Evidence of meeting #84 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Mark Schaan  Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Department of Industry

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

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.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

Right now you're asking it for which one?

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

Iqwinder Gaheer Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON

It's for clause 8.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

Do we have unanimous consent to revisit clause 8?

4:50 p.m.

NDP

Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON

No.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

Okay. Then that's it.

We still have a few routine proceedings to do.

Shall the alternative title carry?

4:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

Shall the title carry?

4:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

Shall the bill as amended carry?

4:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

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

4:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:50 p.m.

Liberal

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?

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

No.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

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.

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

We had to bring it home.

Are we out of time for motions?

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

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

4:55 p.m.

Conservative

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.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

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?

4:55 p.m.

Bloc

Sébastien Lemire Bloc Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

I just want to thank the interpreters.

4:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Joël Lightbound

Thank you to the interpreters, time and time again.

I will suspend the meeting for a few minutes.

5 p.m.

Liberal

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.

5 p.m.

NDP

Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON

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

5 p.m.

Liberal

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.