PRHA Committee Meeting

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE AND HOUSE AFFAIRS

COMITÉ PERMANENT DE LA PROCÉDURE ET DES AFFAIRES DE LA CHAMBRE

EVIDENCE

[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]

Thursday, October 1, 1998

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[English]

The Chairman (Mr. Peter Adams (Peterborough, Lib.)): Order. Let's begin.

We have two items of business. They are both the draft reports. The usual practice is that these draft reports are confidential until they're presented in the House of Commons.

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You all have copies. As I suggested earlier, it might be more convenient for you to return them to me at the end of the meeting, but my only reason for asking this is that they remain confidential until they appear in the House of Commons.

Let's proceed to agenda item A, the striking committee report.

Would someone care to move the motion we have before us?

Mr. Lynn Myers (Waterloo—Wellington, Lib.): I so move that the draft report as amended be adopted as the committee's thirty-sixth report to the House and that the chair present the report to the House.

The Chairman: Okay. At the moment, we don't need the phrase, “as amended”.

Colleagues, you have the report before you. Each of the parties has submitted its list. Have you had the opportunity to check those lists and check that the report accurately reflects the submissions?

Okay. I'll call the vote, then, on the motion before us.

(Motion agreed to)

The Chairman: We'll proceed to item B. This is the draft report of our subcommittee on private members' business.

Perhaps, Lynn, you would care to speak to that briefly before moving the motion. By the way, again, it's a public meeting, so it's not a matter of you dealing with the contents of the report but some general statement about it.

Mr. Lynn Myers: Mr. Chairman, I'm pleased to report that the committee met yesterday afternoon and in fact was able to come to a consensus with respect to a bill to proceed to the House as well as two motions.

In accordance with that, I would move that the committee's mandate, pursuant to Standing Orders 92 and 108(3)(a)(iv), in relation to private members' business, be introduced for consideration.

The Chairman: Okay.

Any discussion? You have it before you.

Mr. Lynn Myers: Mr. Chairman, as you point out, this is confidential, of course.

The Chairman: Any comments?

Mr. Chuck Strahl (Fraser Valley, Ref.): Just a quick question. How is the basket doing? Are we full or empty?

Mr. Lynn Myers: Through the chairman, as you know, we will again in October be looking at additional private members' bills and there will be a draw at that time. As soon as that's dealt with we'll come back with additional suggestions and proceed accordingly.

Mr. Chuck Strahl: So we're not in danger of running out in the meantime.

Mr. Lynn Myers: No, I think that's not a problem.

Mr. Joe Fontana (London North Centre, Lib.): You'll fix that soon enough.

Mr. Lynn Myers: Unless of course you want to put in one of your own.

Mr. Chuck Strahl: Well...

Some hon. members: Oh, oh.

The Chairman: Any other comments or suggestions? If not, we'll vote on the motion before us.

(Motion agreed to)

The Chairman: I would suggest that we terminate the meeting at this point with a view to calling a meeting next week, either Tuesday or Thursday. From my point of view, because we've not had an opportunity to do that yet, the principal purpose at the moment of that meeting would be to look at future business and at business left over from the previous session.

Stéphane Bergeron.

[Translation]

Mr. Stéphane Bergeron (Verchères—Les-Patriotes, BQ): Mr. Chairman, I respectfully suggest to you that the steering committee meet on Tuesday and the committee eventually on Thursday. Would that be possible?

[English]

The Chairman: I think that's an excellent suggestion. Why not?

Steering committee on Tuesday, with a view to the meeting I just outlined on Thursday.

Any other...?

Then I suggest the meeting is adjourned.