Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Today's bill is Bill S-213, An Act respecting Lincoln Alexander Day. It came from the Senate, so we will just look at one criterion here today: whether a similar matter has been voted on by the House in the same Parliament. In this case, a similar matter has not been voted on by

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  This bill is now in the order of precedence, so this bill will precede it. If that bill were to come up, it would basically fall off the order.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Exactly.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Exactly.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  One element at a time. One building material at a time.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  It would be subject to a charter challenge for some element of discrimination or something like that.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Exactly, and saying, “If I've paid into something, what right is there based on my status that I should not get it back”, or something like that.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  I think the challenge might be again what the basic parameters are here versus what would happen in the House on debate or if the bill became law, that here, while it seems like there would be constitutional issues, could it be made constitutional, could it be deemed as being jus

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  —a violation of the charter, saying all people with certain hair colour aren't allowed to do this for instance, that you wouldn't even have to ask anybody and that there could definitely not be any way to save it, so to speak. Is that the—

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  On drafting, but not necessarily on subject matter expertise. They generally come to the library on the greater international or other concerns....