Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry
Issue No. 39 - Evidence - Meeting of November 23, 2017
OTTAWA, Thursday, November 23, 2017
The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry met this day at 8 am, for the purpose of holding its reorganization meeting, pursuant to rule 12-13 of the Rules of the Senate.
[Translation]
Kevin Pittman, Clerk of the Committee: Honourable senators, I see we have a quorum. Pursuant to the order of the Senate adopted on November 7, 2017, there is a vacancy in the chair.
[English]
As clerk of your committee, it is therefore my duty to preside over the election of the chair.
[Translation]
I am ready to receive a motion to this effect.
Senator Petitclerc: I nominate the Honourable Senator Griffin as chair of the committee.
[English]
Mr. Pittman: Are there any other nominations?
[Translation]
Senator Maltais: I move that nominations be closed.
Mr. Pittman: The Honourable Senator Petitclerc nominates the Honourable Senator Griffin as chair of the committee. Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
Mr. Pittman: I declare the motion adopted. I invite the Honourable Senator Griffin to take the chair.
[English]
Senator Diane F. Griffin (Chair) in the chair.
The Chair: It looks different from up here. Thank you for your vote of confidence. I must say I’m really pleased to be working with all of you. I’m so happy that so many of you agreed to serve on the committee again. This was a good committee and it is beginning to be a good committee. That’s wonderful.
Let’s get the deputy chair nominated. I’m opening the floor for nominations for the position of deputy chair.
Senator Doyle: I want to nominate Senator Maltais as deputy chair.
The Chair: Are there any other nominations?
I’ll ask three times.
Are there any other nominations?
Are there any other nominations?
I declare the election of Senator Maltais as deputy chair. He is a very experienced man in the job. That’s wonderful. Thank you.
I need somebody to move that the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be composed of the chair, the deputy chair and one other member of the committee to be designated after the usual consultation, and that the subcommittee be empowered to make decisions on behalf of the committee with respect to its agenda, to invite witnesses and to schedule meetings.
Would somebody so move?
Senator Woo. Thank you.
Is everyone in agreement with that motion?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Thank you. Is there any other business?
We will go in camera, by the way, after.
[Translation]
Senator Maltais: Have the leaders agreed on the third person who will be a member of the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure? I believe it is Senator Mercer, is that correct?
[English]
Senator Mercer: The third person will be Senator Tardif.
[Translation]
Senator Maltais: Congratulations, senator!
Senator Tardif: Thank you.
[English]
The Chair: It’s a great committee. Thank you.
If there is no other business, we will take a pause and go in camera.
(The committee continued in camera.)