Evidence of meeting #124 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was clause.
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The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
(Clauses 156 to 162 inclusive agreed to)
We'll take a 10-minute recess to grab some food and take a break. We're now suspended.
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
Thank you. We'll come back in session.
We will start back at clause 163. I appreciate everybody's diligence in getting through this. I feel very good about our finishing this by one o'clock, so we'll see how well we do.
We're on LIB-64.
Mr. Ruimy.
Liberal
Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC
The bill incorrectly refers to the accessible Canada act in French as La loi sur l'accessibilité fédérale. The amendment will ensure that the bill is consistent and correct by referring to the correct title, which should be La loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité.
Liberal
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
Yes, I could tell.
Me too.
Are there any comments?
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 163 as amended agreed to)
Could I get unanimous consent to group the votes on clauses 164 to 168?
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
(Clauses 164 to 168 inclusive agreed to)
(On clause 169)
We'll now move to clause 169. Two amendments are proposed. We'll begin with LIB-65.
Mr. Morrissey.
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
LIB-65 is a consequential amendment in reference to LIB-1 and LIB-2, which have already been approved.
(Amendment agreed to)
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
Many stakeholder groups have reacted positively to the definition of “disability” in Bill C-81, and some have stated that the definition advances beyond the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by recognizing that certain impairments may cause the experience of barriers to be episodic. This amendment recognizes that.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 169 as amended agreed to)
(On clause 170)
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
We now move to clause 170 with proposed amendment LIB-67.
Mr. Morrissey.
Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
This is a consequential amendment resulting from amendments LIB-5, LIB-6, LIB-13, LIB-19, LIB-24, LIB-30, LIB-34, LIB-40, LIB-55, LIB-56, LIB-57 and LIB-58. They broaden the scope by including communication.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Liberal
Wayne Long Liberal Saint John—Rothesay, NB
Exemptions can't be unlimited, and consequential to previous amendments, we'd like to change this part.
(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 170 as amended agreed to)
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
Can I get unanimous consent to group the votes on clauses 171 to 206?
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
(Clauses 171 to 206 inclusive agreed to)
(On clause 207)
Is there any discussion on CPC-57?
Conservative
Rosemarie Falk Conservative Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
This amendment basically would make it so that “on the 90th day after the day on which this Act receives royal assent" it would come into force. It's giving 90 days for this act to come into force.
The current coming into force provision does not require the government to act. Additionally, if this clause is left as is, according to the Statutes Repeal Act, this act would be automatically repealed within 10 years of receiving royal assent.
I would like a recorded vote, please.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 3 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Conservative
Conservative
Rosemarie Falk Conservative Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
It's that Bill C-81, in clause 207, be amended by replacing lines 28 and 29 on page 301 with the following, “206, come into force on the 60th day after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.”
The Vice-Chair Mr. John Barlow
Sorry, I'll just say, it's the same amendment, different day.
Conservative
Rosemarie Falk Conservative Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
I would like a recorded vote, please.
(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 3 [See Minutes of Proceedings])