Point of Order
November 5, 2002
Organization meeting: notice requirement not respected
Hon. Peter Milliken
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Speaker:
I would like to interrupt the question and comment period following the Member's speech to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Wetaskiwin earlier today. I am ready to make a ruling at this point.
The hon. Member raised a question about the application of Standing Order 106 to notice of committee meetings of the House. Perhaps I could read Standing Order 106(1):
Within ten sitting days following the adoption by the House of a report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs pursuant to Standing Order 104(1), the Clerk of the House shall convene a meeting of each standing committee whose membership is contained in that report for the purpose of electing a Chairman, provided that forty-eight hours' notice is given of any such meeting.
I understand this morning there was a meeting of a committee, I believe it was the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, called for the purpose of electing a Chair. I may have the name of the Committee wrong, so I do not want to be quoted on that.
The Committee meeting broke up in disarray without electing a Chair. The hon. Member for Wetaskiwin was objecting to the fact that less than 48 hours' notice was given of the next meeting of the Committee for the purpose of electing a Chair.
I have concluded in reading Standing Order 106(1) it requires that 48 hours' notice be given and I have directed accordingly. I believe the hon. Member was correct. Accordingly there will be notice, and I understand it will be done by six o'clock tonight, requiring that the Committee meet on Thursday instead of tomorrow and I wish to advise the House accordingly.
Postscript The Committee held its organization meeting on November 7, 2002.
[2].
[1]
Debates, November 5, 2002, p. 1311.
[2]
Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, Minutes of Proceedings, November 7, 2002, Meeting No. 2.
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Holding
"Standing Order 106(1) requires a minimum of 48 hours' notice for a standing committee's organizational meeting convened for the purpose of electing a Chair."
AI Summary
The Speaker sustained a point of order, ruling that Standing Order 106(1) requires 48 hours' notice for a committee's organizational meeting to elect a Chair.
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