Evidence of meeting #3 for Justice and Human Rights in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was victim.
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9:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
Well, that's the only reason you're getting the floor, my friend. If it's not a point of order, you don't get the floor.
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Liberal
Wayne Easter Liberal Malpeque, PE
Mr. Warawa said that there were a number of tweaks. From that I take it that somebody has amendments.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
The clerk has informed me that thus far from the government side there have been six amendments submitted. We have a meeting on Thursday with more witnesses. I will be asking for the committee to provide any other amendments they wish, and on another day we will deal with those amendments as well as the clause-by-clause consideration. There will be an opportunity for all parties to submit amendments.
On the same point.
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NDP
Françoise Boivin NDP Gatineau, QC
On the same point.
If you already have them, it may accelerate the process if we see them in advance. As I told my colleague yesterday, there may be questions we won't ask the witnesses if we have those amendments. It might clear it up, and at the same time, we wouldn't be doing work for no reason.
9:45 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
The amendments have already been submitted to the clerk, so the clerk will circulate them to the committee members before the next meeting.
That was a very good point of order, Mr. Easter.
Thank you, Mr. Warawa, for defending your bill.
The next section has a number of individual witnesses. We are going to go in camera, as they have requested.
I need consent from the committee on one other item.
I, and another member of this committee, have two young people here with us today from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada. I asked the witnesses coming up if they were okay with these young people being in the audience for in camera. They were okay with that, so I would need unanimous consent to allow these young people to be here.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
That's fine. Thank you.
We'll suspend for two minutes while we go in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]