STANDING COMMITTEE ON
SOCIAL POLICY
COMITÉ PERMANENT DE
LA POLITIQUE SOCIALE
Tuesday 21 January 2025 Mardi 21 janvier 2025
The committee met at 1400 in committee room 2.
Committee business
The Chair (Ms. Christine Hogarth): Good afternoon, everyone, and happy new year. The Standing Committee on Social Policy will now come to order.
As always, please wait to be recognized by the Chair before speaking. All questions and comments must go through the Chair.
On the agenda this afternoon is committee business. Are there any motions? MPP Smith.
Ms. Laura Smith: I move that this committee enter into closed session for the purposes of organizing committee business.
The Chair (Ms. Christine Hogarth): Is there any debate on MPP Smith’s motion? Seeing no debate, I will now put the question. Are members ready to vote? Shall the motion carry? All those in favour of the motion, please raise your hand. All those opposed, please raise your hand. The motion is carried.
We will now go into closed session. I will recess the committee until we have cleared the room.
The committee recessed at 1401 and later continued in closed session.
STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL POLICY
Chair / Présidente
Ms. Christine Hogarth (Etobicoke–Lakeshore PC)
Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente
Mme France Gélinas (Nickel Belt ND)
Mr. Tyler Allsopp (Bay of Quinte / Baie de Quinte PC)
MPP Jill Andrew (Toronto–St. Paul’s ND)
Mr. Robert Bailey (Sarnia–Lambton PC)
Ms. Aislinn Clancy (Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre G)
Mme France Gélinas (Nickel Belt ND)
Ms. Christine Hogarth (Etobicoke–Lakeshore PC)
Mr. Anthony Leardi (Essex PC)
Mr. Billy Pang (Markham–Unionville PC)
Ms. Laura Smith (Thornhill PC)
Mrs. Daisy Wai (Richmond Hill PC)
Substitutions / Membres remplaçants
Ms. Jessica Bell (University–Rosedale ND)
Mr. Steve Pinsonneault (Lambton–Kent–Middlesex PC)
Clerk / Greffière
Ms. Lesley Flores
Staff / Personnel
Ms. Ellen Wankiewicz, research officer,
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