Evidence of meeting #122 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendments.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Good morning and welcome to the 122nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
For members' information, this meeting is being held in public. It's great to have Bill Curry here.
Remember from Tuesday's meeting that we're carrying on discussion of scheduling for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-76.
Ruby, you wanted to speak.
Liberal
Ruby Sahota Liberal Brampton North, ON
Mr. Chair, I want to propose that we try to seek unanimous consent for the following: That Mr. Reid's subamendment and Mr. Nater's amendment to my motion respecting the scheduling of the clause-by-clause of Bill C-76 be deemed withdrawn, and that my previous motion be amended so that it now reads—and I can read the motion, if you would like.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
It might be better to withdraw all of it and then just start over with a new motion.
Liberal
Ruby Sahota Liberal Brampton North, ON
I don't know if they would want to hear the motion before withdrawing the amendment and subamendment. Perhaps you could advise how to proceed on that.
Liberal
October 4th, 2018 / 11:15 a.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Ruby, the clerk's suggesting it might be cleaner to just withdraw the motion and all amendments and then propose your new motion.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
We would just withdraw the motion and amendments on the table, and then Ruby's proposing a new—
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Would you first clear the table and then introduce something new?
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Okay. Do you need to seek unanimous consent to do that first?
Liberal
Ruby Sahota Liberal Brampton North, ON
Yes. Can we get unanimous consent to withdraw all the subamendments and amendments and my original motion, so I can propose a new motion?
Liberal
Ruby Sahota Liberal Brampton North, ON
(Subamendment withdrawn)
(Amendment withdrawn)
(Motion withdrawn)
Thank you.
The new motion is:
That the Hon. Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions, be invited to appear from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018, in relation to the study of Bill C-76;
That the Committee commence clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-76 on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.;
That the Chair be empowered to hold meetings outside of normal hours to accommodate clause-by-clause consideration;
That the Chair may limit debate on each clause to a maximum of five minutes per party, per clause;
That if the Committee has not completed the clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 19, 2018, all remaining amendments submitted to the Committee shall be deemed moved, the Chair shall put the question, forthwith and successively, without further debate on all remaining clauses and proposed amendments, as well as each and every question necessary to dispose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill, as well as questions necessary to report the Bill to the House and to order the Chair to report the Bill to the House as soon as possible; and,
That Bill C-76, in Clause 232, be amended to—
Sorry, I have an error. Can we double-check? I had it written down incorrectly, so I just want to make sure the clause we're amending is not 232, but in fact is 262.
There's a minor correction:
That Bill C-76, in Clause 262, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 153 with the following: “election period is $1,400,000.”
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
There's a little trouble in the sound booth. They're going to reboot the system. It's a technical issue.
Okay. Let's try it again.
Are you finished, Ms. Sahota?
Liberal
Ruby Sahota Liberal Brampton North, ON
Yes, I am finished.
Did it get through translation completely?
Liberal
The Clerk of the Committee Mr. Andrew Lauzon
The motion is as follows:
That the Hon. Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions, be invited to appear from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018, in relation to the study of Bill C-76;
That the Committee commence clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-76 on Monday, October 15, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.;
That the Chair be empowered to hold meetings outside of the normal hours to accommodate clause-by-clause consideration;
That the Chair may limit the debate on each clause to a maximum of five minutes per party, per clause;
That if the committee has not completed the clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 19, 2018, all remaining amendments submitted to the Committee shall be deemed moved, the Chair shall put the question, forthwith and successively, without further debate on all remaining clauses and proposed amendments, as well as each and every question necessary to dispose of clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill, as well as questions necessary to report the Bill to the House and to order the Chair to report to the House as soon as possible; and,
That Bill C-76, in Clause 262, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 153 with the following: “election period is $1,400,000.”
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
With the trouble in the sound booth, can I suggest that if the language didn't come through properly the committee just agree that the copy they have in front of them is the one for the official record?
Linda Lapointe Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Lib.
If I may, in French there's something missing.
On the last line, where it mentions the amount of $1.4 million, it does not mention the election period.
Is that not necessary?
Okay.
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Just to clarify, Chair, the French version is correct even though the two versions are different in the amendment.
Was that the point of your question, Ms. Lapointe?
NDP