Evidence of meeting #33 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Normand Radford
Marie-Andrée Roy  Parliamentary Counsel (Legislation), Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel
Joann Garbig  Legislative Clerk, Committees Directorate, House of Commons

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

It's being printed as we speak.

Do we have a copy?

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Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

It's not in both official languages, so I will be reading it out and giving a copy of it to the clerk. Trust me.

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

This is challenging. Listen carefully.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Mark, we're going to need a copy.

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Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

Yes.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Okay. There it is. That's quick action.

Mr. Godfrey.

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

I'd like to see a copy of that, too, actually.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

You're interested also, are you? How about that.

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

We're dealing with the constraint of having just developed this on the fly.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

There's another copy for you.

To Mr. Cullen, before we dispose of clause 10, did you want to hear this proposed clause 11, or do you--

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

I understand there are negotiations going on, but procedurally it's a bit odd, because it is, in effect, a trust exercise to remove a clause that we previously supported for something I haven't seen yet.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Go ahead, Mr. Warawa.

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Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

Procedurally, Chair, we could stand clause 10 and then go on to clause 11 and come back and repeal....

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

If we just stand it, then we reserve the option of returning to it. Let's do that.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

I think there will be agreement here, I suspect, to stand clause 10.

We are going to come back to clause 10 later. At the moment, we are going to deal with clause 11.

Mr. Godfrey, the floor is yours.

(On clause 11--Departmental Sustainable Development Strategies)

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

Clause 11 will be replacing all of the proposed amendments I put forward and that I think the government put forward on clause 11. There is still the Bloc clause, but I hope this will help as well.

Here's what it now says--

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Just a minute, Mr. Godfrey, if you don't mind.

That would mean we would strike, on page 32, amendment G-14; on page 33, amendment L-16; on page 35, amendment L-17; and possibly, depending on what the Bloc decides--and we'll see what their reaction is--we'll look at amendment BQ-1 after that. Okay?

Please proceed.

Oh, there are also amendments L-15.1 and L.15.2, which you proposed today.

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

I submitted those earlier in the day.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Those would also be set aside, and those would also not be proceeded with.

Mr. Godfrey.

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Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

So it's actually Mr. Warawa's amendment.

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Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

Just give me one second, Chair, because I don't believe amendment G-14 has been struck. You mentioned that.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

No, what I said was that the problem is it has to be moved in any case.

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Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

Correct.

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Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

So if we don't need it, we won't proceed with it. That's the idea.

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Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

So for the moment, maybe we can deal with amendment G-14.