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STANDING COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT
COMITÉ PERMANENT DES AFFAIRES AUTOCHTONES ET DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DU GRAND NORD
EVIDENCE
[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
Wednesday, October 27, 1999
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[English]
The Clerk of the Committee: This is the first meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Hon. members, I see we have a quorum.
Your first order of business is to elect a chair, and I'm ready to receive nominations.
Mr. John O'Reilly (Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, Lib.): I move, seconded by Paul DeVillers, that Sue Barnes do take the chair of the committee.
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk: I declare Sue Barnes duly elected chair of this committee and invite her to take the chair.
The Chair (Ms. Sue Barnes (London West, Lib.)): I think our first order of business is to say thank you for the election.
We'll now move on to the election of the first vice-chair, and I'm ready to receive nominations.
Mr. Jim Gouk (Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, Ref.): I nominate Derrek Konrad as first vice-chair.
Mr. John Finlay (Oxford, Lib.): I second that nomination.
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: I declare Derrek Konrad elected as the first vice-chair. Congratulations.
Mr. DeVillers.
Mr. Paul DeVillers (Simcoe North, Lib.): I nominate John Finlay as the vice-chair from the government side.
Mr. Jim Gouk: I second the motion.
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: The government vice-chair will be John Finlay. Congratulations, Mr. Finlay.
We have some routine motions. Has the clerk distributed the routine motions?
The Clerk: I have.
The Chair: I recognize John O'Reilly.
Mr. John O'Reilly: I would move that the routine motions be adopted.
The Chair: Mr. Crête.
[Translation]
Mr. Paul Crête (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques, BQ): Are you asking us to vote on the first routine motion, or in fact on all routine motions?
[English]
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: Mr. O'Reilly.
Mr. John O'Reilly: There's one other motion for debate and adoption. It says that when witnesses are appearing before the committee, any questions on procedure or administrative matters not related to the order of the day be postponed until the end of the questioning of the witnesses at the discretion of the chair.
I believe that has been circulated in both official languages.
The Chair: Does everyone have a copy of that motion before them?
Some hon. members: No.
The Chair: The clerk will distribute them.
Mr. John O'Reilly: That's not the motion I read. That's another motion.
The Clerk: I'm so sorry.
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[Translation]
Mr. Paul Crête: As you can see, we're paying attention.
[English]
The Chair: Could you pick up the other one, please, so that there's no confusion.
Does everybody have a copy now?
Some hon. members: Yes.
The Chair: We'll proceed. Maybe I'll have the clerk read the motion so that we're sure which one we're talking about here.
The Clerk: The motion is as follows:
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that when witnesses are appearing before the
committee, any questions on procedure or administrative
matters not related to the order of the day be
postponed until the end of the questioning of witnesses
at the discretion of the chair.
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: It will probably be some time next week when we gather again. I want to assure this committee that while dealing with our non-partisan work in this committee, all the people around the table will be dealt with very fairly. If it says there is a five-minute time period, my understanding is that includes not only the question but also the response. I'm not going to cut somebody off in mid-sentence, but I certainly will cut them off in mid-paragraph. So you all have fair warning. I know we all have something to contribute and that all of us around this table want to serve this committee and our constituencies.
Mr. Scott.
Mr. Mike Scott (Skeena, Ref.): Madam Chair, I have a notice of motion that I would like to bring to the committee's attention for consideration at the next meeting.
The Chair: Mr. Scott, we just passed a motion on 48-hour notice, so you can give that to the clerk. That was part of the routine motions.
Mr. Mike Scott: That's what I'm doing.
The Chair: Thank you very much. This meeting is—
Mr. Jim Gouk: Madam Chair, before you go, can I just make a general inquiry?
The Chair: Yes.
Mr. Jim Gouk: Given that we know that Bill C-9 is coming here probably before too long and given that it only affects one province, will the committee entertain a motion to travel to British Columbia to hear witnesses on this legislation?
The Chair: I'm sure you are aware that at this point this matter is before the House and it is hypothetical. The bill has not yet been referred here. We'll deal with that when the time comes and the bill is here.
Thank you. This meeting is adjourned to the call of the chair.