Health Committee on Nov. 24th, 2016

[Doug Eyolfson, Liberal, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB]

Yes.

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

I would accept that friendly amendment.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Okay. We need you to repeat the subamendment. I think I can say that he just adds “Alzheimer's and other dementia advocacy groups”.

[Doug Eyolfson, Liberal, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB]

Yes, representatives from advocacy groups for all—

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Without naming a society.

[Doug Eyolfson, Liberal, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB]

Yes, without naming a society.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

The word “Alzheimer's” is there, but the society isn't.

[Doug Eyolfson, Liberal, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB]

Exactly, yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Perhaps we could leave that to the analysts for the final wording.

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

Doug, I heard you say, “representatives from Alzheimer advocacy groups and other dementia advocacy groups”.

[Doug Eyolfson, Liberal, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

So it's “Alzheimer advocacy groups”—

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

—“and other dementia advocacy groups.”

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Mr. Kang.

[Darshan Singh Kang, Liberal, Calgary Skyview, AB]

Mr. Chair, I'd like to move the clock back.

With unanimous consent, we could go to clause 3, and address this in subclause 3(2). I think it would be good like that, and we could change it in clause 4 as well.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

We've passed clause 3.

[Darshan Singh Kang, Liberal, Calgary Skyview, AB]

I was just wondering if we could, with unanimous consent, go back and change it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Are you seeking unanimous consent to do that?

Is there unanimous consent to go back to clause 3?

No. We don't have consent.

[Darshan Singh Kang, Liberal, Calgary Skyview, AB]

Okay, thank you. I thought I'd try.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Mr. Webber.

[Len Webber, Conservative, Calgary Confederation, AB]

I put my hand up before the friendly amendment. I agree with you, and I'm happy with it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

All right.

Dr. Carrie.

[Colin Carrie, Conservative, Oshawa, ON]

Yes, I was going to say that I think John and Doug came up with a good point there, so I can be supportive of that friendly amendment.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Is there any further debate on this?

Yes, Dr. Eyolfson.

[Doug Eyolfson, Liberal, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB]

It just read kind of awkwardly. This says exactly the same thing. Would this say it less awkwardly? I'm not hung up on this, but it could say, “representatives of advocacy groups for Alzheimer's and other dementias”. It just makes for a grammatically better sentence. I'm not hung up on it, as I say. If you prefer the original wording, I'll accept that.