CONTENTS
Thursday 27 November 1997
Election of Chair
STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Chair / Président
Mr Garry J. Guzzo (Ottawa-Rideau PC)
Vice-Chair / Vice-Président
Mr Wayne Wettlaufer (Kitchener PC)
Mr Ted Arnott (Wellington PC)
Mr John R. Baird (Nepean PC)
Mr Jim Brown (Scarborough West / -Ouest PC)
Mr Garry J. Guzzo (Ottawa-Rideau PC)
Mr Monte Kwinter (Wilson Heights L)
Mr Gerry Phillips (Scarborough-Agincourt L)
Mr Gilles Pouliot (Lake Nipigon / Lac-Nipigon ND)
Mr E.J. Douglas Rollins (Quinte PC)
Mr Wayne Wettlaufer (Kitchener PC)
Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Mr Harry Danford (Hastings-Peterborough PC)
Clerk / Greffière
Ms Rosemarie Singh
Staff / Personnel
Mr Ray McLellan, research officer, Legislative Research Service
The committee met at 1008 in committee room 1.
ELECTION OF CHAIR
Clerk of the Committee (Ms Rosemarie Singh): I'd like to call this meeting to order. Honourable members, it is my duty to call upon you to elect a Chair. Are there any nominations?
Mr E.J. Douglas Rollins (Quinte): I would like to nominate Mr Guzzo for Chair.
Clerk of the Committee: Any further nominations? There being no further nominations, I declare nominations closed and Mr Guzzo elected as Chair of the committee.
The Chair (Mr Garry J. Guzzo): Thank you very much. We'll record that as unanimous. Mr Pouliot voted for me, right? All right. I just would like to have that on my record, if nothing else out of this place. I very much appreciate it, sir, from a man of your background and understanding. Am I going to have difficulty here with you throwing things, though? That is what bothers me. This is going to haunt you for the rest of your career and will start this morning, Gilles.
Anyway, thank you very much. The first item we will deal with is the subcommittee membership.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Mr Rollins: I'd like to move that the following membership changes take place on the subcommittee on committee business: Mr Guzzo replaces Mr Young as Chair and Mr Baird replaces Ms Bassett.
The Chair: Thank you very much. Shall the motion carry? All in favour? Contrary, if any? Carried. Thank you. Any other business?
Mr Gerry Phillips (Scarborough-Agincourt): I gather, Mr Chair, the next step is for the subcommittee to get together and lay out a plan for our budget consultations, and then I assume the committee has to meet some time in the next couple of weeks to approve the plans and we're ready to go.
The Chair: You are suggesting, Mr Phillips, that the subcommittee meet immediately? Any objections? Immediately following the conclusion of this meeting the subcommittee will convene? Agreed.
Any other business? A motion to adjourn? Moved by Mr Rollins. Carried. Thank you very much.
The committee adjourned at 1010.