Environment Committee on May 3rd, 2007

[Geoff Regan, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

You're urging us to defeat it.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

I have no opinion.

(Clause 4 negatived)

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Now we can go to the title, can we not? The short title.

We had a government amendment to the short title. It is inadmissible, so I rule it inadmissible.

[David McGuinty, Liberal, Ottawa South, ON]

What is the title?

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Can you deal with that, Mark? You were adding the words....

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

I have listed the same thing. There's no change.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

You were trying to delete the wording before. It goes back to where we were on Tuesday.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

I have “This Act may be cited as the Phthalate Control Act”, which is the same as we had listed originally.

[Geoff Regan, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

That's a good reason for it to be out of order, Mr. Chair.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Okay. So you're not going to move that, then, Mr. Warawa?

[Maurice Vellacott, Conservative, Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, SK]

What is it? What's the difference?

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

There isn't. It's already there.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Then I'll withdraw and you can call the question, “Shall it stand?”

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Exactly.

[Geoff Regan, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

Do we have to move clause 1 or are you just asking?

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

I'm just asking, I guess.

(Clause 1 agreed to)

Okay, we have a short title.

Now there are a few amendments that we need to look at here.

Mr. Warawa.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

We're almost there.

The long title that we proposed originally is to “prohibit” the use of BBP, DBP, and DEHP. We were proposing, instead of “prohibit”, “respecting”, and the bill then guides how to manage those phthalates. So we're “respecting” as opposed to “prohibiting”. We think that's a little bit more accurate wording, so that's what we're proposing.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So we're looking at amendments G-1 and G-1.1, and we're ultimately going to look at amendments NDP-0.1 and NDP-1.2.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

They're the same, other than that we're using the word “respecting” as opposed to “prohibiting”.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Amendments G-1 and G-1.1 are exactly the same.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So let's just go with amendment G-1.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

I'll move amendment G-1.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Okay, Mr. Warawa moves amendment G-1, and the change is the word “respecting”.

Amendment NDP-0.1 conflicts with that. Mr. Warawa has moved amendment G-1. What are your thoughts?

[Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC]

I'll just withdraw amendment NDP-0.1.