moved:
Motion No. 18
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 6 and 7 on page 5 with the following:
“(e) perform any procedure or provide,”
Motion No. 20
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by adding after line 20 on page 5 the following:
“(g.1) transplant a sperm, ovum, embryo or foetus of a human being into a non-human life form;”
Motion No. 21
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 21 and 22 on page 5 with the following:
“(h) make use of any human reproductive”
Motion No. 22
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 27 to 31 on page 5 with the following:
“life form;
(j) create a hybrid for the purpose of reproduction, or transplant a hybrid into either a human being or a non-human life form; or
(k) clone a human embryo for research or human reproductive purposes.”
Motion No. 23
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 27 to 31 on page 5 with the following:
“life form;
(j) create a hybrid for the purpose of reproduction, or transplant a hybrid into either a human being or a non-human life form; or
(k) combine any part or any proportion of the human genome with any part of the genome of a non-human species.”
Motion No. 24
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 27 to 31 on page 5 with the following:
“life form;
(j) create a hybrid for the purpose of reproduction, or transplant a hybrid into either a human being or a non-human life form; or
(k) cryogenically store embryos once ova storage techniques are perfected to at least the same survival rate of stored in vitro embryos.”
Motion No. 26
That Bill C-13, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 28 and 29 on page 5 with the following:
“(j) create a hybrid or transplant a hybrid into”
Motion No. 27
That Bill C-13 be amended by adding after line 37 on page 5 the following new clause:
“5.1 No person shall create human reproductive material by the process of parthenogenesis or a similar process.”
Motion No. 40
That Bill C-13 be amended by adding after line 23 on page 7 the following new clause:
“9.1 For greater certainty, therapeutic cloning, also referred to as “somatic cell nuclear transfer”, is prohibited.”
Motion No. 47
That Bill C-13 be amended by deleting Clause 11.
Mr. Speaker, in Group No. 2, 13 of the 14 motions are mine and I would like an opportunity to comment at least to the extent of explaining the intent of each motion. Unfortunately, the rules only permit me 10 minutes. Therefore, I would ask for the unanimous consent of the House to allow me a 20 minute speaking slot.