ELECTION OF CHAIR

APPOINTMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEE

CONTENTS

Monday 10 April 2000

Election of Chair

Appointment of subcommittee

STANDING COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Chair / Président
Mr Steve Gilchrist (Scarborough East / -Est PC)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente
Mrs Julia Munro (York North / -Nord PC)

Mr Toby Barrett (Norfolk PC)
Mrs Marie Bountrogianni (Hamilton Mountain L)
Mr Ted Chudleigh (Halton PC)
Mr Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North / -Nord PC)
Mr Steve Gilchrist (Scarborough East / -Est PC)
Mr Dave Levac (Brant L)
Mr Rosario Marchese (Trinity-Spadina ND)
Mrs Julia Munro (York North / -Nord PC)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Mr Ted Arnott (Waterloo-Wellington PC)

Clerk / Greffier
Mr Viktor Kaczkowski

Staff /Personnel
Mr Jerry Richmond, research officer, Research and Information Services

The committee met at 1535 in committee room 1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

Clerk of the Committee (Mr Viktor Kaczkowski): Honourable members, it is my duty to call upon you to elect a Chair. Are there any nominations?

Mr Ted Arnott (Waterloo-Wellington): I would like to move Mr Gilchrist as Chair.

Clerk of the Committee: Are there any further nominations? There being no further nominations, I declare nominations closed and Mr Gilchrist duly elected Chair of the committee.

APPOINTMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEE

The Chair (Mr Steve Gilchrist): The first order of business: Is there a mover for the motion to appoint a business subcommittee?

Mr Dave Levac (Brant): I move that a subcommittee on committee business be appointed to meet from time to time at the call of the Chair, or at the request of any member thereof, to consider and report to the committee on the business of the committee; that the presence of all members of the subcommittee is necessary to constitute a meeting; and that the subcommittee be composed of the following members: Mr Gilchrist as Chair, Mr Chudleigh, Mr Levac, and Mr Marchese; and that any member may designate a substitute member on the subcommittee who is of the same recognized party.

Do you like how I wrote that?

The Chair: Thank you, Mr Levac. Is there any discussion on that motion? Seeing none, I'll put the question. All those in favour? Opposed? The motion carries.

Mr Arnott?

Mr Arnott: Mr Chair, I have a motion I wish to table. I move that, pursuant to standing order 124 and the order of the House dated April 6, 2000, the committee consider the establishment of an association of former parliamentarians.

The Chair: It's my understanding, Mr Arnott, that you're just tabling that motion. We won't be holding a vote on that or any discussions until Wednesday, to allow us the 24-hour notice period.

I would like to ask the committee, if it meets their approval-all three parties-to reconvene on Wednesday for the purpose of discussing that motion and such other business as the committee may have. Seeing general agreement, the clerk will please make the appropriate arrangements.

Mr Levac: Mr Chair, I would like to point out that I'll probably be needing a substitute, but I'll make sure that gets proper notice.

The Chair: If that's the case, Mr Levac, the second thing I wanted to do was ask if the subcommittee members would be prepared to have a quick meeting right after we adjourn the formal committee meeting in order to set up the structure for Wednesday's debate and subsequent weeks.

Mr Rosario Marchese (Trinity-Spadina): Structure for the debate?

The Chair: Just confirmation that you would be able to participate Wednesday and the following week.

Mr Marchese: I'll be there.

The Chair: OK, so there will be a subcommittee meeting immediately following the adjournment.

Is there any other business to be brought before the committee at this point? Seeing none, would someone like to move adjournment?

Mr Ted Chudleigh (Halton): I move adjournment.

The Chair: No discussion? The committee stands adjourned until Wednesday at 3:30.

The committee adjourned at 1539.