Procedure and House Affairs Committee on May 1st, 2014

Evidence of meeting #37 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was move.

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On the agenda

Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts

MPs speaking

Alexandrine Latendresse

Also speaking

Marc Chénier Senior Officer and Counsel, Privy Council Office

Natasha Kim Director, Democratic Reform, Privy Council Office

Mike MacPherson Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

5:25 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Chair, we had similar understanding except about the very last one, amendment NDP-59.1. Can we just clarify through the clerk? We had amendment G-26 nullifying amendments LIB-36, NDP-59, PV-57, and BQ-8. It may be just a mistake on our part, but we want to clarify through the clerk that amendment NDP-59.1 has also been nullified by this.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

Yes, it's a line conflict.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

It's a line conflict. Okay, thank you, Chair.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

We're on amendment NDP-60.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Was amendment PV-59...? I don't think that was—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

It was also nullified. Oh, sorry. We had a bit of an “x” beside it and your chair misinterpreted. So we're going to amendment PV-59.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

We'll take it a little slower.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

Let me know when we mess up.

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

We're on amendment PV-59.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Can we have a recorded vote, please, Chair?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

All right.

(Amendment negatived: nays 6; yeas 3 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

We'll go to NDP-60 now. We're doing NDP-60, PV-61, and Government-27.

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A voice

Yes, they're all identical.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

They're all identical.

We'll vote on NDP-60 and—

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

We need this recorded, Mr. Chair—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

Oh, you want this one recorded.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

—for historical purposes, absolutely.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

All right.

(Amendment agreed to: yeas 9; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

We move now to NDP-61.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Slow down, Mr. Chair.

Could we have a recorded vote on NDP-61, please?

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A voice

NDP...?

5:25 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Excuse me, what did we...? I thought we called NDP-61. NDP-61 wasn't carried within NDP-60, was it?

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

No. We're here on NDP-61, which is identical to PV-62. One vote will suffice for the two because they're identical.

5:25 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Okay. I was just confused, because Tom talked about it as being PV.... Okay.

To clarify for the record, we're voting on NDP-61, which will nullify PV-62.

Could we have a recorded vote, please, Mr. Chair?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

Yes.

(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

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NDP

Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC

Mr. Chair, on a quick point of order, I want to clarify that NDP-60 did pass.

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joe Preston

Yes.