Human Resources committee  The way the royal recommendation works is that there are two parts to it. There is the money issue. Generally speaking, when you increase the amount of money that comes out of the consolidated revenue fund, usually it would require a royal recommendation. The other criterion is t

Health committee  I can take a crack at it if you want. I will answer in French. I must point out that my comments about the bill will be those of a legislative clerk and not those of parliamentary or legislative counsel. This bill applies to everyone, that is, to all Canadians suffering from t

Health committee  In my opinion, it all depends on the word you are referring to. If I may make a suggestion regarding Mr. Davies' amendment, I would suggest that the committee look at the direction its consideration of the bill is taking. As a rule, it is not possible to propose major changes to

Health committee  The change would nonetheless have to be made to the text of the bill before it is made in the preamble.

Health committee  That would be a legal question. That would be up to the committee to decide. I can only speak on procedure; in terms of what Mr. Oliver is proposing, it is fine. It doesn't go against the scope or the principle of the bill. It just changes the wording, but in terms of the legal m

Health committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  That is all right. Generally, when we refer to acts or regulations in a Canadian bill, the reference is to Canadian regulations.

Public Safety committee  In fact, I am not sure that adds anything. The Interpretation Act, for example, defines what an act is. The usage of the word "act" implies that it refers to a Canadian act. This, generally speaking, is how that is understood. I do not think the clarification you suggest would ad

Public Safety committee  Yes, I imagine, but-

Public Safety committee  It must be understood that this is a bilateral treaty, whereas this bill is Canadian and concerns Canadian acts and regulations. Consequently, there is no possible confusion as to what applies. These are always Canadian acts and regulations. If there is any confusion, it is elsew

Public Safety committee  I think so.

Public Safety committee  Where in paragraph 17(d) it says “by the Minister under section 45 or by regulation”, it's something that's going to be made by the use of a regulation or more, but it's the use of the regulation. In paragraph 17(e), under “subject to any regulations”, you have no choice other th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It was submitted to me this morning, just as I arrived at the meeting. I indicated to your assistant that it should have been submitted officially to the clerk of the committee, as the process is set out. We don't have a copy with us, so if we could have that we could make copi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's still a requirement to have a written copy.

Health committee  Yes, we believe it is.