The committee met at 1405 in committee room 1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. William Short): Good afternoon, honourable members. My name is William Short. I’m the Clerk of the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

I call upon you today to elect a Chair. Are there any nominations?

Ms. Cheri DiNovo: Yes. I’d like to nominate Uncle Ernie Hardeman as our Chair.

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. William Short): Mr. Hardeman, do you accept the nomination?

Mr. Ernie Hardeman: I accept the nomination, but I would ask the Clerk to take the “uncle” off.

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. William Short): All right. I can do that.

Mr. Ernie Hardeman: We only use that at home around the dinner table.

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. William Short): Okay. Any further nominations for Chair?

Seeing none, I declare the nominations closed and Mr. Hardeman Chair. Come on up.

ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Thank you very much, and good afternoon. We’ll entertain motions to nominate the Vice-Chair.

Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti: I nominate Ted Chudleigh as Vice-Chair.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Are there any further nominations? If not, nominations be closed.

Mr. Ted Chudleigh: I will accept.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Will you accept the nomination? That’s what I was supposed to say.

Mr. Ted Chudleigh: I will accept the nomination.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Thank you very much. Mr. Chudleigh is elected Vice-Chair of the committee.

APPOINTMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEE

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): We have another motion: to appoint a subcommittee. Ms. Jaczek.

Ms. Helena Jaczek: 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: the Chair as Chair; Mr. Berardinetti, Ms. McKenna and Ms. DiNovo; and

That substitution be permitted on the subcommittee.

The Chair (Mr. Ernie Hardeman): Thank you very much. You’ve heard the motion. Any further discussion? If not, all those in favour? Opposed, if any? The motion is carried.

That concludes the reason and the purpose of our meeting this afternoon. We look forward to many more meetings. I can assure you that this will likely be the most expedient meeting that we will have over the course of events.

Again, I want to thank everyone for allowing me to chair it once again. We look forward to accomplishing great things. So, thank you very much. We’ll call this meeting adjourned.

The committee adjourned at 1408.

CONTENTS

Monday 25 February 2013

Election of Chair SP-1

Election of Vice-Chair SP-1

Appointment of subcommittee SP-1

STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL POLICY

Chair / Président

Mr. Ernie Hardeman (Oxford PC)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Président

Mr. Ted Chudleigh (Halton PC)

Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti (Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest L)

Ms. Margarett R. Best (Scarborough–Guildwood L)

Mr. Ted Chudleigh (Halton PC)

Ms. Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale–High Park ND)

Mr. Ernie Hardeman (Oxford PC)

Ms. Helena Jaczek (Oak Ridges–Markham L)

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

Mr. Michael Mantha (Algoma–Manitoulin ND)

Ms. Jane McKenna (Burlington PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Ms. Soo Wong (Scarborough–Agincourt L)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. William Short

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Elaine Campbell, research officer,
Legislative Research Service