Environment Committee on March 9th, 2023

[Patrick Weiler, Liberal, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

It's just a grammatical change, so we don't have to—

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Can you tell us what you want to do, exactly?

[Patrick Weiler, Liberal, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

Right now, it says, “Within 90 days after the day on which the request is filed, the Minister shall inform the person who filed the request of the decision, how the Ministers intend to deal with it and the reasons.”

Therefore, remove the period and continue, “for dealing with it in that manner.” Just remove the period.

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Okay. It's a friendly amendment.

Does that subamendment to remove the period pass?

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

It's also adding the language, “for dealing with it in that manner.”

[Patrick Weiler, Liberal, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

No, because that was already in there.

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

Is it in the subamendment or amendment?

[Laurel Collins, NDP, Victoria, BC]

It's after the line 4 in the remaining language.

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

We're removing a period, not a comma.

[An hon. member]

I think we should have a debate.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Should it be a semi-colon? That's what we want.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[Terry Duguid, Liberal, Winnipeg South, MB]

We want an Oxford comma.

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Are we removing a period or comma?

Go ahead, Mr. Weiler.

[Patrick Weiler, Liberal, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

Yes, we're removing a period.

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Okay. Everyone seems to be in agreement with that, so I think we can consider NDP-22 to be amended.

(Subamendment agreed to)

Can we vote on it as amended, without the period?

[Greg McLean, Conservative, Calgary Centre, AB]

The version I have doesn't read the same as the version Mr. Weiler just read [Technical difficulty—Editor].

[Monique Pauzé, Bloc, Repentigny, QC]

I think there's an issue with Mr. McLean's mike.

[Damien Kurek, Conservative, Battle River—Crowfoot, AB]

Could Mr. Weiler explain the amendment that was just passed?

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

We took a period out. We're good with that.

Shall we tally a vote on NDP-22?

(Amendment as amended agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Because NDP-22 has been adopted, NDP-23 cannot be moved, which brings us to NDP-24.

[Laurel Collins, NDP, Victoria, BC]

I have to apologize to the committee. Ms. Farquharson pointed this out: I read two things out.

One was around the minister's response about making a clear granting or denying of the request. Then, I read out another section, which actually applies to NDP-24. This is around prescribing timelines for initiating and completing assessments, similar to BQ-6. It ensures that, when those requests come in, we have timelines for completing the assessments in response to those requests.

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Is there debate? We shall go to a vote.

(Amendment negatived: nays 9; yeas 2 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 20 as amended agreed to on division)

We're at the schedule now.

[Damien Kurek, Conservative, Battle River—Crowfoot, AB]

Chair, is there an NDP-24? Was that dealt with previously?

[The Chair, Liberal, Francis Scarpaleggia]

Yes, we just dealt with it. It was defeated.