moved that Bill C-48, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2010, be read the first time.
(Motion deemed adopted and bill read the first time)
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Vic Toews ConservativePresident of the Treasury Board
moved that Bill C-48, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2010, be read the first time.
(Motion deemed adopted and bill read the first time)
Conservative
Vic Toews Conservative Provencher, MB
moved that the bill be read the second time and referred to committee of the whole.
Liberal
Liberal
Conservative
Gordon O'Connor Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON
Mr. Speaker, I believe if you were to seek it, you would find agreement to apply the vote from the previous motion to the current motion.
Liberal
The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken
I declare the motion carried.
(Bill read the second time and the House went into committee of the whole thereon, Mr. Andrew Scheer in the chair)
(On Clause 2)
Liberal
Dan McTeague Liberal Pickering—Scarborough East, ON
Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the President of the Treasury Board if he can assure the House that the bill is indeed in its usual form.
Vic Toews ConservativePresident of the Treasury Board
Mr. Chair, I wish to give the following assurance that the form of the bill is essentially the same as was passed in the previous supply period.