EVIDENCE Standing Committee on the Status of Women NUMBER 031 2nd SESSION 40th PARLIAMENT Thursday, October 1, 2009 Le jeudi er octobre Standing Committee on the Status of Women CANADA [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] EVIDENCE October 1, 2009 Committee Edited Evidence * Table of Contents * Number 031 (Official Version) Official Report * Table of Contents * Number 031 (Official Version) Témoignages * Table des matières * Numéro 031 (Version officielle) 31 01 10 2009 2009/10/01 15:35:00 House of Commons Comité permanent de la condition féminine Standing Committee on the Status of Women FEWO Chair The Honourable Hedy Fry 40 PUBLIC PART ONLY -

PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT (1535) [ English ] The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Danielle Bélisle) : Members of the committee, [ Translation ] I see a quorum. We can proceed with the election of the chair. [ English ] I'm ready to receive motions to that effect. Hon. Anita Neville (Winnipeg South Centre, Lib.) : I nominate Ms. Hedy Fry, please. The Clerk : It is moved by Mrs. Neville that Mrs. Fry be elected as chair of this committee. Are there any other nominations? There are no other nominations. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt this motion? Some hon. members: Agreed.

The Clerk: I declare the motion carried and Mrs. Fry to be the duly elected chair of the committee. Some hon. members: Hear, hear! The Clerk : We have to move to the election of the vice-chairs. Do I have any nominations for vice-chair from the government side? Mrs. Wong. Mrs. Alice Wong (Richmond, CPC) : I nominate Ms. Candice Hoeppner. The Clerk : Are there any other nominations? [ Translation ] Mr. Luc Desnoyers (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ) : I nominate Ms. Mathyssen. [ English ] The Clerk : Since we have more than one nomination, we will have to proceed by ballot. The Chair (Hon.

Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, Lib.)) : I don't think so; there were two. Mr. Luc Desnoyers : Yes, there were two. The Clerk : But Mrs. Mathyssen would be for the other nomination. [ Translation ] Mr. Luc Desnoyers : I thought that we were doing the two nominations at the same time. All right. [ English ] The Clerk : Anyway, it wouldn't have been from the right party, so we're fine as is. There are no other nominations for a vice-chair from the government side. Therefore, Mrs. Hoeppner is duly elected as government vice-chair. Some hon. members: Hear, hear!

The Clerk: Now we need a nomination for the other vice-chair. [ Translation ] Mr. Luc Desnoyers : I am pleased to nominate Ms. Mathyssen. [ English ] The Clerk : Are there any other nominations for vice-chair from the opposition? No? Okay. We thus declare Mrs. Mathyssen duly elected vice-chair of the committee. Some hon. members: Hear, hear! The Chair : Do you wish to go in camera, because we're dealing with the order of business, what we intend to do, and our priorities? Some hon. members: Agreed. [ Proceedings continue in camera ]