moved:
Motion No. 116
That Bill C-5, in Clause 74, be amended by
(b) deleting lines 30 to 36 on page 40.
(c) replacing lines 3 to 6 on page 41 with the following:
“74. (1) The competent minister may enter into an agreement with a person, or issue a permit to a person, authorizing the person to engage in an activity affecting a listed wildlife species, any part of its critical habitat”
“have been considered and the best solution has been adopted;”
Motion No. 117
That Bill C-5, in Clause 75, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 31 on page 42 with the following:
“75. An agreement, permit, licence, order or other similar document authorizing a person or organization to engage in an activity affecting a listed wildlife species, any part of its critical habitat or the residences of its individuals that is entered into, issued or made by the competent minister under another Act of Parliament has the same effect as an agreement or permit under subsection 74(1) if
(a) before it is entered into, issued or made, the competent minister is of the opinion that the requirements of subsections 74(2) to (6) and (9) are met; and
(b) after it is entered into, issued or made, the competent minister complies with the requirements of subsection 74(7).”
Motion No. 118
That Bill C-5 be amended by adding after line 18 on page 43 the following new clause:
“77.1 (1) Despite any other Act of Parliament, any person or body, other than a competent minister, authorized under any Act of Parliament, other than this Act, to issue or approve a licence, a permit or any other authorization that authorizes an activity that may result in the destruction of any part of the critical habitat of a listed wildlife species may enter into, issue, approve or make the authorization only if the person or body has consulted with the competent minister, has considered the impact on the species' critical habitat and is of the opinion that
(a) all reasonable alternatives to the activity that would reduce the impact on the species' critical habitat have been considered and the best solution has been adopted; and
(b) all feasible measures will be taken to minimize the impact of the activity on the species' critical habitat.
(2) For greater certainty, section 58 applies even though a licence, a permit or any other authorization has been issued in accordance with subsection (1).”