THE SENATE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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The Committee of Selection met this day at 9:30 a.m. in Room 172-E, Centre Block.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Brown, Carstairs, P.C., Cochrane, Di Nino, Fairbairn, P.C., Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Munson, Robichaud, P.C. and Tkachuk (9).
The clerk of the committee presided over the election of the chair.
The Honourable Senator Di Nino moved that the Honourable Senator Tkachuk do take the chair of this committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was agreed.
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk took the chair of the committee.
The committee proceeded to the election of a deputy chair.
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., moved that the Honourable Senator Munson be deputy chair of the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was agreed.
The committee proceeded to the nomination of a speaker pro tempore.
The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., moved that the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool be nominated to preside as speaker pro tempore.
The question being put on the motion, it was agreed.
The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., moved that the chair report to the Senate the nomination agreed to at this day’s meeting.
The question being put on the motion, it was agreed.
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Carstairs that the committee adjourn to Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. to nominate the senators to serve on committees.
After debate, the question being put on the motion, it was resolved in the affirmative on the following division:
Yeas-5
Nays-4
Abstentions-nil
At 9:34 a.m., the committee adjourned.
ATTEST:
Heather Lank
Clerk of the Committee