Evidence of meeting #69 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was following.
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9:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Nault
You have heard the amendment.
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 10 as amended agreed to)
Now there is a proposed new clause 10.1.
9:05 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
That's right. I move that Bill S-226 in clause 10, be amended by adding after line 8 on page 8 the following:
Offences
Offence and Punishment
10.1 Every person who knowingly contravenes or fails to comply with an order or regulation made under section 4
a) Is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.
9:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Nault
Thank you.
We have heard the new clause 10.1. Shall it carry?
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clauses 11 to 14 inclusive agreed to)
(On clause 15)
9:05 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
Mr. Chair, on clause 15, I move that Bill S-226 in clause 15 be amended by replacing lines 10 to 17 on page 9 with the following. For efficiency, I'll just read in the words.
Under the term “Review” in this paragraph, in the second line, the second word should be “may”. Moving a few words over, between the words “review” and “the”, the word “concerning” should be included.
In the third line, between the words “report to” and “together” the words “the appropriate House” following should be included. Between the words “recommendations” and “to” the word “as” should be included, and between the words “to” and “foreign”, “whether those” should be included.
Finally, in the last line, next to the word “nationals” the following should be included: “should remain, or no longer be, the subject of that order or regulation”.
9:05 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Nault
Thank you.
You have heard the amendment to clause 15.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 15 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 16)
June 22nd, 2017 / 9:05 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
I'd like to speak to that, Mr. Chair.
I move that Bill S-226, in clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 21 to 23 on page 9 with the following:
I'll just read it out:
The Governor in Council may, if the Governor in Council is of the opinion that any of the circumstances described in subsection (1.1) has occurred,
It's short enough to be read out as a whole.
9:10 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
That's right. This is longer so I'll do it as I've been doing it for the longer sections, which is that Bill S-226 in clause 16 be amended by replacing lines 9 to 36 on page 10 with the following, and the section to pay attention to here is proposed paragraph 1.1(d). In the first line, the word “national” is to be included next to the word “a”. Right after the word “state”, the following words are to be included: “who is either a foreign public official, within the meaning of section 2 of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act”.
On the third line, next to the word “the”, the word “misappropriation” is to be included, and on the fourth line, next to the word “foreign”, the word “states”. Following on, next to the word “or”, the following is to be included: “any act of”.
In the next line, next to the word “resources” and the hyphen, the following is to be included: “which amounts to acts of”. A couple of words over, next to the word “significant”, the following is to be included: “corruption when taking into consideration, among other things, their impact”, and, next to the word “the”, the words “amounts involved”.
Following on after the word “the” in the second-last line “foreign national's influence” is to be added. Then there's a space there, where the word “or” is, and the word “position” is to be included, and next to the word “of”, the word “authority” is to be included. Then, next to the word “the”, the word “complicity” is to be included. Finally, it ends with “the government of the foreign state in question in the acts”.
9:10 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
Just to be sure, my colleague is telling me just to be careful here. Proposed paragraph 1.1(c) says:
gross and systematic human rights violations have been committed in a foreign state;
That's (c).
9:10 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Nault
You've heard the amendment. Any discussion?
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 16 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 17)
I understand there's an amendment.
9:10 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
I move that Bill S-226 in clause 17 be amended by (a) replacing line 37 on page 10 with the following:
17(1) Subsection 35.1 of the Immigration and
Also I move that clause 17 be amended by (b) replacing lines 1 to 4 on page 11 with the following:
being a person, other than a permanent resident, who is currently the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Special Economic Measures Act on the grounds that any of the circumstances described in paragraph 4(1.1)(c) or (d) of that Act has occurred;
Moving on, Mr. Chair, in proposed paragraph (e), which begins with “being a”, the following is to be included, “person other than a permanent resident”, and after the word “is”, the words “currently the” should be added, and then after the word “subject”, the word “of”.
It continues. I also propose that clause 17 be amended by (c) adding after line 7 on page 11 the following:
(2) Section 35 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Clarification
(2) For greater certainty, despite section 33, a person who ceases being the subject of an order or regulation referred to in paragraph 1(d) or (e) is no longer inadmissible under that paragraph.
9:15 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Nault
Thank you.
You've heard the amendment to clause 17. Shall it carry?
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 17 as amended agreed to)
As I understand it, that is the end of the amendments, so we will now go to Mr. Kent, please.
9:15 a.m.
Conservative
Peter Kent Conservative Thornhill, ON
Mr. Chair, this is just to confirm—and I thank my colleague for his work—that the unread portions of each of the amendments stand as presented, as tabled.
9:15 a.m.
Liberal
Peter Fragiskatos Liberal London North Centre, ON
That's right.
I just want to be sure about this. I made a mistake with regard to certain sections that needed to be read in. It was the underlining at the left side of the margin that I missed. If any mistakes were made there—
9:15 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bob Nault
This is basically for the rest of us to follow along, but generally it's the written version that is approved.
We'll now go to the short title.
Shall the short title as presented carry?
9:15 a.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
9:15 a.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.