STANDING COMMITTEE ON
SOCIAL POLICY
COMITÉ PERMANENT DE
LA POLITIQUE SOCIALE
Thursday 3 November 2022 Jeudi 3 novembre 2022
The committee met at 1518 in committee room 2.
Committee business
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Good afternoon. The Standing Committee on Social Policy will now come to order. As always, please wait to be recognized—
Failure of sound system.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): As always—
Failure of sound system.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): All right. We’ll restart—
Failure of sound system.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): We’ll do a quick recess.
The committee recessed from 1520 to 1521.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Good afternoon, everyone. The Standing Committee on Social Policy will now come to order. As always, please wait to be recognized by myself before speaking. All questions and comments will need to go through the Chair.
On the agenda is committee business. Are there any motions? MPP Martin.
Mrs. Robin Martin: Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I move that the committee do now adjourn.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): MPP Martin has moved a motion for the committee to be adjourned. Is there any further debate?
Interjection.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Oh. I will now put the question. There’s no debate on this.
Mme France Gélinas: Can I ask for a recess?
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): For up to—
Mr. Wayne Gates: Four days.
Mme France Gélinas: Five minutes.
Laughter.
Ms. Patrice Barnes: I thought you were serious.
Interjection: I’m not coming back on Sunday.
Mr. Wayne Gates: You guys are easy, man.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Okay. The committee will recess for five minutes, then.
The committee recessed from 1523 to 1526.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): The committee on social policy will now resume. I will now—
Mme France Gélinas: Recorded vote.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): A recorded vote has been requested. I will now put the question. Shall the motion carry?
Ayes
Barnes, Coe, Jordan, Martin, Quinn, Rae, Wai.
Nays
Gates, Gélinas, Shamji.
The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): The motion is accordingly carried.
This committee stands adjourned until Monday, November 14, 2022, at 9 a.m.
The committee adjourned at 1527.
STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL POLICY
Chair / Présidente
Ms. Goldie Ghamari (Carleton PC)
Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente
Mme France Gélinas (Nickel Belt ND)
Ms. Patrice Barnes (Ajax PC)
Mr. Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls ND)
Mme France Gélinas (Nickel Belt ND)
Ms. Goldie Ghamari (Carleton PC)
Mrs. Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West / Windsor-Ouest ND)
Mr. John Jordan (Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston PC)
Mrs. Robin Martin (Eglinton–Lawrence PC)
Ms. Natalie Pierre (Burlington PC)
Mr. Nolan Quinn (Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry PC)
Mr. Matthew Rae (Perth–Wellington PC)
Mr. Adil Shamji (Don Valley East / Don Valley-Est L)
Mrs. Daisy Wai (Richmond Hill PC)
Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Mr. Lorne Coe (Whitby PC)
Clerk / Greffière
Ms. Vanessa Kattar
Staff / Personnel
Ms. Amanda Boyce, research officer,
Research Services