Evidence of meeting #25 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was vehicles.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
Thank you.
Now we're back to the debate on the amendment: from two days to half a day.
Mrs. Anstey.
Conservative
Carol Anstey Conservative Long Range Mountains, NL
I'd be happy to meet in the middle and say one meeting. I think that would be fair.
Liberal
Liberal
Eric St-Pierre Liberal Honoré-Mercier, QC
I think in politics we could show collaboration. This is meeting halfway.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
We'll vote first on the amendment to change it from two meetings to one meeting.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Now we'll go back to the initial motion as amended.
I have Mrs. Miedema.
Liberal
Shannon Miedema Liberal Halifax, NS
Thank you.
We'd like to propose another amendment to the language of the motion.
I'm not sure how best to say this in a clear way. The first sentence reads, “That the committee undertake a study, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2)...on the federal government's plastic manufacturing policy”. We would strike out “the federal government's plastic manufacturing policy” and replace it with “the implementation and impacts of the single-use plastics prohibition regulations, as well as the suspension of Ottawa's export ban on single-use plastics”.
I think that's just accurate language for those pieces of work, and then we'd say—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
Before we go forward, can you repeat what you've just suggested so the clerk can write that down and we'll have a better way to figure it out?
Liberal
Shannon Miedema Liberal Halifax, NS
Yes, and I think we can also provide this in writing for everyone to review once I've said it.
Liberal
Liberal
Shannon Miedema Liberal Halifax, NS
Okay.
We're just replacing it with the technical terms of those two pieces, and then saying, after the semicolon, “that the study take into account the scientific evidence that shows that plastic pollution poses a threat to the environment”, and then striking out “specifically that Canada will permit the manufacturing of straws and other plastic goods in Canada but only for export to the United States”. We are striking that.
I guess the other one is a separate amendment, so I'll stop there for that one. I know it's confusing to read it out, so we can show the amendments in writing, unless you like it and it's fine already.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
All right. For the sake of the clerk, so that he'll be able to finalize this part of the amendment, can you reread it slowly so he can make the corrections and we can proceed with the administrative tasks to said amendment?
Liberal
Shannon Miedema Liberal Halifax, NS
Okay. I'm going to read it from the top.
It will say, “That the committee undertake a study, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), of one meeting, on”, and then we strike out “the federal government's plastic manufacturing policy” and replace it with “the implementation and impacts of the single-use plastics prohibition regulations as well as the suspension of Ottawa's export ban on single-use plastics; that the study take into account the scientific evidence that shows that plastic pollution poses a threat to the environment”. Then we would delete “specifically that Canada will permit the manufacturing of straws and other plastic goods in Canada but only for export to the United States” in full. That gets struck.
Thank you.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
Colleagues, do you need the clerk to send you that? Do you want him to reread it before we go to debate?
You're all good.
Mr. Bonin.
Bloc
Patrick Bonin Bloc Repentigny, QC
I think I understand, but I would like to propose a subamendment to ensure that—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
Excuse me, Mr. Bonin, but before we deal with a subamendment, we'll finish this.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
Mr. Bonin, do you want to amend the amendment? Is that what you want to do?
Bloc
Patrick Bonin Bloc Repentigny, QC
The subamendment would add, after “single use plastics prohibition regulations”, the words, “as well as the suspension of the government's export ban on single use plastics”.