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STANDING COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
COMITÉ PERMANENT DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE ET DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS
EVIDENCE
[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
Thursday, February 22, 2001
• 0902
[English]
The Clerk of the Committee: I see a quorum.
In conformity with Standing Orders 106(1) and (2), your first item of business is to elect a chair. I am ready to receive motions to that effect.
Mr. Bob Wood (Nipissing, Lib.): I would like to nominate David Pratt as committee chair.
The Clerk: It is moved by Mr...?
Mr. Bob Wood: Wood—Monsieur Bois.
The Clerk: It is moved by Mr. Wood that David Pratt take the chair of this committee.
[Translation]
Mr. Wood moves that Mr. David Pratt take the chair of this committee.
[English]
Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the said motion?
(Motion agreed to)
The Clerk: I declare Mr. Pratt duly elected chair of this committee, and I invite him to take the chair.
Some hon. members: Hear, hear.
The Chair (Mr. David Pratt (Nepean—Carleton, Lib.)): According to the Standing Orders, specifically Standing Order 106(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. I'd now like to receive motions on the election of the vice-chairs.
Mr. John O'Reilly (Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, Lib.): I move David Pratt—
An hon. member: He's already chairman.
Mr. John O'Reilly: Okay, let's try David Price, then.
The Chair: I know we're going to have a lot of confusion over the next little while, but we'll try to deal with that.
So we have a motion.
Mr. Roy Bailey (Souris—Moose Mountain, Canadian Alliance): I move to elect as vice-chair a member who is not present, Peter Goldring.
The Chair: According to the Standing Orders, does the—
The Clerk: In absentia.
The Chair: Okay, then, it can be moved in absentia.
We have motions to elect Messrs. Price and Goldring as vice-chairs. We'll deal with them separately.
• 0905
We'll first deal with the motion to
elect Mr. Price as first
vice-chair.
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: It's been duly moved by Mr. Bailey that Mr. Goldring become the second vice-chair.
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: We now have our chair and two vice-chairs.
I know that time is running short. There's a lot happening this morning for a lot of us. I just would like to say that I'm really looking forward to this new role on the committee, having served in the last Parliament for a time as vice-chair. I think we were ably guided in our deliberations by our previous chairs, Bob Bertrand, Pat O'Brien, and, in the final stages of the last Parliament, George Proud. I think they all did a great job and I'm certainly going to try to do my best to live up to the standards they set.
I would also like to take this opportunity to say how much I'm looking forward to working with our new clerk, Diane Deschamps. Most of you are familiar with Wolf Koerner, our chief researcher and travel planner. Back with us is Michel, whom many of you will know from the last Parliament as well.
With that I'll accept a motion to adjourn.
Mr. John O'Reilly: I so move.
(Motion agreed to)
The Chair: Thank you.
