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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 2
Monday, February 12, 2001
The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs met at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Chair, Derek Lee, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Stéphane Bergeron, Rick Borotsik, Marlene Catterall, Yvon Godin, Joe Jordan, Derek Lee, Paul Macklin, Carolyn Parrish, Geoff Regan, John Reynolds, John Richardson, Jacques Saada, Chuck Strahl and Tony Tirabassi.
Acting Members present: Garry Breitkreuz for Grant McNally; Benoît Sauvageau for Michel Guimond.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: James Robertson, research officer.
Pursuant to Standing Order 104, the Committee proceeded to the consideration of a draft report on the membership of Standing and Standing Joint Committees.
After debate, on motion of Mr. Saada, seconded by Mr. Godin, it was agreed,
- That, the Draft Report, as amended, be adopted as the Committee’s First Report to the House and that the Chair present the report to the House;
- That the researchers and clerk be authorized to make such typographical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the Report.
The Committee resumed debate on the motion by Mr. Strahl- That Standing Order 106 be replaced with:
106 (1) Within ten sitting days following the adoption by the House of a report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs pursuant to Standing Order 104(1), the Clerk of the House shall convene a meeting of each standing committee whose membership is contained in that report for the purpose of electing a Chairman, provided that forty-eighty hours notice is given of any such meeting.
(2) Each standing or special committee shall elect a Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen, of whom two shall be Members of the government party and the third a Member in opposition to the government at the commencement of every session and, if necessary, during the course of a session by secret ballot as follows:
(3) The clerk of the committee will preside over the election of the Chairman and will ask for nominations from the floor. After the nominations are closed, the clerk will announce the candidates to the committee members, and if necessary, list the names on a board in view of all committee members.
(4) The clerk of the committee shall provide committee members present with ballot papers.
(5) Members wishing to indicate their choice for Chairman shall print the first and last name of the Member on the ballot paper.
(6)(a) Members shall deposit their complete ballot papers in a box provided for that purpose on the table.
(6)(b) The clerk of the committee shall, once all Members wishing to do so have deposited their ballot papers, empty box and count the ballots and being satisfied as to the accuracy of the count, shall destroy the ballots together with all records of the number of ballots cast for each candidate and the Clerk shall in no way divulge the number of ballots cast for any candidate.
(6c) In the event of one Member having received a majority of the votes cast, the Clerk shall announce the new Chairman to the committee.
6(d) In the event of no Member having received a majority of votes cast, the candidate with the least number of votes cast will be dropped from the ballot. Another ballot will be taken. This process will be continued until a Member receives a majority of votes.
(6)(e) Any Member wishing to withdraw their name may do so at any time.
(7) Within ten sitting days of the receipt, by the clerk of a standing committee, of a request signed by any four members of the said committee, the Chairman of the said committee shall convene such a meeting provided that forty-eight hours notice is given of the meeting. For the purposes of this section, the reasons for convening such a meeting shall be stated in the request.
And that the Clerk be authorized to make consequential amendments if required.
Debate arose.
Mr. Borotsik moved, that Mr. Strahl’s motion be amended by striking out the following words in paragraph (2) : "of whom two shall be Members of the government party and the third a Member in opposition to the government."
After debate, it was agreed that a recorded division be taken to decide whether the vote on the amendment should be held by secret ballot.
The question being put on the motion, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
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YEAS: Garry Breitkreuz John Reynolds Chuck Strahl Stéphane Bergeron Benoît Sauvageau Yvon Godin Rick Borotsik (7) |
NAYS: Marlene Catterall Joe Jordan Paul Macklin Carolyn Parrish Geoff Regan John Richardson Jacques Saada Tony Tirabassi (8) |
The question being put on the amendment of Mr. Borotsik, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
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YEAS: Garry Breitkreuz John Reynolds Chuck Strahl Yvon Godin Rick Borotsik (5) |
NAYS: Marlene Catterall Joe Jordan Paul Macklin Carolyn Parrish Geoff Regan John Richardson Jacques Saada Tony Tirabassi Stéphane Bergeron Benoît Sauvageau (10) |
By unanimous consent, it was agreed that the main motion be amended by adding, after the words "shall be stated in the request," the following: "(8) This procedure shall be in force until the end of the First Session of the 37th Parliament or until otherwise decided by the House."
The question being put on the amended motion, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
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YEAS: Garry Breitkreuz John Reynolds Chuck Strahl Stéphane Bergeron Benoît Sauvageau Yvon Godin Rick Borotsik (7) |
NAYS: Marlene Catterall Joe Jordan Paul Macklin Carolyn Parrish Geoff Regan John Richardson Jacques Saada Tony Tirabassi (8) |
At 4:41 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Patrice Martin
Clerk of the Committee