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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 18
 
Thursday, February 6, 2014
 

The Standing Committee on Finance met at 3:35 p.m. this day, in Room 228, La Promenade Building, for the purpose of electing a Chair, pursuant to Standing Order 106(1).

 

Members of the Committee present: Mark Adler, Mike Allen, Gerald Keddy, Peggy Nash, James Rajotte, Andrew Saxton and Dave Van Kesteren.

 

Acting Members present: Linda Duncan for Murray Rankin, Ted Hsu for Hon. Scott Brison and Dany Morin for Guy Caron.

 

In attendance: House of Commons: Rémi Bourgault, Procedural Clerk. Library of Parliament: Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst; Mark Mahabir, Analyst.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the Clerk of the Committee presided over the election of a Chair.
 

On motion of Peggy Nash, it was agreed, — That James Rajotte be elected Chair of the Committee.

 
By unanimous consent, pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the Clerk of the Committee proceeded to the election of the Vice-Chairs.
 

On motion of Andrew Saxton, it was agreed, — That Peggy Nash be elected First Vice-Chair of the Committee.

 

On motion of Gerald Keddy, it was agreed, — That Scott Brison be elected Second Vice-Chair of the Committee in absentia.

 

James Rajotte took the Chair.

 

At 3:40 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 3:42 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

 
By unanimous consent the Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.
 

It was agreed, — That a proposed budget in the amount of $34,000, for the study of Emerging Digital Payments Systems, be adopted.

 

It was agreed, — That in relation to the study of the Pre-budget Consultations 2014, the proposed budget in the amount of $64,437.47, for the Committee’s travel to Washington and New York, be adopted.

 

It was agreed, — That, further to the Order adopted by the House on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, regarding changes to committee memberships, the Committee’s routine motion regarding the questioning of witnesses be replaced by the following:

That witnesses be given five (5) to ten (10) minutes at the discretion of the Chair to make their opening statement. That a Minister be given fifteen (15) minutes for opening remarks. And, that the order of questioners be as follows:

1st round (5 Minutes)
1. NDP
2. Conservative
3. Liberal
4. Conservative

2nd round (5 Minutes)
5. NDP
6. Conservative
7. NDP
8. Conservative
9. Conservative.

 
By unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations 2013.
 

It was agreed, — That the Chair request that the House amend the report entitled The Future we Want: Recommendations for the 2014 Budget, presented to the House on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 by replacing recommendation 24 with the following:

That as Canada is one of four Group of Seven countries without a national dementia and Alzheimer's strategy, the federal government move expeditiously on the creation and implementation of such a strategy.

 

At 4:03 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Christine Lafrance
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2014/02/10 11:38 a.m.