STANDING COMMITTEE
ON PROCEDURE
AND HOUSE AFFAIRS
COMITÉ PERMANENT
DE LA PROCÉDURE
ET DES AFFAIRES DE LA CHAMBRE
Wednesday 11 December 2024 Mercredi 11 décembre 2024
The committee met at 1304 in room 151.
Committee business
The Vice-Chair (Mr. Matthew Rae): Good afternoon, everyone. The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs will now come to order.
We have with us today the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure, MPP Bob Bailey, along with ministry staff. Thank you for accepting the invitation, Mr. Bailey, to appear before us today. As outlined in the invitation letter sent to the minister’s office, the committee looks forward to the opportunity to receive an update on the status of the Queen’s Park restoration project.
I also understand from the Ministry of Infrastructure that your opening remarks also contain commercially sensitive information, and you have requested that we move into closed session.
I apologize to the media in the back.
Mr. Robert Bailey: That’s correct. That’s true, Chair. I appreciate your understanding, and the committee’s as well. There are a number of items in here that, I’ve been advised by our legal, are commercially sensitive, so I’d like to ask your indulgence that we go into closed session immediately.
The Vice-Chair (Mr. Matthew Rae): Do I have a motion from someone of the committee members to move into closed session? MPP Barnes.
You have to move it, MPP Barnes.
Ms. Patrice Barnes: Oh.
The Vice-Chair (Mr. Matthew Rae): I know we’re almost at Christmas, everyone.
Ms. Patrice Barnes: Don’t check my cup.
I put the motion on the table for us to move into closed session.
The Vice-Chair (Mr. Matthew Rae): Thank you. All in favour to move into closed session? All opposed? Unanimously carried.
I will now briefly recess for Hansard and our lovely colleagues to leave the room.
The committee recessed at 1306 and later continued in closed session.
STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE AND HOUSE AFFAIRS
Chair / Présidente
Ms. Jennifer K. French (Oshawa ND)
Vice-Chair / Vice-Président
Mr. Matthew Rae (Perth–Wellington PC)
Mr. Tyler Allsopp (Bay of Quinte / Baie de Quinte PC)
Mr. Robert Bailey (Sarnia–Lambton PC)
Ms. Patrice Barnes (Ajax PC)
Mr. Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre / Niagara-Centre ND)
Ms. Jennifer K. French (Oshawa ND)
Mme Dawn Gallagher Murphy (Newmarket–Aurora PC)
Mr. Ted Hsu (Kingston and the Islands / Kingston et les Îles L)
Mr. John Jordan (Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston PC)
Mr. Matthew Rae (Perth–Wellington PC)
Mr. Stéphane Sarrazin (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell PC)
MPP Jamie West (Sudbury ND)
Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Mr. Will Bouma (Brantford–Brant PC)
Ms. Effie J. Triantafilopoulos (Oakville North–Burlington / Oakville-Nord–Burlington PC)
Also taking part / Autres participants et participantes
Mr. Robert Bailey (Sarnia–Lambton PC)
Clerk / Greffier
Mr. Christopher Tyrell
Staff / Personnel
Mr. Nick Ruderman, research officer,
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