Evidence of meeting #31 for Health in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was disease.
A recording is available from Parliament.
NDP
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
All right. Is there any discussion on Mr. Wilks' subamendment?
Mr. Young.
Conservative
Terence Young Conservative Oakville, ON
No discussion, Chair. I just want to be very clear what our next vote is. That's all.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
Okay, this would strictly be on Mr. Wilks' subamendment to G-3 where it says “convene a conference or”—
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
It's “or otherwise engage”, simply deleting the words “or otherwise engage”.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
Yes, I'm getting to that. Yes, and take out “or otherwise engage”. Okay? Are there any other thoughts on that?
All right. All those in favour of Mr. Wilks' subamendment?
(Subamendment agreed to)
All right. Believe it or not, we're now ready to vote on G-3, the amendment, as amended. All those in favour? Opposed?
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 3 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 4—-Preparation and publication of report)
How's our speed? Is everything okay so far?
Next up, are there any more amendments?
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
The amendment is that Bill C-442, in clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 8 on page 4 with the following:
sets out the federal framework and publish the report on the Public Health Agency of Canada's website within one year of the federal framework being adopted.
Conservative
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
Your says “Agency”—and it's the Public Health Agency of Canada, just to be specific which agency it is.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
Are there any thoughts or comments on G-4?
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 4 as amended agreed to)
Thank you.
(On clause 5—Report to Parliament)
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
Again, Mr. Chair, on G-5, it's slightly different from what is in front of you. It would replace the words, “on the departmental website”, with the following:
on the Public Health Agency of Canada's website.
So the change there is naming the Public Health Agency of Canada's website.
Conservative
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
We're actually going to go with the one on G-5. Our legislative clerk made the error. It's defined at the outset that the agency is the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
Are there any thoughts on that amendment?
All those in favour of the amendment to G-5?
(Amendment agreed to)
Shall clause 5 carry as amended? All those in favour?
(Clause 5 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 6—Provincial and territorial funding)
There are no amendments to clause 6.
All those in favour of clause 6?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
Yes.
(Clause 6 negatived: nays 5; yeas 4)
Moving right along.
(On clause 7—Review)
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
Mr. Chair, on G-6, please.
I move that Bill C-442, in clause 7, be amended by (a) replacing line 23 on page 4 with the following::
7. The agency must
And (b) replacing line 25 on page 4 with the following:
the federal framework no later than 5 years
And (c) replacing line 27 on page 4 with the following:
section 4 is published on the Agency's
This amendment is consequential to the amendments to clause 1, which replace “national strategy” with “federal framework” and makes explicit reference to the Public Health Agency of Canada as the government department responsible to conduct the 5-year review.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ben Lobb
Are there any thoughts or comments on the amendment?
Seeing none, we'll call the vote.
(Amendment agreed to)
(Clause 7 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 8—Regulations)
There are no amendments for clause 8. Are there any comments on clause 8?
Ms. Adams.
Conservative
Eve Adams Conservative Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
Mr. Chair, regulations are linked to the proposal to allocate funding to provinces and territories that have enacted legislation to implement the strategy and have met criteria prescribed by regulations. Given that the funding provisions cannot be supported and the bill is not operational, there is no need to create regulations.
For that reasons, we cannot support this clause.
