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37th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
Liaison Committee
EVIDENCE
CONTENTS
Thursday, February 26, 2004
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The Clerk of the Committee |
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Mr. Tom Wappel (Scarborough Southwest, Lib.) |
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The Clerk |
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The Chair (Mrs. Judi Longfield (Whitby—Ajax, Lib.)) |
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Mr. Pat O'Brien (London—Fanshawe, Lib.) |
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The Clerk |
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The Clerk |
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The Chair |
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Ms. Sarmite Bulte (Parkdale—High Park, Lib.) |
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The Chair |
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Ms. Bonnie Brown (Oakville, Lib.) |
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The Chair |
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Mr. Tom Wappel |
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The Chair |
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Mr. Tom Wappel |
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The Chair |
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Mr. Tom Wappel |
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The Chair |
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Mr. Tom Wappel |
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Mr. Raymond Bonin (Nickel Belt, Lib.) |
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The Chair |
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Mr. John Williams (St. Albert, CPC) |
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Ms. Sarmite Bulte |
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EVIDENCE
Thursday, February 26, 2004
[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
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[English]
The Clerk of the Committee: We'll come to order now.
Members of the committee, I see a quorum. Pursuant to Standing Order 107(2), your first item of business is to elect a chair.
I'm ready to receive motions to that effect.
Mr. Wappel.
Mr. Tom Wappel (Scarborough Southwest, Lib.): I nominate Judi Longfield.
Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
The Clerk: Are there any other nominations?
Some hon. members: Acclaimed.
The Chair (Mrs. Judi Longfield (Whitby—Ajax, Lib.)): Thank you.
Could we arrange this for the general election?
The Clerk: We'll now proceed to the election of a vice-chair. Are there any nominations?
Mr. O'Brien.
Mr. Pat O'Brien (London—Fanshawe, Lib.): I'd like to nominate Mr. Wappel.
The Clerk: Are there other nominations?
An hon. member: Unanimous consent.
Some hon. members:: Hear, hear!
The Clerk: Mr. Wappel is duly elected.
I invite Mrs. Longfield to take the chair.
The Chair: Thank you, colleagues. I'm flattered at the enthusiasm with which the nomination was received. I hope you don't regret this after the first turndown of whatever happens in your own specific committee.
We're going to move to the next item, which is establishing the budget subcommittee. The clerk has provided you with an idea of who was on the subcommittee previously. Obviously, some of those members have gone on to bigger and better things. We now are in a situation where we're constituting the new committee.
Might I have some nominations for folks who would like to sit on the subcommittee on budget?
Ms. Sarmite Bulte (Parkdale—High Park, Lib.): I nominate Bonnie Brown as chair.
The Chair: Bonnie, do you accept that?
Ms. Bonnie Brown (Oakville, Lib.): Yes.
The Chair: Are there any others?
Mr. Wappel.
Mr. Tom Wappel: I have a question and then a nomination.
The Chair: Yes.
Mr. Tom Wappel: Are the chair and vice-chair automatically on or do they have to be named?
The Chair: They have to be named.
Mr. Tom Wappel: I nominate you.
The Chair: Okay.
Mr. Tom Wappel: I nominate Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Patry.
The Chair: Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Patry.
Are there any further names?
Mr. Raymond Bonin (Nickel Belt, Lib.): Mr. Wappel.
The Chair: I'm just going to make a suggestion. Mr. Williams isn't here, and he has always been a member of the subcommittee. He is very tied up at the moment, and I would entertain a motion that Mr. Williams be added.
A voice: He's here.
The Chair: Oh, we just nominated you, Mr. Williams, for the subcommittee.
Mr. John Williams (St. Albert, CPC): I thought I was going to be the chair.
The Chair: Sorry, I had them lock the door so you couldn't get in.
Sam.
Ms. Sarmite Bulte: I'd like to nominate Roy Cullen--providing he keeps his stuff off my desk, as a condition.
The Chair: I'm told there's no absolute number, but seven has generally been what we have accepted. We have seven now. So the committee now is made up of Ms. Brown, Mr. Wappel, Mr. Williams, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Patry, Mr. Cullen, and Ms. Longfield.
Following the agenda, I would now suggest that the committee proceed to sit in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]