Health Committee on June 3rd, 2014

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Isn't it a problem that we've already approved it?

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

No, because it was just to your subamendment.

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Yes, all right.

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

All right. Is there any discussion on Mr. Wilks' subamendment?

Mr. Young.

[Terence Young, Conservative, Oakville, ON]

No discussion, Chair. I just want to be very clear what our next vote is. That's all.

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

Okay, this would strictly be on Mr. Wilks' subamendment to G-3 where it says “convene a conference or”—

[Eve Adams, Conservative, Mississauga—Brampton South, ON]

It's “or otherwise engage”, simply deleting the words “or otherwise engage”.

[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?

[Eve Adams, Conservative, Mississauga—Brampton South, ON]

On clause 4, please.

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

Yes, go ahead, Ms. Adams.

[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.

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

That's a little different from the text we have.

[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.

[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)

[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.

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

What do we want to do here on this amendment then?

[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.

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

It's really redundant.

[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?

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Can we have a recorded vote?

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

Yes.

(Clause 6 negatived: nays 5; yeas 4)

Moving right along.

(On clause 7—Review)

[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.

[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.

[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.

[The Chair, Conservative, Ben Lobb]

Okay.

Ms. Davies.