Environment Committee on May 3rd, 2007

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Mr. Cullen, I think you nodded to accept Mr. Regan's friendly amendment?

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

Yes, exactly. We would add “adverse health impacts”.

I believe that was the text, Mr. Regan.

[Geoff Regan, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

Yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

I'm told there's no such thing as a friendly amendment.

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

Is there no such thing?

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

You could move a subamendment.

[Geoff Regan, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

I'll move a subamendment, Mr. Chairman: in the seventh line of Mr. Cullen's amendment on proposed new clause 2.1, on page 5.2, after the word “prevent”, that the words “adverse health impacts” be inserted. It would read “to prevent adverse health impacts or environmental degradation”. Those are the words I would insert.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

If we could vote on the subamendment, all those in favour?

(Subamendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

If we can vote on the amended amendment, as it is on page 5.2, all those in favour?

Mr. Warawa.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

I have one quick question.

We're in support of what's being proposed here. Procedurally, can we change our amendment by removing proposed clause 5 so that it's not being duplicated and we don't have to throw out the whole motion? Is that okay?

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Further down, when we get there, we can do that.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

That's fine. Thank you so much.

(Amendment agreed to)

(On clause 3--Regulations--Food and Drugs Act)

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

We have taken care of new clauses 2.1 and 2.2.

We can now go on to amendment G-7. Is that correct?

[Mike MacPherson]

Yes, we're on clause 3.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

We're beginning again where we left off the other day at amendment G-7, on page 7.

[Geoff Regan, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

You have two on clause 3, right? So I presume you're going to replace this with amendment G-7.1.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So we are in clause 3 now, and we're looking at G-7.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Chair, it will be not G-7, but G-7.1.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

You're withdrawing G-7?

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Correct.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Yes, do we have the consent of the committee for this withdrawal?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So now we're on amendment G-7.1.

Could you just wait half a second, Mr. Warawa, please.

Just for everybody's information here, the clerk is advising us.... There could be some scope issues with this, but above all, we would need to.... I assume we're eliminating proposed clause 5. I think we agreed to that. He just doesn't move part three.

What the clerk is suggesting, Mr. Warawa, is that we deal with this as two separate motions. In other words, clause 3 would be one motion and proposed clause 4 would be a different motion, and of course, you just don't move proposed clause 5, so that would be gone.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

That's fine.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So if you want to, you can talk to clause 3 in G-7.1.