The committee met at 0900 in committee room 1.

Committee business

The Chair (Ms. Laurie Scott): Good morning, everyone. The Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy will now come to order. We are joined by staff from legislative research, Hansard and broadcast and recording.

Please wait until I recognize you before starting to speak, and as always, all comments should go through the Chair. Are there any questions before we begin? Okay.

On today’s agenda is committee business. Are there any motions? MPP Thanigasalam.

Mr. Vijay Thanigasalam: Good morning, Chair. I move that the committee enter closed session for the purpose of organizing committee business.

The Chair (Ms. Laurie Scott): MPP Thanigasalam has moved a motion. Any discussion or debate? Seeing none, we will now go into—

Interjection.

The Chair (Ms. Laurie Scott): I looked and asked. Oh, MPP Bell. We got your breath.

Ms. Jessica Bell: Right. Why are we going into closed session? What’s the benefit?

The Chair (Ms. Laurie Scott): Any further discussion or debate?

Ms. Jessica Bell: Since you’re calling for it—don’t you think the public wants to know how we’re discussing this and why?

Okay. I’d like a recorded vote.

The Chair (Ms. Laurie Scott): You’d like a recorded vote?

Ms. Jessica Bell: Yes.

Ayes

Coe, Holland, Pang, Rae, Laura Smith, Thanigasalam.

Nays

Burch, McMahon.

The Chair (Ms. Laurie Scott): Seeing the majority, we will go into closed session. We’ll give the Clerk a few minutes just to make adjustments.

The committee continued in closed session at 0904.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON HERITAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CULTURAL POLICY

Chair / Présidente

Ms. Laurie Scott (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock PC)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

MPP Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre ND)

MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto–St. Paul’s ND)

Mr. Hardeep Singh Grewal (Brampton East / Brampton-Est PC)

Mr. Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre / Ottawa-Centre ND)

Mr. Kevin Holland (Thunder Bay–Atikokan PC)

MPP Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre ND)

Mr. Graham McGregor (Brampton North / Brampton-Nord PC)

Ms. Mary-Margaret McMahon (Beaches–East York L)

Mr. Billy Pang (Markham–Unionville PC)

Mr. Sheref Sabawy (Mississauga–Erin Mills PC)

Ms. Laurie Scott (Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock PC)

Ms. Laura Smith (Thornhill PC)

Mr. Vijay Thanigasalam (Scarborough–Rouge Park PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre / Niagara-Centre ND)

Mr. Lorne Coe (Whitby PC)

Mr. Matthew Rae (Perth–Wellington PC)

Also taking part / Autres participants et participantes

Ms. Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale ND)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. Isaiah Thorning

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Michael Vidoni, research officer,
Research Services