Evidence of meeting #29 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Jacques Maziade  Legislative Clerk
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Naaman Sugrue
Koren Marriott  Senior Counsel, Aboriginal Law Centre, Aboriginal Affairs Portfolio, Department of Justice
Laurie Sargent  Assistant Deputy Minister, Aboriginal Affairs Portfolio, Department of Justice
Philippe Méla  Legislative Clerk

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

Go ahead, Mr. Clerk.

(Amendment negatived: nays 7; yeas 4)

Do you have a final one, Jamie?

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

I have a final one, Chair.

It is “ensure that all national Indigenous organizations will be included on an equal basis with no preferential treatments given by government to any organization over any other in the development of the action plan and annual reports”.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

We'll go to the clerk for a recorded division.

(Amendment negatived: nays 7; yeas 4)

I believe those are all the amendments. Did I miss any?

Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON

Mr. Chair, there is one more.

12:40 p.m.

Legislative Clerk

Jacques Maziade

It's LIB-2.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

I'm sorry. Is this LIB-2?

Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON

Yes, Mr. Chair. I do have one more.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

My apologies. Please go ahead.

Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON

I'll make it very brief.

This is something we've heard extensively throughout the discussions over the past several weeks. LIB-2 would amend the timeline, from three years to two, for the development of the action plan.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

Go ahead, Mr. Clerk, on LIB-2.

(Amendment agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

That brings us to clause 7.

Jamie, did you have something to add?

Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Scarborough—Rouge Park, ON

Mr. Chair—

12:40 p.m.

Legislative Clerk

Jacques Maziade

Mr. Chair, we have to vote on clause 6 as amended, because LIB-1 and LIB-2 have been adopted. The last vote was on LIB-2, so now we have to vote on clause 6 as amended.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

My head is spinning here today. Sorry about that.

Jacques Maziade

Before that, Mr. Chair, I just want to make sure that Mr. Schmale doesn't have any other amendments on clause 6.

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

No. Thank you for checking on that, Clerk. In the spirit of time, I'll pull back.

12:40 p.m.

Legislative Clerk

Jacques Maziade

Perfect.

Now we can go back to vote on clause 6 as amended.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

On clause 6, Clerk, can we take a recorded division on clause 6 as amended?

(Clause 6 as amended agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(On clause 7)

We now move on to clause 7.

Mr. Schmale, did you want to insert anything here?

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

Not in clause 7.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

Committee, I believe we're able to take a recorded division on clause 7.

(Clause 7 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

Mr. Clerk, I need to be clear as we move forward through the agenda.

Are we at the schedule now?

(On the schedule)

12:45 p.m.

Legislative Clerk

Jacques Maziade

Yes, we are.

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

Is there any comment on the schedule?

If not, I'll ask for a recorded division on the schedule.

(Schedule agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4)

(On the preamble)

Mr. Clerk, just to make sure I have my pages in order, I believe we are at the preamble.

12:45 p.m.

Legislative Clerk

Jacques Maziade

Yes, we are at the preamble, Mr. Chair.

If I may, I would ask Mr. Schmale if he has amendments to the preamble, and where. Which line is it?

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

I have four amendments, Clerk.

Do you want me to do them now?

The Chair Liberal Bob Bratina

I think the clerk would like you to clarify this for him, so go ahead.

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Jamie Schmale Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON

The first one is on page 2, line 3.