moved:
Motion No. 8
That Bill C-3, in Clause 12, be amended
(a) by replacing line 11 on page 9 with the following:
“12. (1) The Governor in Council may make”
(b) by adding after line 13 on page 9 the following:
“(2) The Solicitor General of Canada shall have each proposed regulation laid before each House of Parliament.
(3) Each proposed regulation that is laid before a House of Parliament shall, on the day it is laid, be referred by that House to an appropriate committee of that House, as determined by the rules of that House, and the committee may conduct enquiries or public hearings with respect to the proposed regulation and report its findings to that House.
(4) A proposed regulation that has been laid pursuant to subsection (1) may be made
(a) on the expiration of thirty sitting days after it was laid; or
(b) where, with respect to each House of Parliament,
(i) the committee reports to the House, or
(ii) the committee decides not to conduct enquiries or public hearings.
(5) For the purposes of this section, “sitting day” means, in respect of either House of Parliament, a day on which that House sits.”