With this proposal from the Conservatives, Parliament would see every regulation to be made under paragraph 117(1)(c) providing more oversight. We suggest amending clause 117 by adding, after line 28 on page 61, the following:
(5) The Minister must table in each House of Parliament every regulation that the Governor in Council proposes to make under paragraph 117(1)(c). (6) Each House may refer the proposed regulation to any commitee that is appropriate under the rules of that House and, if the proposed regulation is so referred, the committee may review it and report its recommendations to the House. (7) A regulation may not be made before the earliest of (a) 30 sitting days after the proposed regulation is tabled in both Houses; (b) 160 calendar days after the proposed regulation is tabled in both Houses; and (c) the day after the committee reports its recommendations or, if the proposed regulation was referred to more than one committee, the day after the last report. (8) For the purposes of subsection (7), sitting day means a day on which either House sits. (9) The Minister must take into account any report of the committee of either House. If a regulation does not incorporate a recommendation of the committee of either House, the Minister must table before that House a statement of the reason for not incorporating it. (10) A proposed regulation that has been tabled in Parliament need not be tabled again before the regulation is made, whether or not it has been altered.