THE SENATE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION

EVIDENCE

OTTAWA, Tuesday, October 8, 2002

The Senate Committee of Selection met this day at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to rule 88 of the Rules of the Senate, to hold an organizational meeting; and, pursuant to rule 85(1)(a) of the Rules of the Senate, to nominate (a) a senator to preside as Speaker pro tempore and (b) the senators to serve on the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology during the present session.

Ms. Heather Lank, Clerk of the Committee:  Honourable senators, I see a quorum.  As clerk of your committee, it is my duty to preside over the election of the chair.  I am ready to receive a motion to that effect.

Senator Kinsella:  I move that the Honourable Senator Rompkey do take the chair of this committee.

Ms. Lank:  Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?

Hon. Senators:  Agreed.

Ms. Lank:  I declare the motion carried, and I invite the Honourable Senator Rompkey to take the chair.

Hon. Bill Rompkey (Chairman) in the Chair.

The Chairman:  Honourable senators, I am humbled by the expression of confidence in me.  I assure the members of the committee that I shall discharge the onerous duties placed upon my shoulders with the greatest of responsibility and diligence. 

I now call for nominations for deputy chair of the committee.

Senator Kolber:  Honourable senators, it is my pleasure to nominate Senator Stratton for deputy chair.

The Chairman:  Senator Kolber has nominated Senator Stratton as deputy chair of the committee.  Is it your wish, honourable senators, that Senator Stratton be deputy chair?

Hon. Senators:  Agreed.

The Chairman:  Adopted.

The next item is the nomination of a Speaker pro tempore.  Do I have a nomination?

Senator Kinsella:  Honourable senators, I would like to nominate Senator Pépin.

The Chairman:  Senator Pépin has been nominated for the position of Speaker pro tempore, honourable senators. Is it your wish that we confirm the nomination of Senator Pépin as Speaker pro tempore?

Hon. Senators:  Agreed.

The Chairman:  Adopted.

Shall I report to the Senate the nomination of the Speaker pro tempore?

Hon. Senators:  Agreed.

The Chairman:  It is agreed.

We have to nominate senators to serve on a committee, that being the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.  Do I hear nominations of senators to serve on that standing committee?

Senator Bacon:  I move that Senator Callbeck, Senator Cook, Senator Cordy, Senator Fairbairn, Senator Kirby, Senator Morin, Senator Pépin and Senator Roche be members of the committee.

The Chairman:  Are there further nominations?

Senator Stratton:  I nominate Senator Di Nino, Senator Keon, Senator LeBreton and Senator Robertson.

The Chairman:  Honourable senators, is it your wish that we confirm those senators as members of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology?

Hon. Senators:  Agreed.

The Chairman:  Adopted.

Shall I report to the Senate our nominations of senators to sit on the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to the Senate?

Hon. Senators:  Agreed. 

Senator De Bané:  I move that the committee adjourn to the call of the chair.

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

Hon. Senators:  Agreed.

The committee adjourned.