Evidence of meeting #112 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was agency.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
There are a number of these that we would be prepared to support, but collectively we can't support the amendment.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
To expedite, I'm happy to break them out, if that's what you'd like to do, then.
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NDP
Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB
I seem to be the only one for whom the drafter preferred to put everything together, so I apologize, but that's the way they were drafted.
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Liberal
Mike Bossio Liberal Hastings—Lennox and Addington, ON
No, we have a motion on the floor, so no. We have a motion on the floor.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
No, you have an amendment that she's brought forward. She has amended it on the floor. She's asked for it to be split—on the floor—which she can do.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
She can do that.
I'm going to go bit by bit, then.
The question is on amendment NDP-18(a), which is replacing line 7 on page 9 with the following:(a) to ensure sustainability;
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Okay. I didn't even get the question out yet.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4)
Now we have a new amendment, NDP-18(a.1), which is to add the word “culture” to line 9.
Do I need to say anything else, or is that clear enough?
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
The line would read:
and the health, social, cultural and economic conditions that
Shall that amendment carry?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
We'll have a recorded vote.
(Amendment negatived: nays 8; yeas 1)
Now we're at amendment NDP-18(b), “replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following”, which is the proposed replacement paragraph 6(1)(j).
You changed it, so can you read it again? We'll make sure we get it.
It is:
to ensure that an impact assessment is based on sound science and takes into account
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NDP
Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB
It goes on:
the best technologies available to reduce environmental impacts
—specifically from the mandate letters.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Do you stop at, “the best technologies available to reduce environmental impacts”? Is that it?
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Conservative
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Liberal
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Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
Let's have a recorded vote.
(Amendment negatived: nays 8; yeas 1)
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte
Next up is amendment NDP-18(c), “adding after line 27 on page 10 the following:” and she's adding three new paragraphs: proposed paragraphs 6(1)(o), (p), and (q). There are no changes in those from what we have in front of us.
Shall that amendment carry?
