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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 6
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
The
Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural
Resources met at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 237-C, Centre Block, the Chair,
Raymond Bonin, presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Gérard
Binet, Raymond Bonin, Serge Cardin, David Chatters, John Finlay, Nancy
Karetak-Lindell and Benoît Serré.
Acting Members present: Gerald Keddy for Inky Mark, Ivan
Grose for Brent St-Denis, Raymond Simard for John Godfrey, Joe Comartin for Pat
Martin, Raymond Simard for Anita Neville and Clifford Lincoln for John Godfrey.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament:
Jean-Luc Bourdages, Analysts.
Witnesses: From the Department of Natural
Resources: Joanne Kellerman, General Counsel, Legal Services; David
McLellan, Acting Director General, Energy Resources Branch.
Pursuant to its Order of
Reference of Tuesday, October 29, 2002, the Committee resumed consideration of
Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (See Minutes of
Proceedings, Tuesday, November 19, 2002, Meeting No. 3).
The Committee proceeded to
the Clause-by-Clause consideration of the Bill.
On Clause 1,
Joe Comartin moved, -- That
Bill C-4, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 1 with the
following:
“Commission shall, in addition
to filing a notice”
The question being put on
the amendment, it was negatived by a show of hands:
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YEAS: 3 |
NAYS: 6 |
Joe Comartin moved, -- That
Bill C-4, in Clause 1, be amended by adding after line 14 on page 1 the
following:
“(3.1) The owner or
occupant of, or any other person who has a right to or interest in, the
affected land or place, must be insured for a minimum of 10 billion dollars to
cover the costs of decommissioning and decontamination.”
The Chair ruled the
proposed motion out of order on the grounds that it was beyond the scope of the
Bill.
Following debate, it was
agreed by recorded division,-- That the decision of the Chair be sustained.
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YEAS: Gerard Binet, John
Finlay, Clifford Lincoln, Nancy Karetak-Lindell, Raymond Simard, Benoît
Serré, Ivan Grose, David Chatters, Gerald Keddy -- (9) |
NAYS: Serge Cardin, Joe
Comartin -- (2) |
Clause 1 carried by
recorded decision.
The Title carried.
The Bill carried.
ORDERED, -- That the Chair
be instructed to report Bill C-4, The Nuclear Safety and Control Act, without
amendment, as the First Report of the Committee, to the House of Commons at the
earliest opportunity.
At 5:31 p.m., the Committee
adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Elizabeth B. Kingston
Clerk of the Committee