CONTENTS
Wednesday 6 May 1998
Election of Chair
Election of Vice-Chair
Appointment of subcommittee
STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE OMBUDSMAN
Chair / Président
Mr Marcel Beaubien (Lambton PC)
Vice-Chair / Vice-Président
Mr Trevor Pettit (Hamilton Mountain PC)
Mr Dominic Agostino (Hamilton East / -Est L)
Mr Marcel Beaubien (Lambton PC)
Mr Douglas B. Ford (Etobicoke-Humber PC)
Mrs Helen Johns (Huron PC)
Mr Allan K. McLean (Simcoe East / -Est PC)
Mr Trevor Pettit (Hamilton Mountain PC)
Mrs Sandra Pupatello (Windsor-Sandwich L)
Mr Bill Vankoughnet (Frontenac-Addington PC)
Mr Len Wood (Cochrane North / -Nord ND)
Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Mr E.J. Douglas Rollins (Quinte PC)
Mr Bob Wood (London South / -Sud PC)
Mr Tom Froese (St Catharines-Brock PC)
Clerk / Greffier
Mr Tom Prins
Staff / Personnel
Mr Philip Kaye, research officer, Legislative Research Service
The committee met at 1004 in room 151.
ELECTION OF CHAIR
Clerk of the Committee (Mr Tom Prins): Good morning. Honourable members, it's my duty to call upon you to elect a Chair. Are there any nominations?
Mr E.J. Douglas Rollins (Quinte): I'd like to nominate Marcel Beaubien.
Clerk of the Committee: Are there any further nominations? There being none, I declare the nominations closed and Mr Beaubien elected Chair.
The Chair (Mr Marcel Beaubien): Good morning, everyone. Thank you for your overwhelming support.
Mrs Sandra Pupatello (Windsor-Sandwich): "Thank you for the $10,000 raise," is what you meant to say.
The Chair: You attach a financial stipend to everything, don't you?
Mrs Pupatello: I believe you've done that.
ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR
The Chair: Now we'll proceed to elect the Vice-Chair. Are there any nominations?
Mr Rollins: I nominate Trevor Pettit.
Mrs Pupatello: Do you have to be present to be nominated?
Mr Rollins: No.
The Chair: Mr Rollins has nominated Trevor Pettit. Are there any further nominations? If there are none, then I'll declare the nominations closed. All those in favour of having Mr Pettit as the Vice-Chair? That's carried.
APPOINTMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEE
The Chair: The next order of business is to elect a subcommittee. Do we have a motion to elect a subcommittee?
Mr Tom Froese (St Catharines-Brock): 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: the Chair as chair, Mrs Helen Johns, Mr Agostino, Mr Len Wood, and that substitution be permitted on the subcommittee.
The Chair: Is there any discussion on the motion? If not, all those in favour? Those opposed? The motion is carried.
The last item of business is other business. Any discussion or any concerns?
Mrs Pupatello: What is the standard meeting procedure for this meeting? Do you meet monthly on Thursdays, typically? It hasn't been standard in meeting that often, I don't think. Is it on Thursdays all the time?
The Chair: Usually it's on Wednesday mornings.
Mrs Pupatello: Monthly?
The Chair: Depending on the business at hand. It's my understanding that the committee has not met that often in the past number of years. I think we'll just have to play it by ear and see what happens. Is that satisfactory?
If there's no further discussion, we're now adjourned.
The committee adjourned at 1008.