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Evidence of meeting #12 for Natural Resources in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendments.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #12 for Natural Resources in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendments.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Director General, Energy Safety and Security Branch, Department of Natural Resources
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
It's changing it to say not just civil but also administrative. The difficulty, of course, is that it talks in part of how no person can testify without the written permission of the minister. That's the essence of the provision.
NDP
Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB
That's what the provision has done. That's the essence of the provision.
Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
The thing is it used to just say civil, which apparently meant that with her permission they could give testimony in civil actions, but she couldn't even give permission for them to give testimony in administrative actions, and now under this she could.
Conservative
Acting Director General, Workplace Directorate, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development
We're talking protections to the minister as well, specifying that she'll not be required to give testimony in suit except with respect to provisions of the code or where they are subject to an agreement under certain provisions of the code. Those portions currently exist within the code. Again, it's changing the description from just civil to administrative.
The ability to make representation and the protections provided to the minister currently exist, but just for civil proceedings. This is expanding it from civil to include administrative.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Does government amendment 10 carry?
(Amendment agreed to on division)
(Clause 120 as amended agreed to on division)
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
We go now to the short title.
Shall clause 1 carry?
(Clause 1 agreed to on division)
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Thank you all very much for your cooperation. This was a very fruitful exercise this morning.
We will suspend the committee for just a couple of minutes to go in camera to discuss future business. But before I do that, I want to thank all the witnesses very much for being here today and for giving us the explanations that you did to certain clauses of the bill and to certain proposed amendments.
So thank you all very much once again. It's much appreciated.
Director General, Energy Safety and Security Branch, Department of Natural Resources
Thank you.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Did you want to go to something before I suspend the meeting to go to future business?
NDP
Claude Gravelle NDP Nickel Belt, ON
I just thought that Mr. Trost was brilliant today until he voted against the NDP motion. Then he just became a brat.
