Evidence of meeting #39 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was amendment.
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9:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Recorded vote on NDP-18.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4)
(Clause 302 agreed to)
Can I group clauses 303 to 307?
9:20 p.m.
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
I was looking at 303, not 302. It was an incorrect vote cast by me and my fellow New Democrats. Is it possible to revisit it?
9:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Can we unanimously consider adding a unanimous vote in support?
9:20 p.m.
Conservative
9:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Okay, everybody is getting along.
We'll go to clause 303.
Mr. McKay.
9:20 p.m.
Liberal
John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
I'm fine with voting but not for discussion. I just wanted to....
(Claude 303 agreed to)
9:20 p.m.
NDP
Guy Caron NDP Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
You can group clauses 304 and 305.
(Clauses 304 and 305 agreed to)
9:20 p.m.
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Just to allow for some expediency, can we go through to 310, or do we need to...because we're switching issues?
9:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
I can go as far as the committee wants.
Shall clauses 306 to 310 carry?
9:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Okay, all in favour...?
No, I can't do that?
Let's do clauses 306 and 307.
9:20 p.m.
Liberal
John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
Go to 307 and then we'll....
(Clauses 306 and 307 agreed to)
9:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
I want to thank our officials for division 20.
We'll now be moving to division 21.
Can I group the three together?
We'll bring our officials forward for division 21.
Okay, welcome to the committee.
Mr. McKay will speak on clause 308, then we will have discussion.
9:20 p.m.
Liberal
John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
Chair, this division—that is, clauses 308 to 310—corrects an oversight in the last omnibus bill C-4, following a pattern by the Conservatives wherein each omnibus bill includes several measures to correct previous omnibus bills. We've already seen that earlier this evening where we're just correcting previous bills that did not receive the scrutiny they should have received because they are improperly before us.
Conservatives are forcing these massive omnibus bills through Parliament, each one including hundreds of clauses changing 50 or so different laws and none of these measures are given the scrutiny they deserve. Conservatives have established this process where they're passing bad laws and having to correct them after the fact. I know you'll be upset about that, Chair.
In terms of this measure before us, we support the correction but we deplore the process.
9:25 p.m.
Conservative
Gerald Keddy Conservative South Shore—St. Margaret's, NS
To me the Liberals are saying one thing and doing another.
