The Joint
Interparliamentary Council met this day at 3:31 p.m., in room 356-S of the
Centre Block,Mr. Joe Comartin, MP, presiding.
Representing
the Senate:Marjory LeBreton,
Norman E. Doyle for David Tkachuk and Jim Munson, Senators.
Representing
the House of Commons: Joe Comartin, Dave Mackenzie,
Hon. Ron Cannan, Sadia Groguhé, Randy Hoback and Gordon Brown,
MPs.
Others present:
Chairs and Co-Chairs of Parliamentary
Associations:
Ms. Cheryl Gallant, M.P., Chair of the Canadian
NATO Parliamentary Association
Mr. Joe
Preston, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association (CPA)
Hon. Paul E. McIntyre, Q.C., Senator,
International President of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
(APF)
Mr. Bernard Trottier, M.P., Acting Chair of
the Canadian Branch of the APF
Mr. Robert Aubin, M.P., Vice-President of
the Canadian Branch of the APF
Mr. David Tilson, M.P., President of the
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
Mr. Dean Allison, M.P., Director of the Canadian
Delegation to the Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)
Hon. Janis
G. Johnson, Senator, Co-Chair of the Canada-United States
Inter-Parliamentary Group
Mr. Mike Wallace,
M.P., Co-Chair of the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group
Ms. Wai Young,
M.P., Co-Chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association
In attendance:
From the International and Interparliamentary Affairs
Directorate: Patrice Martin, Deputy
Principal Clerk, Parliamentary Associations;
Marie-Andrée Rainville, Manager, Resource Planning and Administration.
From the
Senate:
Sloan Mask, Financial Advisor, Planning and
Corporate Reporting, Finance and Procurement Directorate;
From the House of Commons:
Naim Bellemare, Senior Financial Advisor, Policy and
Financial Planning.
1.Approval of Minutes
On motion of Sadia Groguhé, the minutes of the meeting of February 18, 2015
were approved.
2.Associations Budgets
(2015-2016) – Presentations by Association
Chairs/Co-Chairs
Cheryl
Gallant, MP, Chair of Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association (NATO PA), presented the work and planned activities
of the association, as well as their related budget request for the 2015-2016
fiscal year, and answered questions from JIC members.
Joe Preston,
MP, Chair of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association (CPA),
presented the work and planned activities of the association, as well as their
related budget request for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, and answered
questions from JIC members.
Hon. Paul E.
McIntyre, Senator, International President of theAssemblée
parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), Mr. Bernard Trottier, M.P., Acting Chair of the Canadian Branch
of the APF, and Mr. Robert Aubin, M.P., Vice-President of the Canadian Branch
of the APF, presented the work and planned activities of the association, as
well as their related budget request for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, and
answered questions from JIC members.
David Tilson,
MP, Chair of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, presented the work and planned activities
of the association, as well as their related budget requests for the
2015-2016 fiscal year, and answered questions from JIC members.
Dean Allison,
MP, Director for the Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) presented the work
and planned activities of the association, as well as their related budget
requests for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, and answered questions from JIC
members.
Hon. Janis G.
Johnson, Senator, Co-Chair of the
Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, presented the work and planned
activities of the association, as well as their related budget request for
the 2015-2016 fiscal year, and answered questions from JIC members.
At 4:45 p.m.,
the meeting was suspended.
At 4:55 p.m.,
the meeting resumed.
Mike Wallace,
MP, Co-Chair of the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group, presented the work and planned activities
of the association, as well as their related budget request for the 2015-2016
fiscal year, and answered questions from JIC members.
Wai Young,
M.P., Co-Chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association, presented the work and planned activities
of the association, as well as their related budget request for the 2015-2016
fiscal year, and answered questions from JIC members.
3.Other Business
After debate,
on motion of Randy Hoback, it was agreed, that, in advance of further
consideration with regards to the budget at the JIC meeting of March 25,
2015, there be an allotment of $50,000 to each association in order to meet
expenses related to activities coming up early in the new fiscal year, such as,
but not limited to, airline tickets or hotel bookings, which often benefit from
advanced purchase in order to reduce costs related to association activities.
At 5:10 p.m.,
the Council adjourned to the call of the Co-Chairs.