CONTENTS
Monday 22 June 1992
Committee budget
STANDING COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
*Chair / Président: Kormos, Peter (Welland-Thorold ND)
*Vice-Chair / Vice-Président: Waters, Daniel (Muskoka-Georgian Bay/Muskoka-Baie-Georgianne ND)
Conway, Sean G. (Renfrew North/-Nord L)
*Dadamo, George (Windsor-Sandwich ND)
*Huget, Bob (Sarnia ND)Klopp, Paul (Huron ND)
*Jordan, Leo (Lanark-Renfrew PC)
Klopp, Paul (Huron ND)
McGuinty, Dalton (Ottawa South/-Sud L)
*Murdock, Sharon (Sudbury ND)
*Offer, Steven (Mississauga North/-Nord L)
Turnbull, David (York Mills PC)
*Wood, Len (Cochrane North/-Nord ND)
*In attendance / présents
Clerk / Greffier: Brown, Harold
Staff / Personnel: Anderson, Anne, research officer, Legislative Research Service
The committee met at 1632 in committee room 1.
The Chair (Mr Peter Kormos): It's 4:32 in the afternoon. Ms Murdock is here; the Chair, of course, is here. The votes have been over in the House now for some time. I know Mr Dadamo is outside just around the corner waiting to come in. The staff have been waiting here since 3:30 this afternoon.
Ms Sharon Murdock (Sudbury): Mr Huget is here.
The Chair: Mr Huget is here, but since nobody else is here, we'll all just wait a little longer. Thank you.
It's now 4:32 and a half, and Ms Murdock, Mr Huget, Mr Wood and Mr Waters are here. Mr Dadamo is just outside the door. My apologies to the staff; they've been here since 3:30. No other people are here. We'll just have to wait. Thank you. My apologies once again.
Ms Murdock: Are we adjourned?
The Chair: No, we'll just have to wait.
It's now 4:38. The whip's office is here, represented by one of its functionaries. The NDP caucus, of course, and Mr Jordan is here. We're still waiting for members of the Liberal caucus, and we shall wait for some short time yet.
Ms Murdock: Mr Jordan's here.
The Chair: I indicated Mr Jordan was here. It's nice to see the whip's office here, represented by a functionary. Thank you.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
The Chair: It's 4:43 pm. I am advised that the clerk called the office of the whip of the Liberal caucus some few minutes ago. There is a quorum; that is to say, there are six committee members and the Chair present, which makes seven, which constitutes a quorum. In view of what has become a procedure over the last several months because of delays in getting started, is it the wish of the committee that we consider the matter of the budget, notwithstanding that the Liberal caucus isn't represented here?
Ms Murdock: Actually, we did discuss this at the last meeting we had, if my memory serves me correctly, and Mr Offer had said we would agree to the budget on the condition that it could be increased if necessary at a later date. Has the clerk found out whether or not that is the case?
The Chair: It's a question for the clerk, then?
Ms Murdock: Yes.
The Chair: Perhaps the clerk might want to respond to that.
Clerk of the Committee (Mr Harold Brown): With regard to the budget, there was no motion, as such, to approve the budget as it stood. On the understanding that there might be further information coming that would reflect on the budget, I reviewed the tapes, and that's --
The Chair: Mr Dadamo, do you have any views on this matter?
Mr George Dadamo (Windsor-Sandwich): We did talk about this aspect of it. What we don't know is if in fact we have time to travel in the summertime. We don't have any direction from the --
The Chair: Quite right that this is all a dance in the fog.
Ms Murdock: But that isn't the question.
Mr Dadamo: That's not the question?
The Chair: The question was put to Ms Murdock whether she approves of -- Mr Offer is present. Does anybody want to move the budget?
Mr Len Wood (Cochrane North): I'll move.
The Chair: Mr Wood moves the budget. Any discussion on the budget, which is the same budget proposal we looked at last time we met, Mr Offer?
Mr Steven Offer (Mississauga North): Didn't we do this last week?
The Chair: We sure did.
Mr Offer: Why are we doing it this week?
The Chair: Are there any comments on the budget which has been moved for approval by Mr Wood?
All those in favour of adopting that budget and recommending that it be put to the Board of Internal Economy indicate. All those opposed? No opposition.
Motion agreed to.
The Chair: Any further discussion of any new issues? Thank you, people. Thank you, sir and madam.
Ms Murdock: That's it?
The Chair: We're adjourned sine die.
The committee adjourned at 1645.