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THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Thursday, October 6, 2022
(14)
[English]
Pursuant to the order of the Senate of Thursday, September 22, 2022 and the order of the House of Commons of Thursday, June 23, 2022, the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency met this day in room 025-B, West Block, and with videoconference, at 6:32 p.m. ET, the joint chair, the Honourable Senator Gwen Boniface, presiding.
Representing the Senate: The Honourable Senators Boniface, Carignan, P.C. and Harder, P.C. (3).
Representing the Senate by videoconference: The Honourable Senator Campbell (1).
Representing the House of Commons: Rachel Bendayan, Larry Brock, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Matthew Green, Kevin Lamoureux, Glen Motz and Arif Virani (7).
Participating in the meeting: Stephanie Feldman and Colin Sawatzky, analysts, Library of Parliament.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, March 3, 2022 and the House of Commons on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, the committee continued its review of the exercise of powers and the performance of duties and functions pursuant to the declaration of emergency that was in effect from Monday, February 14, 2022, to Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
WITNESS:
As an individual:
Peter Sloly, Chief of Police (Retired), Ottawa Police Service.
Peter Sloly made a statement and answered questions.
At 7:02 p.m., Mr. Green took the chair.
At 7:06 p.m., the Honourable Senator Boniface took the chair.
At 7:46 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 7:59 p.m., the committee resumed.
At 8:20 p.m., Mr. Green took the chair.
At 8:25 p.m., the Honourable Senator Boniface took the chair.
At 8:38 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 8:40 p.m., the committee resumed.
The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. moved:
That the committee direct the joint clerks to invite all witnesses found in the suggested panels of the workplan created by committee analysts and distributed to committee members on May 13, 2022, and to coordinate with the joint chairs as to the composition of those panels.
After debate, the question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Mr. Fortin moved:
1. That each document added to the Digital Binder to date and in future be paginated and identified as follows:
(a) Organization or individual producing the document;
(b) Date the document was received;
(c) Creation date(s) appearing on the document(s);
(d) Type of document (letter from X to Y, analysis by X, email from X to Y, meeting minutes of (date and organization), report by organization X regarding…, personal notes of X…); and
(e) Number of pages.
2. That the organizations having produced these documents to date be required to consolidate their documents into one submission per organization, if applicable, and that this submission be paginated and identified as follows:
(a) Organization or individual producing the document;
(b) Creation date(s) appearing on the document(s);
(c) Type of document (letter from X to Y, analysis by X, email from X to Y, meeting minutes of (date and organization), report by organization X regarding…, personal notes of X…); and
(d) Number of pages.
3. That, unless the committee decides to keep them confidential, these documents be made available to the public and journalists on the committee’s website.
After debate, it was agreed that debate on the motion be adjourned.
Ms. Bendayan moved:
That, given that we have returned to one, three-hour meeting per week, the clerk be directed to schedule two panels of witnesses, each for 1.5 hours for all future meetings.
After debate, Mr. Brock moved that the meeting be adjourned.
The question being put on the motion to adjourn the meeting, it was negatived on the following vote:
YEAS
The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. and Mr. Brock, Mr. Fortin, Mr. Green and Mr. Motz - [5]
NAYS
The Honourable Senators Boniface, Campbell and Harder P.C. and Ms. Bendayan, Mr. Virani and Mr. Lamoureux - [6]
ABSTENTIONS
NIL
Resuming debate on the motion of Ms. Bendayan.
After debate, Ms. Bendayan moved that the motion be amended by adding the words “unless otherwise agreed” after the word “meetings”.
The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was adopted.
The question being put on the motion as amended, it was adopted.
Mr. Virani moved:
That the clerk of the committee be authorized to grant access to the committee’s digital binder to the offices of the whips of each recognized party.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. At 9:19 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Mark Palmer
Miriam Burke
Joint Clerks of the Committee