CONTENTS
Thursday 23 January 1997
Election of Chair
Election of Vice-Chair
Appointment of subcommittee
STANDING COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Chair / Président: Mr Bart Maves (Niagara Falls PC)
Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente: Mrs Julia Munro (Durham-York PC)
Mr HarryDanford (Hastings-Peterborough PC)
*Mr JimFlaherty (Durham Centre / -Centre PC)
*Mr BernardGrandmaître (Ottawa east / -Est L)
Mr ErnieHardeman (Oxford PC)
Mr RosarioMarchese (Fort York ND)
*Mr BartMaves (Niagara Falls PC)
*Mrs JuliaMunro (Durham-York PC)
Mrs SandraPupatello (Windsor-Sandwich L)
*Mrs LillianRoss (Hamilton West / -Ouest PC)
Mr MarioSergio (Yorkview L)
*Mr R. GaryStewart (Peterboroiugh PC)
Mr Joseph N. Tascona (Simcoe Centre / -Centre PC)
*Mr LenWood (Cochrane North / -Nord ND)
*Mr Terence H. Young (Halton centre / -Centre PC)
*In attendance /présents
Substitutions present /Membres remplaçants présents:
Mr John R. O'Toole (Durham east / -Est PC) for Mr Danford
Clerk pro tem /
Greffière par intérim: Ms Donna Bryce
Staff / Personnel: Mr Jerry Richmond, research officer, Legislative Research Service
The committee met at 1005 in committee room 1.
ELECTION OF CHAIR
Clerk Pro Tem (Ms Donna Bryce): Honourable members, it is my duty to call upon you to elect a Chair. We have a resignation of the position of Vice-Chair as well, so we'll be doing both of those this morning. Are there any nominations for the position of Chair?
Mr Jim Flaherty (Durham Centre): I nominate Bart Maves, MPP, as Chair.
Clerk Pro Tem: Are there any further nominations? Seeing none, I declare nominations closed and Mr Maves elected Chair.
Mr Maves, if you can come up to the Chair's seat.
The Chair (Mr Bart Maves): Thank you very much, colleagues. I appreciate the support for my position as Chair, and I'm happy to accept that.
ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR
The Chair: It is my duty now to call upon the committee to elect a Vice-Chair. Are there any nominations?
Mr John O'Toole (Durham East): I would like to nominate Julia Munro, the member for Durham-York.
The Chair: Are there any further nominations? There being no further nominations, I declare the nominations closed and Mrs Munro elected Vice-Chair.
APPOINTMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEE
The Chair: Is there a mover for a motion to appoint a subcommittee on committee business?
Mr Bernard Grandmaître (Ottawa East): 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: Mr Maves, Mrs Munro, M. Grandmaître and M. Marchese; 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, I'll call the vote.
All those in favour of the motion?
Seeing that it's unanimous, I won't ask the question if there's anyone opposed. I declare the motion carried.
Mr Grandmaître: What a great committee this is going to be.
The Chair: Very efficient so far, committee.
Just to note for the committee, there are two bills that have been referred to this committee: one is Bill 80, the Juvenile Delinquents Act, which was brought forward by Mr Brown; and actually my own bill, Bill 89, the Accountability Improvement Act.
At some point in time, just to let committee members know, the subcommittee will have to get together to discuss what we're to do with those two bills.
Other than that, I don't believe there is any further business we need to take care of today, so I will declare the committee adjourned until further notice.
The committee adjourned at 1009.