Evidence of meeting #126 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 agreed.
A recording is available from Parliament.
6:55 p.m.
Conservative
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
I'd like a recorded vote.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 297 agreed to on division)
(Clauses 298 and 299 agreed to)
(On clause 300)
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell
Clause 300 has a residual amendment, which is CPC-136.
Mr. Nater would like to present this.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Chair, this would offset the clawback. If there's overspending, obviously there's a clawback, so it would offset that rebate.
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Liberal
Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON
I'll just ask the officials this. From our viewpoint it seems to be redundant.
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LCdr Jean-François Morin
Subsection 477.74(3) already affects the amount calculated at subsection (2), and currently paragraph 477.75(1)(d) does not refer to subsection (3), so it would appear unnecessary, unless I'm not seeing something.
6:55 p.m.
LCdr Jean-François Morin
No.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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Liberal
6:55 p.m.
Conservative
Scott Reid Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, ON
As tempted as I am by that generous offer I'm going to defer to my colleague Mr. Nater.
7 p.m.
Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Just to go back and clarify this, typically expenses are rebated now at 60%. Changes in this act have some expenses being rebated at different amounts. In some cases it's 90%.
7 p.m.
Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Exactly. This would clarify the overall cap in terms of the amount that would be rebated at 75%, all things included.
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Conservative
7 p.m.
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Where is he? I've been wondering who this Mr. Richards is.
7 p.m.
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
He's very interested in this committee and he doesn't show up.
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Liberal
Chris Bittle Liberal St. Catharines, ON
Our concern is that the amendment would in effect reduce the important allowance that C-76 creates for reimbursing costs that help candidates connect with voters who have disabilities, in my own words.
