Evidence of meeting #114 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 see.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Olivier Champagne  Legislative Clerk, House of Commons
Jean-Sébastien Rochon  Counsel, Department of Justice
Christine Loth-Bown  Vice-President, Policy Development Sector, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Brent Parker  Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Division, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Jeff Labonté  Assistant Deputy Minister, Major Projects Management Office, Department of Natural Resources
Terence Hubbard  Director General, Petroleum Resources Branch, Department of Natural Resources

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Shall the amendment carry?

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON

I would like a recorded vote, please.

(Amendment agreed to: yeas 6; nays 3 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

We're on LIB-73, which is the other one you were doing, Mr. Rogers.

Churence Rogers Liberal Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, NL

This one in particular supports the commitment that no project would be sent back to the beginning of the process. Again, it's in line with the other amendments in terms of the transition process.

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Shall the amendment carry?

Would you like a recorded vote?

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON

Yes, please.

(Amendment agreed to: yeas 5; nays 3 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

We're on LIB-74, which is Mr. Fisher.

Wait a minute, we're into clause 3. We had one pending thing we were going to go back to, which was a definition. It was NDP-40.1, and it was to add the definition potentially into the beginning of that section.

Linda.

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

I have to find it again in all this.

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

We'll figure it out.

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

If you have it there that would be helpful because I have so much paper here.

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

I'm just looking. We're going to find it.

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Was it “adaptive management”?

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Yes.

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Is that NDP-40.1?

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

It was your definition of “adaptive management”, and you were going to stick it in at the beginning of that section. Do we have the page number?

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Page 38, line 22.

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Thank you.

Yes, “adaptive management”, because we added a change.

There was a request to basically go away and understand whether that definition was acceptable. I believe I had unanimous consent if it passes to insert it into this section of the bill.

There was unanimous consent to reserve the chance to do that, and now we have to decide. It's not to do it. It's to vote on whether we're going to do it. It was to give us that opportunity to go back. We reserved the right to go back, which we're doing now, to add the definition. The definition is as brought forward in amendment NDP-40.1.

Is that right, Linda?

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

That's correct.

My understanding, and the opinion I'm given, is that the way the rules were changed for committees, and then going back to the House, if you had an opportunity to bring forward the amendment at committee and chose not to, you could not bring it at report stage.

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

We're doing it now.

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

That's what I'm saying.

This looks like the only chance.

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

We're all good. We're on the page. Everybody has the definition in front of them.

Amendment NDP-40.1 would add that definition on page 38, line 22.

Shall the amendment carry?

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON

I would like a recorded vote.

(Amendment negatived: nays 7; yeas 1 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

We are now at the end of clause 1.

Shall clause 1 as amended carry?

5:40 p.m.

Conservative

Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON

I would like a recorded vote.

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

On division.