The committee met at 0904 in committee room 1.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Thank you all for being here this morning. You will notice from the agenda that we don’t have a long agenda this morning. We have completed the review of all the agencies that have been interviewed at this point, so we have no further reports to deal with at this time. But we do have three subcommittee reports for the committee to consider.

If we could have a motion on the report of the subcommittee on committee business dated Thursday, November 25, 2010.

Mr. Michael A. Brown: Chair, I so move.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): We have the motion. You’ve heard the motion. All those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried.

The second one is the report of the subcommittee on committee business dated Thursday, December 2, 2010. A motion to accept the report? Mr. Brown?

Mr. Michael A. Brown: I so move, Mr. Chair.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): You’ve heard the motion. Discussion? If not, all those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried.

The third one is a report of the subcommittee on committee business dated Friday, December 3, 2010.

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: I’ll move that, Chair.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Okay. Ms. MacLeod?

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: Your subcommittee on committee business met on Friday, December 3, 2010, to consider the method of proceeding on agency reviews, and recommends the following:

(1) That the committee conduct agency reviews during the winter recess, and that the Chair be directed to seek authorization by the House of committee meeting time during the recess.

(2) That the agencies to be reviewed be as follows:

—Selection of the official opposition: College of Trades Appointments Council;

—Selection of the third party: Ontario Energy Board;

—Selection of the government caucus: to be confirmed.

(3) That the clerk of the committee, in consultation with the Chair, be authorized, prior to the adoption of the report of the subcommittee, to commence making any preliminary arrangements to facilitate the committee’s proceedings.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): You’ve heard the motion. Discussion?

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: This is a long-standing practice of this committee to have agency reviews by the committee, with the selection of one agency per party to review during either the summer intersession or the winter intersession. It is our view that this would be appropriate, given that this has been the practice all along. The official opposition has chosen the College of Trades Appointments Council, and we look forward to bringing them in for review.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Thank you. Further discussion? If not, all those in favour?

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: Recorded vote.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): A recorded vote has been requested. All those in favour?

Interjection: It’s too late.

Mr. Michael A. Brown: You asked for the vote. You’ve got to use the same rules for everybody.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): To the government members: I don’t think I’ve ever refused or not accepted a request for a recorded vote before the vote was taken.

Ayes

MacLeod.

Nays

Albanese, Brown, Cansfield, Carroll, Naqvi.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): The motion is lost.

Mr. Michael A. Brown: Mr. Chair, I move adjournment of the committee.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Motion to adjourn.

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: I just had another motion. What’s the process here? Because I wanted to put forward a motion in—

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): No, there’s no debate on an adjournment motion.

Motion to adjourn: All those in favour?

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: Recorded vote, please.

Mrs. Donna H. Cansfield: Too late again.

Ms. Lisa MacLeod: Mr. Chair, I just would request a recorded vote, given that I was going to put forward a motion to bring in the Niagara Parks Commission.

Interjection.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): All those opposed? The motion is carried.

Committee stands adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 0908.

CONTENTS

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Subcommittee reports A-111

STANDING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Chair / Président

Mr. Ernie Hardeman (Oxford PC)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

Ms. Lisa MacLeod (Nepean–Carleton PC)

Mrs. Laura Albanese (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston L)

Mr. Michael A. Brown (Algoma–Manitoulin L)

Mrs. Donna H. Cansfield (Etobicoke Centre / Etobicoke-Centre L)

Ms. M. Aileen Carroll (Barrie L)

Mr. Howard Hampton (Kenora–Rainy River ND)

Mr. Ernie Hardeman (Oxford PC)

Ms. Lisa MacLeod (Nepean–Carleton PC)

Ms. Leeanna Pendergast (Kitchener–Conestoga L)

Mr. Jim Wilson (Simcoe–Grey PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre / Ottawa-Centre L)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. Katch Koch

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Larry Johnston, research officer,
Legislative Research Service