Yes.
Evidence of meeting #46 for Justice and Human Rights in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was religious.
A video is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #46 for Justice and Human Rights in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was religious.
A video is available from Parliament.
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Alistair MacGregor NDP Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC
Every business does administrative activities. That's a very broad term. So if something is done that is motivated by those biases, is that net capturing those private businesses?
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Liberal
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NDP
Alistair MacGregor NDP Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC
But do you have concerns, because that definition of “administrative”—
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NDP
Alistair MacGregor NDP Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC
It was not the intention to do that. Okay.
Thank you.
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Liberal
Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC
Thank you, Chair.
I have one more question about scope. I understand here from proposed paragraph (c) that a building or structure for all of these purposes, or things associated with that structure, presumably on the grounds, would be covered. So if you had a public park with a camp shelter for barbecues and so forth, then all the benches and basically everything else in the park would be covered. But if you had a public park that had no such structure, nothing would be covered. Is that how you would read this?
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Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC
Okay. So it needs to be tied to a building or a structure in order to activate—
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather
Excellent.
I think that was a really interesting and excellent exchange. I want to thank Mr. Arya for coming before us today. Thank you so much for your excellent presentation, and we look forward to studying the bill you have proposed.
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