1st Session - 43rd Legislature, Public Accounts 1, Jan 10, 2024

TIME – 2:30 p.m.

LOCATION – Winnipeg, Manitoba

CHAIRPERSON – Mr. Doyle Piwniuk (Turtle Mountain)

VICE-CHAIRPERSON – MLA Jim Maloway (Elmwood)

ATTENDANCE – 10 QUORUM – 6

Members of the committee present:

Mr. Brar, Ms. Dela Cruz, MLAs Devgan, Kennedy, Khan, Lamoureux, Maloway, Mr. Piwniuk, MLA Sandhu, Mr. Wharton

MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION:

Election of the Chairperson

Election of the Vice-Chairperson

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Clerk Assistant (Mr. Tim Abbott): Good afternoon. Will the Standing Committee on Public Accounts please come to order.

Before the committee can proceed with the business before it, it must elect a Chairperson.

Are there any nominations?

MLA Maloway.

MLA Jim Maloway (Elmwood): I nominate Doyle Piwniuk.

Clerk Assistant: Mr. Piwniuk has been nominated.

Any other nominations?

Hearing none, Mr. Piwniuk, will you please virtually take the Chair.

The Chairperson: Thanks, Tim, and thanks, everyone, for being here today.

Our next item for–of business is the election of the Vice-Chairperson.

Are there any nominations? Does anybody have their hand up?

Mr. Maloway has been nominated. Are there any other nominations?

Hearing no other nominations, Mr. Maloway is elected Vice-Chairperson.

I would like to extend a welcome to all new members of the Public Accounts committee. With the Chairperson and the Vice-Chair now elected, the steering committee made up of the Chairperson, the Vice‑Chairperson, the Auditor General and the clerks will now meet and plan an agenda for PAC.

For the first item of business being that there will be a training session on the intricacies of this unique committee. This will then be communicated to all committee members.

Before the committee rises, I am going to table the following documents which will be now made available to all members on the MLA Portal at the end of this meeting: The first one is the responses from the Department of Finance to questions from the standing committee of Public Accounts meeting on June 5, 2023; the second item is responses from the Department of Consumer Protection and Government Services to questions from the standing committee of Public Accounts meeting on June 6, 2023; and responses from the Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade to questions from the standing committee of Public Accounts meeting on June 7 of 2023.

So, having completed the business before it, the hour being 3:33, what would be the will of the committee?

Clerk Assistant: Mr. Chair, sorry, we need to go back to do the election of the Vice-Chair again. You need to recognize somebody, and I believe that Mr. Sandhu had his hand up to be recognized. So if you could just do the election bit again–

The Chairperson: Sure, I can do that. Sorry, I just didn't see anybody there, because we have a small–everyone was on a small screen. Sorry, my apologies.

Okay, so now for–the next item of business is the election of the Vice-Chairperson.

Are there any nominations?

And I'll see MLA Sandhu.

MLA Mintu Sandhu (The Maples): I nominate Mr. Maloway for the Vice-Chair.

The Chairperson: Okay. Thank you.

Now, Mr. Maloway has been now nominated.

Are there any other nominations?

Hearing no other nominations, Mr. Maloway is elected Vice-Chairperson.

Clerk Assistant: You can now put the question again to the committee, Mr. Chair.

The Chairperson: Okay, I'll do that. Thanks, Tim.

Having completed all the business before it, the hour being 3:34, what is the will of the committee?

An Honourable Member: Committee rise.

The Chairperson: The committee rise.

COMMITTEE ROSE AT: 2:34 p.m.