seconded by the member for Yellowhead, moved:
Motion No. 92
That Bill C-13 be amended by adding after line 35 on page 28 the following new clause:
“59.1 Equivalency and enforcement agreements shall be subject to the following safeguards:
(a) the Minister shall be accountable to Parliament for all equivalency and enforcement agreements;
(b) the public shall be actively consulted on draft agreements before they are finalized;
(c) the draft agreements, together with the comments made by the public, shall be tabled in both Houses of Parliament for comments and recommendations;
(d) the text of all final agreements shall be included in the public information registry established by this Act;
(e) all agreements shall be subject to termination or revocation upon reasonable written notice given by either party;
(f) the Minister may intervene under a saving clause that would enable him or her to take any action deemed necessary for the administration or enforcement of the Act;
(g) five years after this section comes into force, and at the end of each subsequent period of five years, a committee of the House of Commons, of the Senate or of both Houses of Parliament is to be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing this Act; and
(h) as a condition precedent to the signing of an agreement, a government that enters into an agreement with the federal government must agree to comply with the same reporting requirements that apply at the federal level. The other government must also agree to transmit the related data to the Agency for inclusion in the federal personal health information registry and the public information registry.”
Motion No. 94
That Bill C-13, in Clause 65, be amended
(a) by replacing line 4 on page 30 with the following:
“(c) for the purposes of section 10,”
(b) by replacing line 8 on page 30 with the following:
“(d) specify-”