Evidence of meeting #89 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 right.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Olivier Champagne  Legislative Clerk, House of Commons
Paula Brand  Director General, Sustainability Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch, Department of the Environment
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Thomas Bigelow

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Yes.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

I will not do that again, because I don't want to confuse anybody. That wasn't my intention. I was just touching on the high points of what's in clause 2.

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

I'm not objecting. I just want to know what we're doing. That's all.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Okay. We've done clause 1. We've done clause 2 in its entirety. We are now on clause 3. All right?

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Liberal

Mike Bossio Liberal Hastings—Lennox and Addington, ON

There are amendments.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

There are amendments, and we were going to work through the amendments.

The way it works is it's the first one in the beginning of that clause.

(On clause 3)

We're now on “Purpose”, clause 3, and amendment LIB-1.

Go ahead.

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Liberal

Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON

It's as submitted.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

It's as submitted. Okay.

Does everybody have LIB-1 in front of them? It's the first page of the package that you were given on your desk when you came in here today.

Are you good?

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Are we not going by whoever submitted the amendment first?

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

It's line by line.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

It's line by line.

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

I know, but I submitted an amendment to that first.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

It was an amendment to line 1?

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Yes.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Okay, let's have a look.

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

It's under clause 3—

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

You were on page—

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

—subclause (5)(a). Yes, I did submit an amendment.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Is amendment NDP-1 the one we're talking about? Which one are we talking about, Linda?

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Liberal

John Aldag Liberal Cloverdale—Langley City, BC

It's the next one.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Yours on clause 3 says, “amended by replacing line 43”. LIB-1 is replacing line 16. I'm going line by line.

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NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Okay.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Am I doing something wrong, Mr. Gerretsen?

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Liberal

Mark Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON

Actually, I think you're doing it perfectly.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

I'm trying.