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EVIDENCE

[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]

Tuesday, September 24, 1996

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[English]

The Clerk of the Committee: Honourable members, I see a quorum. In accordance with Standing Orders 106(1) and 106(2), the first item of business is to elect a chairperson.

[Translation]

Honourable members, I see a quorum. In accordance with Standing Orders 106(1) and 106(2), the first item of business is to elect a Chairperson. I am ready to receive motions to this effect.

[English]

Mr. Reed (Halton - Peel): I would like to submit the name of Mr. Mitchell.

Motion agreed to

The Clerk: I invite Mr. Mitchell to take the chair.

Some hon. members: Hear, hear!

The Chairman: I wish that all my elections should be quite as easy.

Thank you. First of all, let me thank the committee for your continued show of support. As well, I notice from looking around the table that we have a couple of new members. Welcome, gentlemen, and I guess I should say welcome back too.

An hon. member: [Inaudible - Editor].

The Chairman: And ladies too. I was only referring to the new members.

The second item of business is the election of a first vice-chairperson. Nominations, please.

Mrs. Cowling (Dauphin - Swan River): Mr. Chairman, I would like to nominate Peter Thalheimer as first vice-chair.

The Chairman: We have a proposal for Mr. Thalheimer. All those in favour?

Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo - Cowichan): Can we have other nominations, or is it just the -

The Chairman: We have a second vice-chairmanship position, which I'll open for nominations in just a second. Any opposition to Mr. Thalheimer?

Motion agreed to

The Chairman: We'll turn to the election of a second vice-chair.

[Translation]

Ms. Guay (Laurentides): I move that René Canuel be elected vice-chair of the committee.

[English]

Mr. Ringma: I'd like to have a recorded vote on that, Mr. Chairman.

The Chairman: That's in order. Mr. Clerk.

Mr. Ringma: Can we have more than one nomination at the same time, Mr. Chair?

The Chairman: The standing order for committees is that there are two vice-chairmanship positions. We've had two motions on the floor, one of which was voted on unanimously, and this one, which is your call for a recorded vote. After that, there are no more motions for vice-chairmen. Is that correct?

The Clerk: Yes, unless this one is defeated.

The Chairman: Unless this one is defeated.

Mr. Ringma: It's just that I was going to propose Darrel Stinson as a nominee, but the way things are going here, it looks as if the door isn't open for that.

The Chairman: No, it's not that the door isn't open. I asked for nominations and I recognized the first two members I saw. They put their motions forward and that's what we're voting on. The first one we voted on was carried unanimously. On this one, you've made a request for a recorded vote, and that's what I've asked the clerk to do.

Mr. Reed: Perhaps I can clarify it, Mr. Chairman. These nominations are actually motions -

The Chairman: They're motions, yes.

Mr. Reed: - so you would not have a multiple choice.

The Chairman: Mr. Reed points out one of the peculiarities of our system here. There's a motion for one person as opposed to nominations and a multi-person election.

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Motion agreed to: yeas 9; nays 2

The Chairman: We are going to be dealing with some business that will require us to go in camera. I would ask those people who are in the back of the room to please depart.

[Proceedings continue in camera]

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