Evidence of meeting #10 for Public Safety and National Security in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Joann Garbig  Procedural Clerk
Daniel Therrien  Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Citizenship, Immigration and Public Safety Portfolio, Department of Justice
David Dunbar  General Counsel, Canada Border Services Agency
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Roger Préfontaine

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Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

We have no idea what these are.

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Liberal

Bonnie Brown Liberal Oakville, ON

These are not marked. You see, that page doesn't have a G on it, no less a 1 or a 2. It's incompetent.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

Okay. If you have G-2--

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Bloc

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

I'm sorry, but if we proceed line by line...

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

It says that Bill C-3 in clause 4 be amended replacing line 21 on page 6.

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Bloc

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

We have skipped over the amendment at line 10 on page 7.

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Bloc

Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

Excuse me, Mr. Chair...

4:40 p.m.

Bloc

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Are we following the lines in order, or not?

4:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

Lines 6 to 8 on page 7.

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Liberal

Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC

Three different pages make up that amendment. This is about special advocates.

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Liberal

Bonnie Brown Liberal Oakville, ON

Which one comes first?

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Liberal

Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC

We have three separate amendments, perhaps. Yes, it is three separate amendments. Okay.

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Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

Mr. Chair, can we clarify? Is G-1 the second page of the handout that was just handed to us? It says: “That Bill C-3, in Clause 4, be amended by (a) replacing line 21 on page 6 with the following: special advocate in the proceeding...”.

4:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

That's G-2, not G-1. You said G-1.

Yes, G-2 comes before G-1.

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Liberal

Bonnie Brown Liberal Oakville, ON

Why don't you just call it G-1?

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Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

Which one is G-1?

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Liberal

Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC

Let's deal with G-2. Let's deal with it.

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Liberal

Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON

Let's deal with G-2.

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An hon. member

They're not in order.

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Bloc

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Mr. Chair, with all due respect, we have an amendment at line 10 on page 7. So I don't see why we are going to line 27.

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An hon. member

We are on page 6.

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Bloc

Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

No, it says page 7, line 23; and we have page 7, line 10.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Garry Breitkreuz

The French pages are different, but this one starts on page 6.

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Bloc

Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC

Which one is on page 6?

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Conservative

Dave MacKenzie Conservative Oxford, ON

The one on page 6.