Environment Committee on June 2nd, 2008

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

We'll go to amendment L-4.

[John Godfrey, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

Before we go on to L-4, we're now on to the new package, right?

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Exactly.

Our amendments deal with lines 11, 12, 13, and 14.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Mr. Godfrey, your amendments came in first, so we would have to deal with your two amendments.

[John Godfrey, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

Okay. Then I will withdraw amendment L-4 in order to allow Mr. Warawa to make a motion on deleting.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Mr. Warawa.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

I'm introducing amendment G-2.1.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

The clerk advises me you don't need paragraph (a). We just did that.

So everyone has amendment G-2.1? That's new. You just got it today.

Mr. Warawa.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

Again, it's housekeeping.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

It's pretty much housekeeping. Are there any questions?

(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Let's go to amendment L-5 on page 7.

Mr. Godfrey.

[John Godfrey, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

This amendment deletes lines 23...because we don't need the definition of “petitioner”, as the term is no longer used in Bill C-474.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So this just removes the definition of “petitioner”.

[John Godfrey, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

Yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Are there any questions? Shall amendment L-5 carry?

(Amendment agreed to)

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Now we're on amendment G-3. That's on page 8.

Mr. Warawa.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

One second.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

You can speak to either amendment G-3 or amendment G-4. They both deal with the same lines.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

I'll talk to amendment G-4.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

So we're now looking at amendment G-4 on page 9.

Mr. Warawa.

[Mark Warawa, Conservative, Langley, BC]

This deals with the definition of the precautionary principle, which is now in harmony with that in CEPA 1999.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Are there any questions? Shall amendment G-4 carry?

(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 2 as amended agreed to)

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

Now we go to the schedule, which is at the back of the bill on page 11.

[John Godfrey, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

I think we need to go to amendment L-23.1.

[The Chair, Conservative, Bob Mills]

That's been voted on.