On motion of Helena Jaczek, it was agreed, — That Sherry Romanado be elected chair of the committee.

On motion of Tracy Gray, it was agreed, — That the Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner be elected first vice-chair of the committee.

On motion of Emmanuella Lambropoulos, it was agreed, — That Sébastien Lemire be elected second vice-chair of the committee.

Sébastien Lemire moved, — That Brian Masse be elected third vice-chair of the committee.

The Chair ruled the motion out of order.

On motion of Michelle Rempel Garner, it was agreed, — That the Chair write to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs in relation to the election of vice-chairs on standing committees.

On motion of Emmanuella Lambropoulos, 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.

By unanimous consent, Emmanuella Lambropoulos moved, — That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be composed of five members; the chair, one member from each party; and that the subcommittee work in the spirit of collaboration;

That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government, but when travelling outside the Parliamentary precinct, that the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of members present;

That the witnesses be given 10 minutes for their opening statement; That, at the discretion of the Chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated six minutes for the first questioner of each party as follows : Round one: Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Bloc Québécois, New Democratic Party. For the second and subsequent rounds, the order and time for questioning be as follows: Conservative Party: five minutes, Liberal Party: five minutes, Conservative Party: five minutes, Liberal Party: five minutes, Bloc Québécois: two and a half minutes, New Democratic Party: two and a half minutes;

That the clerk of the committee be authorized to distribute documents to members of the committee only when the documents are available in both official languages, and that witnesses be advised accordingly;

That the clerk of the committee be authorized to make the necessary arrangements to provide working meals for the committee and its subcommittees;

That, if requested, reasonable travel, accommodation and living expenses be reimbursed to witnesses, not exceeding two representatives per organization; and that, in exceptional circumstances, payment for more representatives be made at the discretion of the chair;

That, unless otherwise ordered, each committee member be allowed to have one staff member at in camera meetings and that one additional person from each House Officer's office be allowed to be present;

That one copy of the transcript of each in camera meeting be kept in the committee clerk's office for consultation by members of the committee or by their staff;

That 48 hours' notice, interpreted as two nights, shall be required for any substantive motion to be considered by the committee, unless the substantive motion relates directly to business then under consideration, provided that one notice be filed with the clerk of the committee no later than 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday; that the motion be distributed to members in both official languages by the clerk on the same day the said notice was transmitted if it was received no later than the deadline hour; and that notices received after the deadline hour or on non-business days be deemed to have been received during the next business day and that when the committee is travelling on official business, no substantive motions be moved;

That, in relation to Orders of Reference from the House respecting Bills, (a) the clerk of the committee shall, upon the committee receiving such an Order of Reference, write to each member who is not a member of a caucus represented on the committee to invite those members to file with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages, any amendments to the Bill, which is the subject of the said Order, which they would suggest that the committee consider; (b) suggested amendments filed, pursuant to paragraph (a), at least 48 hours prior to the start of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill to which the amendments relate shall be deemed to be proposed during the said consideration, provided that the committee may, by motion, vary this deadline in respect of a given Bill; and (c) during the clause-by-clause consideration of a Bill, the chair shall allow a member who filed suggested amendments, pursuant to paragraph (a), an opportunity to make brief representations in support of them.

On motion of Michelle Rempel Garner, it was agreed, — That the motion be amended by adding: “That all meetings of the committee, other than those deemed to be in camera, be televised or, if that is not possible, be webcast”.

After debate, the question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to.

Brian Masse gave notice of the following motion:

That the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology hold immediate hearings with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada's telecommunications companies and other telecom experts and advocacy groups to better understand

1. the influx of fraud calls to Canadian home phones and cellular devices including robocalls, ghosts calls, and spam calls
2. to give an update on the success and failures of the national do not call list, and
3. to outline the September 2020 STRI/SHAKEN measures and how this will benefit Canadian consumers.

On motion of Michelle Rempel Garner, it was agreed, — That the committee proceed to sit in camera.

At 12:24 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:26 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

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