Evidence of meeting #97 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 incidents.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Director General, Strategic Policy, Analysis and Workplace, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development
Thank you. I'm sorry.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
What has just occurred is a subamendment to NDP-3, so we're not voting on the actual amendment, we're voting on changing the amendment to now read, “The purpose of this Part is to prevent accidents, occurrences of harassment and violence.” That is the subamendment. We're not voting on the amendment itself, but just the change to the amendment. We're changing the word “incidents” to “occurrences” and the word “or” to “and”.
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Liberal
Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC
Is “occurrences” more consistent with the rest of the...?
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Liberal
Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC
This is my concern, that it's not, but if that's what we're saying....
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
In terms of the subamendment on amendment NDP-3, all those in favour of the subamendment?
(Subamendment agreed to)
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Conservative
Steven Blaney Conservative Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC
Just a clarification, Mr. Chair, I understand that in French, and maybe Mona
could confirm this—we will say “occurrences of harassment and violence”. Is that right?
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Conservative
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Conservative
Steven Blaney Conservative Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC
The subamendment was to switch the “or” for an “and” in French, as well.
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Liberal
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Liberal
Julie Dabrusin Liberal Toronto—Danforth, ON
Yes, because that's the translation in French, incidents.
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Liberal
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Director General, Strategic Policy, Analysis and Workplace, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development
We're just double-checking on the “occurrences”.
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Liberal
Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC
This is the legislation. Whatever we put here we have to make sure we have it right, regardless of what the minister's letter said.
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
Steven Blaney Conservative Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC
What I'm saying is that the minister is using “incidents” both in French and in English in her letter.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bryan May
Ms. Moran, you're good? Okay. Excellent.
All those in favour of amendment NDP-3 as amended? We are having a recorded vote.
(Amendment agreed to: yeas 9; nays 0) [See Minutes of Proceedings]
It wasn't even close. Fantastic.
Shall clause 1 carry as amended?
(Clause 1 as amended agreed to)
(Clause 2 agreed to)
Now we have CPC-2, a new clause 2.1.
Is there any discussion?
Ms. Falk.
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Conservative
Rosemarie Falk Conservative Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
This would just refer to training, so that we would have.... This one, I believe, specifically would be for MPs to have training. I think this is one where we had to have it.
