Debates of June 6th, 2001

Parliament Of Canada Act

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

Mr. Chairman, the following amendments are in the government's name: Amendments Nos. G-1 to G-7 inclusive. They are technical or editorial amendments, in general correcting the French or correcting references to other acts or bringing sections into agreement with each other. They apply to clauses 11, 14, 16, 19, 21 and 23 of the bill.

If it is the will of the committee, the government would be satisfied if Amendments Nos. G-1 to G-7 inclusive were adopted on division. Then we might also consider adopting clauses 11 to 23 inclusive on division.

[The Chairman]

Is that agreed?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

moved:

That Bill C-28, in Clause 11, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 40 on page 6 with the following:

pour tenir compte des modifications apportées

[The Chairman]

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the amendment?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

On division.

(Amendment No. G-1 agreed to)

[The Chairman]

Shall clause 11, as amended, carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

On division.

(Clause 11, as amended, agreed to)

(On clause 14)

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

moved:

That Bill C-28, in Clause 14, be amended

(a) by replacing, in the French version, line 4 on page 8 with the following:

sur les allocations de retraite des parlemen-

(b) by replacing, in the French version, line 22 on page 8 with the following:

(2) L'alinéa a) de la définition de «indemni-

[The Chairman]

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the amendment?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

On division.

(Amendment No. G-2 agreed to)

[The Chairman]

Shall clause 14, as amended, carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

On division.

(Clause 14, as amended, agreed to)

(On clause 16)

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

moved:

That Bill C-28, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 1 on page 9 with the following:

Contributions

1. (1) Commencing on January 1, 2001, a member shall, by reservation from

[The Chairman]

Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the amendment?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

On division.

(Amendment No. G-3 agreed to)

[The Chairman]

Shall clause 16, as amended, carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

On division.

(Clause 16, as amended, agreed to)

(On clause 19)

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

moved:

That Bill C-28, in Clause 19, be amended by replacing lines 29 to 42 on page 11 with the following:

respect of time spent as a member

(a) on or after January 1, 1992 and before January 1, 2001, or any period of pensionable service in respect of which an election under section 10 has been made during that period, a person is, on ceasing to be a member, deemed to have one year of pensionable service to the credit of that person for each amount, equal to four per cent of the sessional indemnity payable to a member of the House of Commons during any calendar year, that the person has, during that calendar year, contributed pursuant to subsection 9(2) or elected to contribute pursuant to clause 11(1)(a)(i)(B), as it read before the coming into force of this paragraph, or pursuant to clause 11(1)(a.1)(i)(B); and

(b) on or after January 1, 2001, or any period of pensionable service in respect of which an election under section 10 has been made on or after that date, a person is, on ceasing to be a member, deemed to have one year of pensionable service to the credit of that person for each amount, equal to four per cent of the sessional indemnity payable to the person as a member of the Senate or the House of Commons, as the case may be, during any calendar year, that the person has, during that calendar year, contributed pursuant to subsection 9(2) or elected to contribute pursuant to subparagraph 11(1)(a)(i).

Exception

(4.1) Subsection (4), as it read before the coming into force of this subsection, applies in respect of a period of pensionable service to a member's credit pursuant to an election referred to in subsection 36(4).