THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE
EVIDENCE
OTTAWA, Wednesday, June 25, 2025
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:48 p.m. [ET], in camera, pursuant to rule 12-13 of the Rules of the Senate, to organize the activities of the committee.
[English]
Sara Gajic, Clerk of the Committee: Honourable senators, as the 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.
[Translation]
Senator Gignac: I nominate Senator Carignan.
[English]
Ms. Gajic: It is moved by the Honourable Senator Gignac that the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. do take the chair of this committee. Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
Ms. Gajic: I declare the motion carried.
Honourable senators, as the clerk of the committee, it is my duty to inform you of the unavoidable absence of the chair and deputy chair, and to preside over the election of an acting chair. I am ready to receive a motion to that effect.
[Translation]
Senator Forest: I nominate Senator Gignac.
[English]
Ms. Gajic: It is moved by the Honourable Senator Forest that the Honourable Senator Gignac be the acting chair of this committee. Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?
Hon. Senators: Yes.
Ms. Gajic: I declare the motion carried, and I invite the acting chair to take the chair.
Senator Clément Gignac (Acting Chair) in the chair.
[Translation]
The Acting Chair: Thank you, colleagues, for your trust in me as election chair. Honourable senators, we will now proceed with the election of the deputy chair. I am ready to receive a motion to that effect.
Senator Kingston: I nominate Senator Forest.
The Acting Chair: Senator Kingston moved:
That Senator Forest be elected deputy chair of the committee.
Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt this motion?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Acting Chair: I declare the motion carried.
It was a real pleasure to preside over this election.
Senator Forest, you may have the chair.
Senator Éric Forest (Deputy Chair) in the chair.
The Deputy Chair: I would like to thank Senator Gignac, who fully embraced a mandate that was not at all clear.
Honourable senators, welcome. We will now suspend the meeting for three minutes and then proceed in camera.
(The committee continued in camera.)