Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The committee met at 0908 in committee room 2.

Election of Chair

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): Good morning, honourable members. It is my duty to call upon you to elect a Chair. Are there any nominations? Madame Lalonde.

Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde: Yes, I would like to nominate MPP Cristina Martins.

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): Are there any further nominations? There being no further nominations, I declare the nominations closed and Mrs. Martins elected Chair of the committee.

Congratulations to Mrs. Martins. This is an election in absentia.

Election of Vice-Chair

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): We will now move on to the election of the Vice-Chair.

It is now my duty to call upon you to elect a Vice-Chair. Are there any nominations? Madame Lalonde.

Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde: I would like to nominate MPP Daiene Vernile.

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): Ms. Vernile, do you accept the nomination?

Ms. Daiene Vernile: Yes, I do. Thank you.

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): Are there any further nominations? There being none, I declare the nominations closed and Ms. Vernile duly elected Vice-Chair of the committee.

With that, I would invite the Vice-Chair to come up to the chair and continue with the meeting.

Appointment of subcommittee

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Good morning, committee members. We’re now going to move forward with the appointment of the subcommittee on committee business. Do we have a motion?

Mr. Monte Kwinter: Yes.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Mr. Kwinter?

Mr. Monte Kwinter: Madam Vice-Chair, I move that the following change be made to the membership of the subcommittee on committee business: that Mr. Rinaldi be replaced by MPP Qaadri.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Is there any debate on this motion? Seeing as there is no debate, we shall vote. All those in favour? Against? Carried. Thank you.

Subcommittee report

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Our next business is the adoption of the subcommittee report on committee business dated Thursday, April 7, 2016. Would someone please move adoption of the report?

Mr. Randy Pettapiece: I’d like to, if I could find it. Oh, here it is.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): It was probably lost in traffic.

Mr. Randy Pettapiece: I move the adoption of the subcommittee report on intended appointments dated Thursday, April 7, 2016.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Any discussion on the motion? All those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried.

Committee business

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): For our committee members, we are now going to look at the overview. I would like to hear comments on whether or not you would wish to wait or to have this discussion now. It’s open for commentary.

Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde: Sorry, would you repeat what you asked? I apologize, Madam Vice-Chair.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Would you like to have a discussion now on the overview?

Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde: In view of the situation of some of our members not being here and some others having to leave, I would suggest that maybe we do it at our next meeting.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Do we have agreement on that? All those in favour? The motion is passed.

Our Chair is now going to make a comment to our committee. I’m sorry, our Clerk. I’m the Chair; no, I’m the sub-Chair.

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): Vice-Chair.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Vice-Chair. Go ahead, Clerk.

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki): I just wanted to mention to the members that the committee did receive an intended appointments certificate. Usually, these are sent out on Fridays to the members of the subcommittee. As we did not have a fully constituted subcommittee, that report will go out from my office today and, as per our usual process, we would hope to get your selections back by 5 p.m. on Thursday. I just wanted to get that on the record for everyone.

The Vice-Chair (Ms. Daiene Vernile): Any further discussion this morning? As there is none, this committee now stands adjourned.

Thank you very much.

The committee adjourned at 0914.

CONTENTS

Tuesday 12 April 2016

Election of Chair A-363

Election of Vice-Chair A-363

Appointment of subcommittee A-363

Subcommittee report A-363

Committee business A-363

STANDING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Chair / Présidente

Mrs. Cristina Martins (Davenport L)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

Ms. Daiene Vernile (Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre L)

Mr. Robert Bailey (Sarnia–Lambton PC)

Mr. Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls ND)

Mr. Monte Kwinter (York Centre / York-Centre L)

Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde (Ottawa–Orléans L)

Mrs. Amrit Mangat (Mississauga–Brampton South / Mississauga–Brampton-Sud L)

Mrs. Cristina Martins (Davenport L)

Mr. Randy Pettapiece (Perth–Wellington PC)

Mr. Shafiq Qaadri (Etobicoke North / Etobicoke-Nord L)

Ms. Daiene Vernile (Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre L)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Granville Anderson (Durham L)

Clerk / Greffière

Ms. Sylwia Przezdziecki

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Heather Webb, research officer,
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