Caroline St-Hilaire at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On November 29th, 2006. See this statement in context.

November 29th, 2006 / 5:15 p.m.

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Caroline St-Hilaire Bloc Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Despite what Mr. McKay has just said, I want to come back to my initial comment. I don't understand the meaning of the NDP's amendment. The amendment contains the exact same wording as subclause 4(2). Therefore, I don't see the point of replacing “In arriving at the opinion [...], the competent minister may”, by “shall take reasonable steps”.

I don't understand the amendment at all. Neither Ms. McDonough nor Mr. McKay has answered my question. As for Mr. Martin's comments, the point, as you said, is clarified in clause 5.

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