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THE STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE FOR THE SCRUTINY OF REGULATIONS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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[English]
Pursuant to the order of the Senate of February 8, 2021, the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations met this day by videoconference at 11:05 a.m. [ET] for the purpose of holding its organization meeting, pursuant to rule 12-13 of the Rules of the Senate and subsection 106(1) of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. This meeting is considered to have taken place in the parliamentary precinct.
Representing the Senate by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Boyer, Martin, Seidman, White and Woo (5).
Representing the House of Commons by videoconference: Dean Allison, Vance Badaway, Élisabeth Brière, Blaine Calkins, Scot Davidson, Caroline Desbiens, Fayçal El-Khoury, Alistair MacGregor, Robert J. Morrissey, Scott Simms and David Yurdiga (11).
Participating in the meeting: Paul Cardegna, Joint Clerk of the Committee, and Angela Crandall, Committee Clerk, House of Commons; Kalina Waltos, Legislative Clerk, and Daniel Charbonneau, Procedural Clerk, Senate of Canada; Tanya Dupuis, General Counsel, and Shawn Abel, Geneviève Levesque, Geneviève Pilon and Geoffrey Hilton, Counsels, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.
Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.
The joint clerk for the Senate presided over the election of the joint chair, Senate.
Mr. Allison moved:
That the Honourable Senator Woo be joint chair of the committee for the Senate.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The joint clerk for the House of Commons presided over the election of the joint chair, House of Commons.
The Honourable Senator Woo moved:
That Mr. Allison be joint chair of the committee for the House of Commons.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The joint clerk for the House of Commons presided over the election of the vice-chairs.
Mr. Badaway moved:
That Mr. El-Khoury be vice-chair of the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Ms. Brière moved:
That Ms. Desbiens be vice-chair of the committee
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Mr. Badaway moved:
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be composed of the joint chairs, the vice-chairs, as well as, after usual consultations, one Senator and one member from the other recognized party in the House of Commons; 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 hearings; and
That the subcommittee report its decisions to the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
At 11:18 a.m., the committee suspended.
At 11:34 a.m., the committee resumed.
The Honourable Senator Boyer moved:
That the committee publish its proceedings in both official languages.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator White moved:
That the committee’s general counsel review the unrevised transcripts of the proceedings of the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator White moved:
That the committee concur in the first report and that the joint chairs so report to their respective houses.
Mr. MacGregor moved:
That the report be amended on page 2, paragraph 7, by deleting the words after “Act”.
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Mr. Calkins moved:
That either joint chair or, in accordance with the direction of the joint chairs, either joint clerk, be authorized to approve payment of expenditures of the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator White moved:
That, at the discretion of the joint chairs, the committee may reimburse reasonable travelling and living expenses for one witness from any one organization, and payment will take place upon application, but that the joint chairs be authorized to approve expenses for a second witness should there be exceptional circumstances.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Mr. Morrissey moved:
That the committee empower the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure to designate, as required, one or more members of the committee and/or such staff as may be necessary to travel on assignment on behalf of the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Martin moved:
That the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations appoint Ms. Tanya Dupuis as general counsel of the joint committee in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed to between the joint committee in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed to between the joint committee and the Library of Parliament.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Mr. Davidson moved:
That the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations appoint Ms. Geneviève Lévesque as counsel of the joint committee in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed to between the joint committee in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed to between the joint committee and the Library of Parliament.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
At 11:51 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
François Michaud
Joint Clerk of the Committee