Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee on June 14th, 2006

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

All those in favour of G-60?

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

We're now on amendment G-61, on page 196.

Mr. Poilievre.

[Pierre Poilievre, Conservative, Nepean—Carleton, ON]

I move amendment G-61. This is another technical amendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

Is there any debate?

(Amendment agreed to on division [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

The next two amendments, NDP-26.1 and L-28, are not the same, but they are similar.

Mr. Dewar, Mr. Owen, or Ms. Jennings, I'm going to suggest that Mr. Dewar make his amendment but that the two motions be debated at the same time.

Mr. Dewar, amendment NDP-26.1, on page 197.1.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

Thank you, Chair. I'd like to move it, and then I'd like to propose a subamendment.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

You've moved it. Go ahead with the subamendment.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

It's a subamendment. I'm not sure if this has been given to the committee. It's fairly short.

If you go to the top, it says, “That Bill C-2, in Clause 315 be amended by”. Then “replacing lines 33 to 35”, is the subamendment, so that would replace “adding after line 35”. So it would read:

That Bill C-2, in Clause 315, be amended by replacing lines 33 to 35 on page 194 the following

And then everything is the same until after--at the end where it says:

or any agency of the band.

I want to include:

or an aboriginal body that is party to a self-government agreement given effect by an act of Parliament or any of their agencies.

[An hon. member]

Would you repeat that?

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

Mr. Dewar, would you repeat it again?

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

Oh, absolutely.

So at the end it would be:

or an aboriginal body that is party to a self-government agreement given effect by an act of Parliament or any of their agencies.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

I'm sorry, if you've got some copies, that would be useful. I thought we'd be okay, but we're not.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

I was just going to have this handed to your clerk.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

That would be helpful, sir. Thank you.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

The reason for the subamendment, Mr. Chair, is to--if you want to wait until this is--

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

I want to make sure members know what this is all about before we get into discussion.

Do we have sufficient copies for all the committee members, Mr. Dewar?

I want to keep moving, so if you don't have enough, please tell me.

I'm going to try another tack. Does everyone have a copy?

[An hon. member]

No.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

All right. Mr. Dewar, I need help here. I want to keep moving.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

Sure. I'm just making sure it's in order.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

The clerk will make some copies.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

I'll move along.

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

No, I don't want you to move along, because I want the committee to know what's going on here.

[Paul Dewar, NDP, Ottawa Centre, ON]

I've moved the subamendment as read, and I'm just making sure--

[The Chair, Conservative, David Tilson]

No. I was going to ask you to pause for a minute.