Evidence of meeting #52 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vote.
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Director General, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment
It's 11.1.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Regardless of why we're doing it, that's what we're trying to do.
Go ahead, Ms. Farquharson.
4:15 p.m.
Director General, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment
If clause 10 is adopted, then all the duplication happens. It's 10.1 and 11.1 that you probably need to.... It's where the duplication happens.
4:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
It's all because of duplication. We have to get rid of 10.1 and 11.
4:15 p.m.
Director General, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment
There's a duplication and a reference. If you pass clause 10, there is a reference to a paragraph that will no longer exist.
4:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Okay.
That's what we're doing. We're deleting 10.1 and 11 to avoid duplication. That's what it all comes down to. Is that correct?
4:15 p.m.
Director General, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment
I think you carried clauses 10.1 and 11.1, and they need to be reconsidered or you'll have duplication in proposed section 56. You'll have two 56s and two 60s.
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Director General, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment
I don't know. That's why I was hesitating. That's yours. That's for you to say.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Greg McLean Conservative Calgary Centre, AB
Mr. Duguid, I think it's because of what we just passed. Is that correct? This has become—
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NDP
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
4:20 p.m.
An hon. member
Yes. Thank you.
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
This is how it's been explained to me.
Basically, I assume that we want, for technical reasons, to delete 10.1 and 11.1. We can't just do it by voting on them, because we've gone past them. We have to bring them back in and then vote against them.
4:20 p.m.
Conservative
Damien Kurek Conservative Battle River—Crowfoot, AB
Is there unanimous consent to adopt what is being proposed?
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Liberal
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
To bring them back in, yes, and then we can vote to delete them.
The motion will be to delete 10.1 and then the next motion will be to delete 11.1.
Go ahead, Ms. Collins.
4:20 p.m.
NDP
Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC
Right now, we're just on the unanimous consent proposal to bring them back in.
4:20 p.m.
NDP
Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC
Then, once that happens, the committee can decide. I'm hesitant to give unanimous consent to bring these back in to be potentially deleted until I hear more from the officials. I would love to ask them some questions.
4:20 p.m.
Liberal
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Conservative
Mike Lake Conservative Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, AB
On a point of order, I just want to make sure that this is a debatable motion.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Do you mean the unanimous consent one?
To answer your question, Mr. Lake, it's not debatable, but we can still get some information from the....
Go ahead, please, Ms. Farquharson.
