House of Commons Hansard #137 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was health.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

The question is on Motion No. 23. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

All those in favour will please say yea.

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

All those opposed will please say nay.

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Some hon. members

Nay.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And more than five members having risen:

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

The recorded division on the motion stands deferred.

The next question is on Motion No. 24. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

All those in favour will please say yea.

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

All those opposed will please say nay.

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Some hon. members

Nay.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And more than five members having risen:

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

The recorded division on the motion stands deferred.

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Liberal

Rose-Marie Ur Liberal Lambton—Middlesex, ON

moved:

Motion No. 27

That Bill C-71 be amended by adding after line 9 on page 17 the following new Clause:

"42.1 (1) The Governor in Council may not make a regulation under section 7, 14, 17, 33 or 42 unless the Minister has first laid the proposed regulation before the House of Commons.

(2) A proposed regulation that is laid before the House of Commons is deemed to be automatically referred to the appropriate committee of the House, as determined by the rules of the House, and the committee may conduct inquiries or public hearings with respect to the proposed regulation and report its findings to the House.

(3) The Governor in Council may make a regulation under section 7, 14, 17, 33 or 42 only if a ) the House of Commons has not concurred in any report from a committee respecting the proposed regulation within the thirty sitting days following the day on which the proposed regulation was laid before the House, in which case the regulation may only be made in the form laid; or b ) the House of Commons has concurred in a report from a committee approving the proposed regulation or an amended version of it, in which case the Governor in Council may only make the regulation in the form concurred in.

(4) For the purpose of this section, "sitting day" means a day on which the House of Commons sits."

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Bloc

Antoine Dubé Bloc Lévis, QC

moved:

Motion No. 28

That Bill C-71 be amended by adding after line 9 on page 17 the following:

"42.1 (1) The Minister shall table in the House of Commons every regulation made under this Act within three sitting days after the day on which it is made.

(2) The regulation comes into force on the 10th sitting day after the day on which it is tabled, or on any later day specified in the regulation, unless a motion to repeal it, signed by not fewer than thirty members of the House of Commons, is filed with the Speaker of the House of Commons before the 10th sitting day.

(3) If a motion to repeal the regulation is filed with the Speaker of the House of Commons in accordance with subsection (2), it shall be taken up and considered by the House of Commons within five sitting days after the day on which it is filed.

(4) The motion shall be taken up after the ordinary hour of daily adjournment, for a period of not more than four hours, and at the end of the debate the Speaker of the House of Commons shall, without delay or further debate or amendment, put every question necessary for the disposition of the motion.

(5) If the motion is adopted, the regulation is repealed, and if the motion is defeated, the regulation comes into force on the day after the day on which the motion is defeated or on any later day specified in the regulation.

(6) The regulation is repealed if Parliament is prorogued or dissolved before the motion is disposed of or, if no motion has been filed, before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (2).

(7) For the purpose of this section, "sitting day" means a day on which the House of Commons is sitting."

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

The vote is on Motion No. 27. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

All those in favour will please say yea.

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais)

All those opposed will please say nay.