moved:
Motion No. 23
That Bill C-43, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 27 to 29, on page 13, with the following:
"10.1. (1) The Governor in Council shall, by commission under the Great Seal, appoint the person who has been recommended by a resolution passed by the Senate and the House of Commons to be the Ethics Counsellor for the purposes of this Act, to hold office during good behaviour for a term of ten years, but the Ethics Counsellor may be removed by the Governor in Council on address of the Senate and House of Commons.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the Ethics Counsellor ceases to hold office on attaining the age of sixty-five years."
Motion No. 25
That Bill C-43, in Clause 5, be amended by adding after line 37, on page 13, the following:
"(2.1) The Ethics Counsellor shall cause a copy of the proposed Code to be laid before each House of Parliament and shall not apply any proposed Code that has not been first approved by both Houses of Parliament."