Evidence of meeting #41 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was work.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
At the last meeting, the committee agreed by unanimous consent to stand clauses 21 and 22. Stood clauses are considered after all of the other clauses of the bill have been disposed of. We are now ready to go back to clause 21, which is now open for debate.
(On clause 21)
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
Mr. Chair, I would ask the committee to move to G-9, which is an amendment we are presenting. It is with respect to clause 21, that Bill C-219, in clause 21, be amended by replacing line 30 on page 9 with the following:
“Global Sanctions and Special Economic Measures Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law No. 2)” in the
and by replacing lines 26 and 27 on page 10 with the following:
(1), is to be read as a reference to the “Global Sanctions and Special Economic Measures Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law No. 2)”.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
Shall G-9 carry?
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 21 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 22)
We then go to clause 22 and G-10.
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
Again, I have an amendment. I would ask the committee to turn to G-10, which is, similarly, that Bill C-219, in clause 22, be amended by replacing line 30 on page 10 with the following:
“Global Sanctions and Special Economic Measures Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law No. 2)” in the
and by replacing lines 4 and 5 on page 13 with the following:
read as a reference to the “Global Sanctions and Special Economic Measures Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law No. 2)”.
I would move that as an amendment.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
Shall G-10 carry?
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 22 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 1)
Next, we go to the short title and amendment G-2.1.
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
I would also have an amendment on that, and it's G-2.1.
I move that Bill C-219, in clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 1 and 2 on page 2 with the following:
1 This Act may be cited as the International Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law No. 3).
We may be the only country in the world with three Magnitsky laws.
Conservative
Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills North, ON
On division.
(Amendment agreed to on division)
(Clause 1 as amended agreed to on division)
(On the preamble)
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
I also have an amendment in the preamble. It is that Bill C-219, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 7 on page 1 with the following:
eign state that has engaged in activities that undermine international peace, security or stability in a manner inconsistent with international law or who is responsible for, or complicit in, gross and systematic violations of internationally recognized human rights or acts of corruption;
Liberal
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
G-2, with respect to ongoing with the preamble, is that Bill C-219, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 12 to 18 on page 1 with the following:
And whereas this Act will enable Canada to impose sanctions on foreign nationals who have engaged in activities that undermine international peace, security or stability in a manner inconsistent with international law or who are responsible for, or complicit in, gross and systematic violations of internationally recognized human rights or acts of corruption;
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
Shall G-2 carry?
(Amendment agreed to on division)
(Preamble as amended agreed to on division)
(On the title)
Next, we go to the title and amendment G-0.1.
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
Yes, I again have an amendment. It is that Bill C-219 be amended by replacing the long title on page 1 with the following:
An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) and the Special Economic Measures Act
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
Shall G-0.1 carry?
(Amendment agreed to)
(Title as amended agreed to)
Shall the bill as amended carry?
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for use of the House at report stage?
Conservative
Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills North, ON
Mr. Chair, I just want to thank the members of the committee, and the parliamentary secretary in particular, for their co-operative approach on working on this private member's bill. I express it on behalf of my colleague, MP James Bezan. While we didn't agree on everything, I thought the process was constructive.
I want to thank all members of the committee, including Mr. Oliphant and Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, for their work on this.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ahmed Hussen
Thank you.
I think that represents the overall view of all the members. Thank you very much.
Conservative
Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills North, ON
Mr. Chair, there have been discussions among members of the committee, and if you would allow me, I think there's unanimous consent for me to move the following motion:
That the committee recommend that the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, pursuant to section 15 of the Broadcasting Act,
(a) request that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hold a hearing to determine whether CCTV 9 Documentary, CCTV English News, CCTV Entertainment Channel, CCTV-4 and CCTV-Français be removed from the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution, and
(b) request that the CRTC make a report as soon as feasible; and
that the chair report this to the House.
Liberal
Rob Oliphant Liberal Don Valley West, ON
Yes. While the critic and I had discussions with respect to this, when I've spoken to my colleagues, they have requested that 48 hours' notice be given on this. We would not be able to give unanimous consent to have it debated and discussed today, without 48 hours' notice.
We would have to come back to this.