STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

COMITÉ PERMANENT DE L'ASSEMBLÉE LÉGISLATIVE

Thursday 20 October 2005 Jeudi 20 octobre 2005

DRAFT COMMITTEE REPORT


The committee met at 1530 in committee room 1.

DRAFT COMMITTEE REPORT

The Vice-Chair (Mr. Mario G. Racco): It is 3:30 and there is only one item on the agenda. There is a draft recommendation, and I wonder if someone is prepared to move it.

Mr. Dave Levac (Brant): So moved.

The Vice-Chair: Any debate? If there's none, I'll take a vote.

Mr. Norman W. Sterling (Lanark-Carleton): I was just asking Doug here a question. Let's say the general government committee gets gummed up with four or five pieces of legislation. Can the minister then designate another area? This is just a matter of information I would want. The way we have it now, the Minister of the Environment is under general government. There are five bills already in front of the general government committee. Can she stand up and say, "I want it to go to the justice committee"?

The Clerk of the Committee (Mr. Douglas Arnott): To back up from that question, the requirement of the standing orders is that this committee prepare the assignment of ministries and offices to the three policy field committees. The assignment of ministries and offices is not in any way a predictor of where legislation would necessarily go. What the assignment of ministries and offices does do is allow for a member of any one of those policy field committees to then raise a matter under standing order 124 for that particular policy field committee to study related to one of those ministries or offices.

Mr. Sterling: OK.

The Vice-Chair: Further questions? If not, is everyone in favour? It carries. Thank you. Mr. Marchese, the meeting is over.

The committee adjourned at 1532.

CONTENTS

Thursday 20 October 2005

Draft committee report M-1

STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Chair / Président

Mr. Bob Delaney (Mississauga West / Mississauga-Ouest L)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Président

Mr. Mario G. Racco (Thornhill L)

Mrs. Donna H. Cansfield (Etobicoke Centre / Etobicoke-Centre L)

Mr. Bob Delaney (Mississauga West / Mississauga-Ouest L)

Mr. Ernie Hardeman (Oxford PC)

Mr. Rosario Marchese (Trinity-Spadina ND)

Mr. Ted McMeekin (Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot L)

Mr. Norm Miller (Parry Sound-Muskoka PC)

Mr. Tim Peterson (Mississauga South / Mississauga-Sud L)

Mr. Mario G. Racco (Thornhill L)

Mr. Mario Sergio (York West / York-Ouest L)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Dave Levac (Brant L)

Mrs. Maria Van Bommel (Lambton-Kent-Middlesex L)

Mr. Norman W. Sterling (Lanark-Carleton PC)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. Douglas Arnott

Staff / Personnel

Mr. Philip Kaye, research officer

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