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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 19
 
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
 

The Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development met at 3:41 p.m. this day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Chair, Bob Mills, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Bernard Bigras, Nathan Cullen, Hon. John Godfrey, Luc Harvey, Marcel Lussier, David J. McGuinty, Bob Mills, Hon. Geoff Regan, Francis Scarpaleggia, Maurice Vellacott, Mark Warawa and Jeff Watson.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Sam Banks, Analyst; Tim Williams, Analyst. House of Commons: Joann Garbig, Legislative Clerk.

 
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Tuesday, October 16, 2007, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change.
 

The Committee resumed its clause-by-clause study of the Bill.

 

On Clause 10,

Nathan Cullen moved, — That Bill C-377, in Clause 10, be amended by adding after line 11 on page 5 the following:

“(c) the level of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions in each of the following ten years to be used as a baseline to quantify the reductions referred to in paragraph (b).”

Debate arose thereon.

 

Nathan Cullen moved, — That a five-minute limit be placed on any intervention on any clause of Bill C-377.

 

RULING BY THE CHAIR

The Chair ruled the proposed motion inadmissible in that it had been moved on a point of order and the Committee was already seized with a question on Clause 10.

 

Whereupon, Nathan Cullen appealed the decision of the Chair.

The question: "Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?" was put and the decision was overturned on the following recorded division: YEAS: Bernard Bigras, Marcel Lussier — 2; NAYS: Nathan Cullen, John Godfrey, David J. McGuinty, Geoff Regan, Francis Scarpaleggia — 5.

 

Whereupon debate arose on the motion of Nathan Cullen.

 

At 5:15 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Normand Radford
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2008/04/10 3:45 p.m.