Mr. Moore (Fundy—Royal), seconded by Mr. Comartin, moved:
That the motion proposing to restore clause 20 of Bill C-10 be amended:
(a) by substituting the following for subparagraph 273(2)(a) (ii) and (iii) contained in that motion:
(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, seven years;
(b) by substituting, in the English version, the following for the portion of subsection 273(3) before paragraph (a) contained in that Motion:
(3) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph (2)(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence:
This is the moment where I wanted to check with the hon. the parliamentary secretary on Motion No. 13. I thought I heard subsection 239. Did he mean 239 or 279?