Evidence of meeting #35 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was advertising.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Let's do that.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
As we know, a number of them were attached to it, or similar, or parts of the same conversation, so they all have now been defeated.
NDP
Craig Scott NDP Toronto—Danforth, ON
Mr. Chair, just in formal terms, does that mean we've dealt with NDP-2 on the same basis? It's about nomination campaign expenses.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
I have all of these in the same group: LIB-1, PV-1, NDP-2, LIB-2, and PV-2.
I'll check to see if that's correct.
Although it is in a different spot, it is different. We'll go to PV-1. PV-1, although it is written...it's amending something different than what we just changed.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Right. So maybe I just gave the explanation, but again, congratulations on your private member's bill tonight.
Green
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all members around the table for support. I appreciate it enormously.
To go back to PV-1, it's different wording, as you say, but substantially the same as the NDP-1 amendment in terms of accepting the advice from the Chief Electoral Officer and expanding leadership contest expenses to include non-monetary contributions and provisions of good or services.
I imagine it will meet with the same fate as NDP-1, but I appreciate the chance to present it.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Thank you.
Is there any discussion on PV-1?
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
We'll now move to NDP-2.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
One amendment changes lines 31 to 33 and the other changes lines 43 to 45.
Mr. Scott.
NDP
Craig Scott NDP Toronto—Danforth, ON
I'd like to move this. I won't spend any time on it, because it's preordained what the vote will be. I regret having spent time finding this, because it doesn't seem to have had any impact on my colleagues across the way, or at least the framework within which they're working.
I think everybody should know that as a result of the vote on NDP-1, and now with what will happen on NDP-2, non-monetary contributions are not included in expenses in these two contexts. That's a fairly major addition to what one can spend in nomination and leadership campaigns.
I won't say anything more.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Okay, I'll call the question on it, then.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
That's defeated, so did that also defeat LIB-2 and PV-2?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Okay. We can go to PV-2. It's the same line but has different wording.
Green
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Chair, yes, it is different language, but it is to the same effect. This time it is taken outside of the leadership contest situation into a nomination contestant situation again to expand and to ensure that we are controlling non-monetary contributions and provisions of goods and services.
Just to refresh the memory of committee members, this was contained as a specific recommendation in Elections Canada's proposed amendments presented as of April 8, 2014.
I would hope but at this point would not have great hopes that this could meet with approval in order to ensure that we are fully assessing the scope of spending to include those contributions which are other than cash, but which are normally regulated by Elections Canada, as Craig Scott has pointed out.
NDP
Craig Scott NDP Toronto—Danforth, ON
I'll just point out to my colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands, don't hold your breath, because NDP-2 really was this too.
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
We'll have a recorded vote on PV-2.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
It is defeated. That brings us back to the present day. We're on PV-13.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
I'm sorry. We have to do clause 2, which all that was part of.
Shall clause 2 carry?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
Certainly.
(Clause 2 agreed to: yeas 5; nays 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(On clause 5)