Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on April 27th, 2010

Evidence of meeting #12 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendments.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-3, An Act to promote gender equity in Indian registration by responding to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia decision in McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs)

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Martin Reiher Senior Counsel, Operations and Programs Section, Department of Justice

Wayne Cole Procedural Clerk

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Okay, the amendment is withdrawn.

Mr. Lemay, do you want to keep the amendment to clause 2?

4:10 p.m.

Bloc

Marc Lemay Bloc Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

Is that BQ-2, Mr. Chair?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Yes.

4:10 p.m.

Bloc

Marc Lemay Bloc Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

I ask for that amendment to be withdrawn.

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Okay.

How about amendment BQ-3?

4:10 p.m.

Bloc

Marc Lemay Bloc Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

I ask for it to be withdrawn.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Okay. So BQ-3 has been withdrawn by Mr. Lemay.

That brings us to amendment....This was circulated after the first set, this is

BQ-3.1.

4:10 p.m.

Bloc

Marc Lemay Bloc Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

I ask for it to be withdrawn.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Okay. Amendment BQ-3.1.

is withdrawn.

Shall the amended clause 2 carry?

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Conservative

John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC

I ask for a recorded vote, please.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Okay, a recorded vote.

(Clause 2 as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)

4:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

We'll now proceed to clause 3. Clause 3 is as presented. I note there will be an amendment to create an additional or a new clause, clause 3.1.

As I see it, we'll pose the question on the existing clause 3 and then we will go to the amendment to create the new clause.

Shall clause 3 carry?

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Liberal

Todd Russell Liberal Labrador, NL

Oui.

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Conservative

John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC

Can you back up, please? Do we have amendments to clause 3?

4:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Mr. Lemay has introduced a new clause. It is clause 3.1.

It's a new clause, so we'll actually ask the question on the existing clause 3. The effect of Mr. Lemay's amendment would be to create, in fact, a new clause. So that's a separate question. Okay?

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Conservative

John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC

Okay.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Ms. Crowder.

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NDP

Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

Can I ask for clarification from the department? Given the amendment we just passed, does clause 3 make any sense?

4:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

The question has been put by one of our members. Mr. Reiher, do you wish to comment?

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Senior Counsel, Operations and Programs Section, Department of Justice

Martin Reiher

Thank you.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Could you hold for a second? We actually haven't got to debate on this. So let's go in order here. We'll come to that amendment, but we do have existing—

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NDP

Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

Not the amendment. My question is on the existing clause 3.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton

Oh, on the existing clause, okay.

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NDP

Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

Given the amendment that we passed—