Good afternoon. This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 63, Monday, November 26, 2012.
This meeting is televised pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, October 16, 2012. We are in the process of clause-by-clause study of Bill C-43, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
I presume you have all received the amendments from the different caucuses. The committee's clerk has received 23 amendments. One is from the government; nine are from the New Democratic Party; and thirteen are from the Liberal Party.
You will note that some amendments concern the same lines. The NDP amendments came first, so the NDP will have the first opportunity to.... It's nothing against you personally, Mr. Lamoureux, but that's the process.
Some of the amendments will have the same intent, so we'll have a general discussion before we vote.
Those are my preliminary remarks. We will postpone clause 1, as pursuant to Standing Order 75(1), that will go to the end of our deliberations.
We have three clauses for which there are no amendments. We'll try this and see how it goes.
Shall clauses 2, 3, and 4 carry?