The committee met at 1306 in room 228.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Okay. We’ll call the meeting to order. Welcome, everybody, to our Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly. The first item of business is the report of the subcommittee.

Mr. Bas Balkissoon: Do you want me to read it?

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Go ahead. Mr. Balkissoon.

Mr. Bas Balkissoon: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Your subcommittee on committee business met on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, to consider the business of the committee, and recommends the following:

(1) That the Chair of the committee notify the House leaders of the committee’s desire to accept this year’s annual invitation to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

(2) That, in response to the correspondence from the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills, the committee invite the Chair, Mr. Tabuns and Mr. Hillier, to elaborate on their request for standing order amendments.

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

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Any questions or debate on that? All in favour? Carried.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): The second item is the National Conference of State Legislatures 2013 annual conference and the consideration of the draft budget.

Mr. Bas Balkissoon: These are the same numbers as last year.

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): The same numbers as last year, yes?

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Trevor Day): The categories are the same; the numbers are actually lower than last year.

Mr. Bas Balkissoon: Because of the airfare.

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Trevor Day): Airfare is actually one of the higher items, because when we book for you, it has to be fully transferable and fully refundable. Should you choose to do your own booking based on your schedule, you can get much cheaper flights, but we have to allow for the greatest-case scenario. So that’s what we have in here.

Mr. Gilles Bisson: What’s the date again?

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Trevor Day): It’s August 11 to the 15th.

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Any questions on it?

Mr. Mike Colle: Where is it?

Mr. Bas Balkissoon: Atlanta, Georgia.

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Yes, Mr. Hillier?

Mr. Randy Hillier: I just have one question. Is this dedicated for the members of this committee, or is it being offered out to all other members?

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Trevor Day): Members of this committee.

Mr. Randy Hillier: Members of this committee.

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Trevor Day): Voting members of this committee.

Mr. Randy Hillier: Voting members of this committee?

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Appointed members of this committee.

Can I ask you, then, to approve the draft budget? Mr. Flynn—

Interjection.

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Is it approved? Okay. That’s carried, then.

We have one other comment here from the Clerk.

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Trevor Day): The only other thing to mention for the committee is that, just for your information, committee room 151 is now webcast for all meetings in that room, on our website, and just tying in with that, this committee is meant to do an annual review of the broadcast and recording, and any type of Web streaming would most likely fall into that. So it is on the committee’s agenda, as something that we can do, should we choose to, in the future. That’s pretty much what we have before us.

The Chair (Mr. Garfield Dunlop): Any other comments or questions for today? I know it’s a short meeting, but I appreciate your coming out to get this at least out of the way. Nothing else?

Okay, we’re adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 1310.

CONTENTS

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Subcommittee report M-5

Committee business M-5

STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Chair / Président

Mr. Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North / Simcoe-Nord PC)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

Ms. Lisa MacLeod (Nepean–Carleton PC)

Mr. Bas Balkissoon (Scarborough–Rouge River L)

Mr. Gilles Bisson (Timmins–James Bay / Timmins–Baie James ND)

Mr. Steve Clark (Leeds–Grenville PC)

Mr. Mike Colle (Eglinton–Lawrence L)

Mr. Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North / Simcoe-Nord PC)

Mr. Kevin Daniel Flynn (Oakville L)

Ms. Cindy Forster (Welland ND)

Ms. Lisa MacLeod (Nepean–Carleton PC)

Mr. Bill Mauro (Thunder Bay–Atikokan L)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Randy Hillier (Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington PC)

Mr. Jack MacLaren (Carleton–Mississippi Mills PC)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. Trevor Day

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Jeff Parker, research officer,
Legislative Research Service