Justice Committee on May 8th, 2018

Evidence of meeting #96 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 information.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-375

Bill S-210

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Olivier Champagne Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Jacques Maziade Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Mobina S.B. Jaffer Senator, British Columbia, Lib.

4 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Mr. Nicholson, did you want to add anything?

4 p.m.

Conservative

Rob Nicholson Conservative Niagara Falls, ON

No.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Thank you, all of you, for sharing your wisdom on this.

If there is no more discussion on this amendment, we will now be voting on NDP-1 as amended.

(Amendment as amended negatived on division [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Are there any other amendments proposed to the bill that were not put forward in writing?

Mr. McKinnon, go ahead.

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Liberal

Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC

Does the summary get adjusted according to the text of the bill?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

I don't think the summary is of relevance.

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

Right now, it says “disorder”.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Where would the summary be in the end?

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

Nowhere.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

That's what I'm asking.

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

There will be a reprint if the committee adopts it.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Would the summary still be there?

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

Yes, it would be in the reprint, but I'm not sure if it would be corrected.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

It doesn't go in the actual bill, though.

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Jacques Maziade Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

No, it doesn't.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

The summary disappears, essentially.

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

At the end of the legislative process....

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

At the end of the legislative process, the summary is not there, so we don't have a vote to amend the summary. However, I assume that, as a committee, we could go back to the drafters and ask that the summary be revised to the extent that it's ever used again, in consequence of the amendment changing the words “mental disorder” to “mental condition”.

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

I'm not sure we can do it here, but when we reprint the bill with the amendments. I would have to double-check.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Again, we're not voting on anything; we're simply requesting. We request this because it would be in consequence of an amendment that was already done.

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Legislative Clerk, House of Commons

Olivier Champagne

Yes. I'll pass the word around.

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Liberal

Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC

That's what I was looking for.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Okay, thank you.

Does anybody want to make any other amendments? If I don't hear any, we would move to a vote.

(Clause 1 as amended agreed to on division)

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Shall the title carry?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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An hon. member

On division.