Evidence of meeting #8 for Subcommittee on Private Members' Business in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was charter.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Committee Researcher
This is Mr. Lunney's motion regarding a national strategy for innovation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in sustainable health care. It calls on the government, in concert with provincial and territorial partners, to develop a national strategy for innovation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in sustainable health care. Again, it is calling for consultation and a national strategy.
It does not concern questions that are outside of federal jurisdiction. It does not clearly violate the Constitution acts, including the Canadian charter. It does not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House in the current session of Parliament. It does not concern questions that are currently on the order paper or notice paper as items of government business.
Committee Researcher
This is An Act to amend the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (Sambro Island Lighthouse) by Ms. Leslie. This bill would amend the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act to designate the Sambro Island lighthouse as a heritage lighthouse. This lighthouse was built during the Seven Years' War. It's old. Otherwise, this bill does not concern questions that are outside of federal jurisdiction, does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts, including the Canadian charter, it does not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House in the current session of Parliament, does not concern questions that are currently on the order paper or notice paper as items of government business, so this bill would specifically designate Sambro Island lighthouse as a heritage lighthouse for the purposes of the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act.
Committee Researcher
This is from Mr. Zimmer. It's regarding firearms regulations. This motion calls on the House to take the position that no further steps need to be taken with regard to the protocol against the illicit manufacturing and trafficking of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, as adopted by the United Nations' General Assembly resolution 55/255, of May 31, 2001.
Of note, Canada signed the protocol in 2002, but has not ratified it. The objective of the protocol, which is the first legally binding instrument on small arms that's been adopted at the global level, is to promote, facilitate, and strengthen cooperation among state parties to prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit manufacture of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, so states that ratify it have to implement a number of crime control measures and normative provisions and the like. As of now about 52 signatories and 113 parties have ratified the protocol, and again, Canada signed in 2002, but has not ratified it. Mr. Zimmer's motion suggests that Canada already exceeds all the standards listed in the resolution, and so on.
This motion does not concern questions that are outside federal jurisdiction, it does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it does not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House in the current session of Parliament or preceding it in the order of precedence, and finally, it does not concern questions that are currently on the order paper or notice paper as items of government business.
Committee Researcher
This is from Mr. Komarnicki regarding free votes: “That, in the opinion of the House, all Members of Parliament should be allowed to vote freely on all matters of conscience”.
This does not concerns questions that are outside federal jurisdiction, does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts, including the Canadian charter, does not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House in the current session of Parliament or preceding it in the order of precedence, and this motion does not concern questions that are currently on the order paper or notice paper as items of government business.
Conservative
Committee Researcher
Finally, this is Mr. Lobb's motion regarding Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This motion calls on the government to take various measures to prevent Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and to reduce the impact of dementia for those living with this disease, as well as for their families and caregivers, while respecting provincial and territorial jurisdiction.
It does not concern questions that are outside federal jurisdiction, and does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts, including the Canadian charter, and does not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House in the current session of Parliament or preceding it in the order of precedence. There are other motions and bills on the order paper regarding dementia, but nothing substantially the same or preceding it in the order of precedence, and finally, this motion does not concern questions that are currently on the order paper or notice paper as items of government business.
Conservative
Committee Researcher
This is from Mr. Cash. It's An Act to establish a National Urban Workers Strategy. This bill proposes to develop a national urban workers strategy to address common challenges faced by workers in Canada and to resolve inequities in taxation and access to social support mechanisms, including employment insurance. It would require the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development to strike a task force, which would include the Minister of National Revenue, the Minister of Labour, the President of the Treasury Board, and the Minister of Industry to develop a national urban workers strategy. They then must consult with provincial and territorial ministers and others who are involved, representatives from industry, labour, etc., and the task force must then report back to Parliament. There's a clear federal connection there. The bill does not concern questions that are in that sense outside federal jurisdiction. It's asking for a strategy. The bill does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts, including the Canadian charter, and it does not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House in the current session of Parliament or preceding it in the order of precedence, and finally, the bill does not concern questions that are currently on the order paper or notice paper as items of government business.
