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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 1
 
Thursday, November 22, 2007
 

The Liaison Committee met at 1:13 p.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, for the purpose of electing a Chair, pursuant to Standing Order 107(2).

 

Members of the Committee present: Dean Allison, Rob Anders, James Bezan, Steven Blaney, Garry Breitkreuz, Rick Casson, Barry Devolin, Gary Goodyear, Art Hanger, Derek Lee, Hon. Diane Marleau, Rob Merrifield, Yasmin Ratansi, Gary Schellenberger, Kevin Sorenson and Mervin C. Tweed.

 

Acting Members present: John Cannis for Paul Szabo and Patricia Davidson for Joy Smith.

 

In attendance: House of Commons: Jeremy LeBlanc, Deputy Principal Clerk; Robert Benoit, Deputy Principal Clerk; Gilles Larocque, Senior Financial Advisor; Karen Thriepland, Coordinator, Logistics Services. Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations: Mike MacPherson, Joint Clerk of the Committee. Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs: Alexandre Roger, Clerk of the Committee. Standing Committee on Finance: Catherine Cuerrier, Committee Clerk. Standing Committee on National Defence: Samy Agha, Clerk of the Committee. Library of Parliament: Jack Stilborn, Analyst.

 
The Clerk of the Committee presided over the election of the Chair.
 

On motion of Derek Lee, it was agreed, — That Dean Allison be elected Chair of the Committee.

 

The Clerk of the Committee presided over the election of the Vice-Chair.

 

On motion of Derek Lee, it was agreed, — That Yasmin Ratansi be elected Vice-Chair of the Committee.

 

Dean Allison took the Chair.

 

On motion of Derek Lee, it was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 107(6), a Subcommittee on Committee Budgets be established to approve committees’ budget requests and that the subcommittee be composed of the Chair, the Vice-Chair, Art Hanger, Diane Marleau, Rob Merrifield, Paul Szabo and Mervin Tweed.

 

On motion of Rob Anders, it was agreed, — That the Clerk of the Committee be authorized to make the necessary arrangements to provide working meals for the Committee and its subcommittees.

 

On motion of Kevin Sorenson, it was agreed, — That the Committee retain, as needed and at the discretion of the Chair, the services of one or more analysts from the Library of Parliament to assist it in its work.

 

At 1:18 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 1:19 p.m., the Committee proceeded to sit in camera.

 
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.
 

The Deputy Principal Clerk gave a presentation on the financial status of the global envelope for committee activities.

 

It was agreed, — That the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations be granted an operational budget of $12,810.

 

It was agreed, — That the Standing Committee on Finance be granted an additional operational budget of $9,600 for its Pre-Budget Consultations 2007.

 

It was agreed, — That the Standing Committee on National Defence be granted a travel budget of $249,461 to travel to Kandahar and Kabul, Afghanistan and Brussels Belgium, in the winter of 2008 in relation to its study of Canada's involvement in Afghanistan.

 

At 2:01 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Pierre Rodrigue
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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