Evidence of meeting #37 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was finance.
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Liberal
John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
Okay. Insert amendment CPC-3, not as a replacement for subclause 9(2), but as an addition.
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Liberal
Keith Martin Liberal Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
That will cover the Conservatives' concern and will fulfill the finance concerns in the bill.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Okay, well, Mr. Casey, that would take a friendly amendment to change deleting lines 29 to 31. That part of it would be changed so that Bill C-293 would be amended in clause 9 by adding, after line 32, new subclause 9(3), which would begin:
The Minister of Finance shall
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Conservative
Bill Casey Conservative Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS
But we'd keep subclause 9(2) in place as it is now.
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Liberal
John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
Subclause 9(2) stays as it is, and 9(3) is the addition of the CPC amendment.
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Conservative
Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB
We're into duplication again, but at least that does make some sense. We're not duplicating ourselves. I go back to—
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
You are in some way, because the statistical report and Mr. Casey's amendment basically deal with Bretton Woods. They're still both there, but clause 10 is gone.
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Conservative
Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB
But what is the report from Bretton Woods if it isn't going to be statistics? What are you going to tell them?
I think we're duplicating again.
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Conservative
Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB
Are CIDA's wages ODA-able, because we're certainly going to be hiring more people to put all these reports together.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
All right.
Mr. Casey, are you willing to accept that as a friendly amendment, that it begin, “that Bill C-293 be amended in clause 9 by adding after line 32 on page 5 the following”, and then as written?
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
All right. Let me think this thing through.
Do we accept the friendly amendment?
(Amendment agreed to) [See Minutes of Proceedings]
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Now, on CPC-3, as amended.
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 9 as amended agreed to on division)
(Clause 10 negatived)
(On clause 11--Order in council)
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
We are on amendment NDP-14 on clause 11.
We'll go to Madam McDonough.
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NDP
Alexa McDonough NDP Halifax, NS
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This proposes that clause 11 be amended by replacing the lines 11 to 13 on page 6 with the following: “This act comes into force 30 days after the day on which it receives royal assent.”
The intention of this amendment is simply to remove the open-ended option for the government with respect to bringing it into force. It would therefore obligate the government to enforce it within 30 days of receiving royal assent.
5:40 p.m.
Liberal
Bernard Patry Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Is it regular to...? With the Governor in Council, what's the difference? You don't want it to be postponed, is that all?