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Social Affairs, Science and Technology

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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Issue 1 - Evidence, November 17, 1999

OTTAWA, Wednesday, November 17, 1999

The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology met this day at 5:38 p.m. to organize the activities of the committee.

[English]

Ms Cathy Piccinin, Clerk of the Committee: Honourable senators, I see a quorum. It is my duty, as Clerk of the Committee, to preside over the election of the chairman, and I am prepared to receive motions to that effect.

Senator Carstairs: I move that the Honourable Senator Kirby be chairman of this committee.

The Clerk: It is moved by the Honourable Senator Carstairs that the Honourable Senator Kirby be chairman of this committee.

Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

Ms Piccinin: I declare the motion carried.

I invite the Honourable Senator Kirby to take the chair.

Senator Michael Kirby (Chairman) in the Chair.

The Chairman: The next item on the agenda, honourable senators, is the election of a deputy chairman of the committee.

Senator Carstairs: I move that the Honourable Senator LeBreton be deputy chairman of this committee.

The Chairman: It is moved by the Honourable Senator Carstairs that the Honourable Senator LeBreton be deputy chairman of the committee.

Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The Chairman: I declare the motion carried.

Senator Callbeck: I move:

That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be composed of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and the Honourable Senator Carstairs;

That the Subcommittee be empowered to make decisions on behalf of the committee with respect to its agenda, to invite witnesses and schedule hearings; and

That the Subcommittee report its decisions to the committee.

The Chairman: Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The Chairman: I declare the motion carried.

Senator Carstairs: Mr. Chairman, we now have to move items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

The Chairman: Item No. 12 is not a motion.

Senator Carstairs: I so move motions 4 though 11.

The Chairman: Is it agreed, honourable senators, to adopt motions 4 through 11.

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The committee adjourned.

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