Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee on Nov. 14th, 2022

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Go ahead, Mr. Vidal.

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

I'm sorry. I'm not understanding the process.

Earlier in the process, we were not allowed to consider amendments that reflected the same line. This is exactly the same line. It's line 16 on page 5 of clause 12. How can we do two amendments now, but we couldn't earlier? What am I missing?

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

It's a good point; however, in this particular case, it is not substituting. If you look at BQ‑5, it's not substituting. If we look at LIB‑4 and we also adopt that, that would become subclause 12(3). Subclause 12(2) is as written in BQ‑5, and then you would add an additional subclause 12(3). You're adding, as opposed to just substituting. That's the point.

If you look at BQ‑5 and (2), if that's adopted, that's as written there, and, if LIB‑4 is also adopted, that (2) becomes a (3).

Do you understand what I'm saying? There are two subclauses that are both in there if they're both adopted.

[Gary Vidal, Conservative, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK]

I understand where you're coming from. I have to go back and try to figure out how that relates to what we couldn't do earlier. I get where you're coming from now, so that's fine.

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Okay.

I'll just remind everybody that we're at four minutes to one, so we're obviously not going to finish everything today. We will stop at one o'clock, wherever we are.

Now we are back on BQ‑5, as moved by Mrs. Gill.

Does anyone else wish to comment on the amendment?

It doesn't look like it.

Shall BQ‑5 carry?

(Amendment agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

We'll now go to LIB‑4. We've already begun to speak about it.

Ms. Atwin, you are allowed to move this as a separate amendment.

[Jenica Atwin, Liberal, Fredericton, NB]

This is referenced under 12053674. I move that Bill C‑29 in clause 12 be amended by adding after line 16 on page 5 the following: “(2) The composition of the board of directors must also, to the extent possible, ensure and equitably reflect gender diversity.”

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Thank you, Ms. Atwin.

Is there debate on this?

[Eric Melillo, Conservative, Kenora, ON]

I have a small technical question. You said earlier that this (2) will now become a (3), so would it be (3) instead of (2) as Ms. Atwin read it?

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

Yes, it will be at the reprint, which is at the end of this whole exercise.

Shall LIB‑4 carry?

(Amendment agreed to)

Shall clause 12 carry with the following amendments: amendment CPC‑8 with the subamendment from Mr. Baptiste, amendment NDP‑4 with the subamendment by Mr. Vidal, amendment LIB-2.1, amendment BQ‑3, amendment LIB‑3, amendment BQ‑5 and amendment LIB‑4?

[Jamie Schmale, Conservative, Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON]

On division.

(Clause 12 as amended agreed to on division [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Liberal, Marc Garneau]

I think that it's a little bit too late for us to start clause 13, so we will resume on Thursday at 3:30.

This committee is adjourned.