Mr. Speaker, the purpose of Bill C-40 is to allow minor amendments of a non-controversial nature to be made to a number of federal statutes without having to wait for particular statutes to be opened up for amendments of a more substantial nature.
The amendments contained in this bill were tabled in Parliament on April 15 of this year as proposals and were studied by the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and in the Senate by the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
Both these committees, after studying the proposals, have come to the conclusion that they were not controversial and did not involve the spending of public funds. Also, they would not prejudicially affect the rights of persons and they would not create a new offence or subject a new class of persons to an existing offence.
Both committees approved all proposals without any change or deletions for inclusion in this bill. The content of Bill C-40 is identical to those proposals.
Because the content of the bill has already been studied by a committee of the House, I think you will find, Mr. Speaker, that unanimous consent will be given for referring the bill to committee of the whole this day and for dealing with all remaining st