CONTENTS

Wednesday 5 May 1999

Election of Chair

Election of Vice-Chair

Appointment of subcommittee

STANDING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Chair / Président
Ms Frances Lankin (Beaches-Woodbine ND)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Président
Mr Rosario Marchese (Fort York ND)

Mr John Gerretsen (Kingston and The Islands / Kingston et Les Îles L)
Mr Michael Gravelle (Port Arthur L)
Mr Bill Grimmett (Muskoka-Georgian Bay / Muskoka-Baie-Georgienne PC)
Mr Bert Johnson (Perth PC)
Ms Frances Lankin (Beaches-Woodbine ND)
Mr Rosario Marchese (Fort York ND)
Mr Dan Newman (Scarborough Centre / -Centre PC)
Mr Joseph Spina (Brampton North / -Nord PC)
Mr R. Gary Stewart (Peterborough PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Mr Gary Fox (Prince Edward-Lennox-South Hastings /Prince Edward-Lennox-Hastings-Sud PC)
Mr Allan K. McLean (Simcoe East / -Est PC)
Mr E.J. Douglas Rollins (Quinte PC)

Clerk / Greffier
Mr Tom Prins

Staff / Personnel
Mr David Pond, research officer, Legislative Research Service

The committee met at 1012 in room 228.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

Clerk of the Committee (Mr Tom Prins): Honourable members, it is my duty to call upon you to elect a Chair. Are there any nominations?

Mr Bill Grimmett (Muskoka-Georgian Bay): I would like to nominate Ms Lankin as Chair of this committee.

Clerk of the Committee: Are there any further nominations? There being no further nominations, I declare the nominations closed and Ms Lankin elected Chair.

ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR

The Chair (Ms Frances Lankin): The next item on the agenda is the election of a Vice-Chair. Are there any nominations?

Mr Grimmett: First of all, Madam Chair, I would like to congratulate you on your election.

The Chair: Thank you. I appreciate that.

Mr Grimmett: I'd like to nominate Mr Marchese as the Vice-Chair.

The Chair: I notice you didn't wish me a long tenure.

Are there any further nominations? Seeing none, I declare the nominations closed and Mr Marchese elected Vice-Chair.

APPOINTMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEE

The Chair: The next item is a motion to appoint a subcommittee on committee business. Is there a mover for a motion?

Mr Grimmett: I move that a subcommittee on committee business be appointed to meet from time to time at the call of the Chair, or at the request of any member thereof, to consider and report to the committee on the business of the committee; that the presence of all members of the subcommittee is necessary to constitute a meeting; and that the subcommittee be composed of the following members: Ms Lankin as Chair, Mr Marchese, Mr Gravelle and Mr Grimmett; and that any member may designate a substitute member on the subcommittee who is of the same recognized party.

The Chair: Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried.

As I understand it, there are two certificates that have been issued, so in case 99.9% of the world is wrong and Richard Mackie, who thinks the election is going to be called next week, is correct, I'll ask the clerk to call a meeting of the subcommittee to deal with the business of dealing with those certificates at an appropriate time.

Is that all the business? The meeting is adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 1014.