Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
The provisions in subclause 39(2) provide flexibility for the minister to make regulations without laying them before either house of Parliament. This recognizes that there will be regulations of an insubstantial nature and that there will be regulations made quickly to address threats to human health and safety. The government proposes to provide additional flexibility for the requirement to report by setting a time period of 30 sitting days of the House.
The subclause would be amended to address the confusion created by words that currently suggest that a minister can be a simultaneous member of both the Commons and the Senate.
So I'd like to propose, Madam Chair, that Bill C-36 in clause 39 be amended by replacing lines 37 to 39 on page 21 with the following:
before both Houses of Parliament, the Minister shall cause a statement of his or her reasons to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 30 days on which that House is sitting after the regulation is made.