International Trade Committee on Oct. 6th, 2016

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Good morning, everyone.

We're going back to Bill C-13. We got most of it done on the last day we were here. It was good to see the officials here giving us some assistance and clarification, and it's good to see them back here again today.

(On clause 33)

As committee members know, we have just one clause to deal with, clause 33. We had one amendment that was scratched already. There was another amendment on the floor by Mr. Ritz.

Do you want something changed here? Go ahead, Mr. Ritz.

[Gerry Ritz, Conservative, Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for all the work you have done on this file.

I would like, at this point, to ask for unanimous consent to remove amendment CPC-3 so that we could move forward with discussion on amendment CPC-4.

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Do I have unanimous consent to remove that?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

(Amendment withdrawn)

[Gerry Ritz, Conservative, Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

You have before you amendment CPC-4, which the officials and stakeholders have worked out. The only thing that has come to light since this was printed is that in the amendment, between paragraphs (a) and (b), should be the word “or” rather than “and”, so I would make that change. It's not significant, but there has been agreement between officials and stakeholders that this be the amendment now before us.

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Is there anything more on that?

Is there any discussion on this change?

[Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal, Surrey—Newton, BC]

No, we all agree.

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Does anyone need clarification?

Go ahead, Mr. Peterson.

[Kyle Peterson, Liberal, Newmarket—Aurora, ON]

In the French version, the change would be to remove the last line of paragraph a) “ou qui y sont attachés”, would be struck out.

I think that has the same effect as what was done.

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

That would do the equivalent.

[Kyle Peterson, Liberal, Newmarket—Aurora, ON]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Do we need any more discussion or clarification from the officials?

[Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal, Surrey—Newton, BC]

Yes, we should.

[Shela Larmour-Reid, Legal Counsel, Department of Health]

I would just add a semicolon at the end of that.

[Kyle Peterson, Liberal, Newmarket—Aurora, ON]

Again, in French, at the end of paragraph a), where there's a comma now after “les accompagner”, there would be a semicolon.

Is that correct?

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

We're just going to make sure everything is in order.

Go ahead, Mr. Hoback.

[Randy Hoback, Conservative, Prince Albert, SK]

On a point of order, is the process that we make amendments and it goes back to the House as it has been amended, to be voted on in the House?

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Yes.

Good. There is nothing else?

Does everybody agree with this?

[Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal, Surrey—Newton, BC]

Could you just say again, Chair, what the changes are?

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Do you want me to read the amendment again?

[Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal, Surrey—Newton, BC]

Can you read just the changes?

[The Chair, Liberal, Mark Eyking]

Go ahead.

[Justin Vaive, Legislative Clerk]

The change in the amendment is between paragraphs (a) and (b) in the English. There will be a “; or” where it used to be “; and”. In the French, again between a) and b),

the words “or that is attached to” will be removed.

[Kyle Peterson, Liberal, Newmarket—Aurora, ON]

And you're adding a semicolon.