    Before the duly elected chair takes the chair, I would like to proceed, with the committee's consent, to the election of the first vice-chair of the committee.

[Translation]

    The candidate must be a member of the governing party.
    Are there any nominations?
    Yes, Mr. Martin?

[English]

Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP):
    I would like to nominate Mr. Warkentin.
The Clerk:
     Are there any other nominations?

[Translation]

    Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt this motion?
    (Motion agreed to)

[English]

    The Clerk: Mr. Warkentin is the duly elected first vice-chair of this committee.
     And now for the final position, second vice-chair of the committee, the candidate must belong to the opposition but must be from a party other than the official opposition.

[Translation]

    Yes, Ms. Bourgeois?
Ms. Diane Bourgeois (Terrebonne—Blainville, BQ):
    I would like to nominate Mr. Pat Martin.

[English]

The Clerk:
     Are there any other nominations?

[Translation]

    Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt this motion?
    (Motion agreed to)
    The Clerk: Mr. Martin is the duly elected second vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

[English]

    Thank you. Congratulations to everyone.
    And now I turn it over to you.
    I think it was the campaign that really put us all over the edge.
    I would like to use this time to accomplish a few things. I seek permission from the committee to go in camera, if that's in order.
    Some hon. members: Agreed.
    The Chair: Absolument? Okay.
    We will suspend for 30 seconds so we can actually do that.
    [Proceedings continue in camera]
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