Human Resources Committee on April 18th, 2018

[Steven Blaney, Conservative, Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC]

Yes, Mr. Chair, I would remove the first proposed subsection in my amendment and I would ask for your advice through the clerk on the second, that “The report stands referred to the committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that is designated or established to review matters related to occupational health and safety.”

I believe that would still be a good element to have in the bill to make sure that for a committee like ours in the near future, not only the House, it would be up to the committee to decide whether they go through it or not, but at least the report would be referred to them.

I would like any advice from the clerk.

[Olivier Champagne]

Your amendment mentions an independent review, which is not the case for amendment LIB-16. There would be an overlap or redundancy if amendment CPC-8 were passed, but the review would probably be different, given that it's independent.

It is up to you to decide how you want to present your amendment. You can introduce it with changes, but the wording must be clear.

From a procedural point of view, I told the chair that the amendment could be accepted as is.

[Steven Blaney, Conservative, Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC]

Unlike what I'm proposing, Mr. Ruimy's amendment suggests that the act be reviewed by the minister.

I would like to withdraw the first part of my amendment and only keep the second part. Actually, based on what you are telling me, I must withdraw it fully in this case, because of the report on the independent review.

[Olivier Champagne]

Yes, the second part could not stand on its own.

[Steven Blaney, Conservative, Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC]

So I'll drop my amendment.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Amendment CPC-8 is withdrawn.

Now we're into the fun stuff.

Shall the title carry?

[Some hon. Members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Shall the bill, as amended, carry?

[Some hon. Members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Shall I report the bill, as amended, to the House?

[Some hon. Members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill, as amended?

[Some hon. Members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

That's all she wrote.

Before we adjourn, I would just like to thank everybody involved in this piece of legislation. This has not been an easy piece of legislation to deal with. Thanks go specifically to those who helped us along the way. The government officials and the folks to my left and right essentially had to create systems to do what we wanted to do in order to study this properly, and so I think they deserve our thanks for that.

[Some hon. Members]

Hear, hear!

[The Chair, Liberal, Bryan May]

I'm very pleased that we've been able to strengthen this bill, and I'm looking forward to seeing it proceed to the Senate.

Thank you very much, everybody.

The meeting is adjourned.