EVIDENCE Standing Committee on Public Accounts NUMBER 017 2nd SESSION 41st PARLIAMENT Monday, March 3, 2014 Le lundi mars Standing Committee on Public Accounts CANADA [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] EVIDENCE March 3, 2014 Committee Edited Evidence * Table of Contents * Number 017 (Official Version) Official Report * Table of Contents * Number 017 (Official Version) Témoignages * Table des matières * Numéro 017 (Version officielle) 17 03 03 2014 2014/03/03 15:30:00 House of Commons Comité permanent des comptes publics Standing Committee on Public Accounts PACP Chair Mr. David Christopherson 41 PUBLIC PART ONLY -

PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT (1530) [ English ] The Chair (Mr. David Christopherson (Hamilton Centre, NDP)) : I now declare this 17th meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in order. Colleagues, we had scheduled today as a report-writing day. However, beforehand, we have a matter of what I hope will be straightforward housekeeping. With the change of Mr. Simms leaving the committee and going to another one, and Ms. Jones coming on the committee, a vacancy has been created. Today what we need to do is replace Mr. Simms. I see Mr. Albas looking to move this along, with his hand in the air. Mr.

Albas, you have the floor. Mr. Dan Albas (Okanagan—Coquihalla, CPC) : Thank you. First, I'd like to thank Mr. Simms for being on the committee with us. He's a very good person to work with. I certainly wish him well on whichever committees he's assigned to from here. That said, Mr. Chair, and to take care of business, I would like to nominate Yvonne Jones as the new second vice-chair. The Chair : Thank you. The floor is open. Are there any further nominations? Further nominations? This is the third and final call for nominations.

Hearing none, I declare nominations closed, and in the absence of a race, will declare Madam Jones the new vice-chair of the public accounts committee of Canada in absentia . I extend the thanks of the committee to Mr. Simms. All right, colleagues. Thank you. What we'll do now is suspend for just a moment while we do the technical reset and reconvene in camera. [ Proceedings continue in camera ]