Justice Committee on Oct. 29th, 2018

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Mr. Chair, this is another reclassification amendment. This amendment would make the offence of fraudulent registration of title a strictly indictable offence, as it presently is, unlike what Bill C-75 proposes to do, which is to make it a hybrid offence.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 145 agreed to)

(On clause 146)

We move on to CPC-89.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Mr. Chair, CPC-89 would maintain the offence of fraudulent sale of real property as a strictly indictable offence.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Thank you very much.

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 146 agreed to)

(On clause 147)

Next, we have CPC-90.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Again, Mr. Chair, this amendment would maintain the offence of misleading receipt to be a solely indictable offence.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 147 agreed to)

(On clause 148)

We move on to CPC-91.

Go ahead, Mr. Cooper.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Chair, CPC-91 would maintain the offence of fraudulent disposal of goods on which money is advanced as a solely indictable offence, as opposed to Bill C-75, which would make it a hybrid offence.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Thank you very much.

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 148 agreed to)

(On clause 149)

Next is CPC-92.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Chair, again, this is a reclassification amendment. This particular amendment would maintain the offence of fraudulent receipts under the Bank Act to be a strictly indictable offence.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 149 agreed to)

(On clause 150)

On clause 150, we have CPC-93.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

CPC-93 would make the offence of disposal of property to defraud creditors as a solely indictable offence, as opposed to a hybrid offence as proposed by Bill C-75.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 150 agreed to)

(On clause 151)

Next, we have CPC-94.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Mr. Chair, this is another reclassification amendment, which would maintain the offence of fraud in relation to fares as a strictly indictable offence, as opposed to a hybrid offence, which Bill C-75 reclassifies it as.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion on CPC-94?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 151 agreed to)

There is no amendment on clause 152, because X-110 is not relevant. Clause 319 remained as it was.

It's the same with clause 153, because X-111 was not maintained as a result.

(Clauses 152 to 154 inclusive agreed to on division)

(On clause 155)

We move on to CPC-95.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

CPC-95 deals with an offence in relation to mines. This would maintain that offence as a strictly indictable offence, as opposed to a hybridized offence as proposed by Bill C-75.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 155 agreed to)

(On clause 156)

Next we have CPC-96.

Go ahead, Mr. Cooper.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

This is a reclassification amendment. The offence at issue relates to anyone who, with intent to defraud, destroys or mutilates books or documents. Bill C-75 would make that offence a hybrid offence. It's currently an indictable offence. We think it should stay that way.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Thank you very much.

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 156 agreed to)

(On clause 157)

We now move to CPC-97.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Mr. Chair, this offence, which Bill C-75 would reclassify, relates to a false return by a public officer. We think this is a serious offence and it should be maintained as an indictable offence.

I'd ask for a recorded vote on this one.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any further discussion?

(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 157 agreed to)

(On clause 158)

I just want to get through to clause159, and then we're going to break. I want to make sure everybody can get there for member statements.

On clause 158, we have CPC-98.

Go ahead, Mr. Cooper.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Again, it's a reclassification amendment, dealing with false prospectus.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 158 agreed to)

(On clause 159)

Mr. Cooper, we have CPC-99.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

It's another reclassification amendment. This one deals with the offence of acknowledging an instrument in a false name. We would propose that it be maintained as a solely indictable offence.

[The Chair, Liberal, Anthony Housefather]

Is there any discussion?

(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 159 agreed to)

(On clause 160)

This is the last amendment we will do, CPC-100.

Mr. Cooper, go ahead.

[Michael Cooper, Conservative, St. Albert—Edmonton, AB]

Chair, this amendment would maintain the offence of applying or removing marks without authority as a solely indictable offence.