Industry Committee on Sept. 19th, 2023

[Iqwinder Gaheer, Liberal, Mississauga—Malton, ON]

Before I ask for unanimous consent, I just want to say—and I'm going to ask again for it for clause 4 as well—this is about the consistency of the act itself. It's not about a partisan point for this side.

Amendment CPC-2 is practically the same as amendment NDP-1, which was brought by my colleague Mr. Masse. I'm seeking unanimous consent for clause 8 and again for clause 4 to make the act consistent with CPC-2, which is the same as NDP-1.

I hope he will see reason here and that we can make the act itself, which is going to affect Canadians and businesses in Canada, consistent.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Right now you're asking it for which one?

[Iqwinder Gaheer, Liberal, Mississauga—Malton, ON]

It's for clause 8.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Do we have unanimous consent to revisit clause 8?

[Brian Masse, NDP, Windsor West, ON]

No.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Okay. Then that's it.

We still have a few routine proceedings to do.

Shall the alternative title carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Shall the title carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Shall the bill as amended carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Shall the chair report the bill as amended to the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage?

[Rick Perkins, Conservative, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

No.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

We were off to a good start, Mr. Perkins. I'm going to assume that it is your French courses that are playing tricks on you and that in fact you meant to say yes.

Thank you, everyone. This concludes our study of Bill C‑34.

Thanks to the officials for being with us.

Thanks to the Conservatives, who allowed us to bring it back to start this session, because we could have ended it in the spring.

Go ahead, Mr. Perkins.

[Rick Perkins, Conservative, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

We had to bring it home.

Are we out of time for motions?

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

No, we're not out of time. We still have half an hour.

[Rick Perkins, Conservative, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

I'd like to thank the officials, who sat through a lot of stuff on this bill as well and have been very helpful in the process.

Thank you very much.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Thank you very much. I'm sure we'll see you around in the not too distant future.

Thanks for that.

I will also thank the legislative clerks, who have been very helpful. At times, it can be a bit confusing as we deal with all these amendments.

If there are no other comments, I will suspend the meeting briefly before we come back to the motions that need to be discussed.

Mr. Lemire, do you have something to say?

[Sébastien Lemire, Bloc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC]

I just want to thank the interpreters.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Thank you to the interpreters, time and time again.

I will suspend the meeting for a few minutes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Colleagues, we will resume with the notices of motions and the motions that were presented earlier by Mr. Perkins and Mr. Lemire.

I think that Mr. Masse would also like to speak to introduce motions related to the committee's study plans.

[Brian Masse, NDP, Windsor West, ON]

No. It's on Mr. Perkins' motions.

[The Chair, Liberal, Joël Lightbound]

Okay. I'm sorry. I thought you had a motion you wanted to present.

We're on Mr. Perkins' first motion regarding the PBO report.

Before we start discussions, I would just suggest this. The clerk was telling me that, the wording, usually before the committee “orders”, it “requests”. If there is consent, we will modify the wording to have “request” instead of “order”.

We're on that motion. I'll yield the floor to Mr. Masse.