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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 31

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The Standing Committee on Health met at 8:45 a.m. this day, in Room C-120, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, Ben Lobb, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Eve Adams, Libby Davies, Hon. Hedy Fry, Claude Gravelle, Wladyslaw Lizon, Ben Lobb, James Lunney, Dany Morin, David Wilks and Terence Young.

Acting Members present: Hon. Carolyn Bennett for Hon. Hedy Fry and Chungsen Leung for Wladyslaw Lizon.

Other Members present: Elizabeth May.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Karin Phillips, Analyst . House of Commons: Justin Vaive, Legislative Clerk.

Witnesses: Public Health Agency of Canada: Steven Sternthal, Acting Director General, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Branch. Department of Health: L. Robbin Lindsay, Head, Field Studies, Bureau of Microbiology. Institute of Infection and Immunity: Marc Ouellette, Scientific Director.

Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Tuesday, April 29, 2014, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-442, An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy.

Marc Ouellette and Steven Sternthal made statements and, with L. Robbin Lindsay, answered questions.

At 9:47 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:50 a.m., the sitting resumed.

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 75(1), consideration of the Preamble and Clause 1, Short Title, were postponed.

The Chair called Clause 2.

On Clause 2,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in Clause 2, be amended by

(a) adding after line 4 on page 3 the following:

“Agency” means the Public Health Agency of Canada.

(b) replacing line 6 on page 3 with the following:

“federal framework” means a framework to

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

Clause 2, as amended, carried.

On Clause 3,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, be amended by replacing the heading before Clause 3 on page 3 with the following:

FEDERAL FRAMEWORK ON LYME DISEASE

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in Clause 3, be amended by

(a) replacing lines 12 to 14 on page 3 with the following:

3. The Minister must, no later than 12 months after the day on which this Act comes into force, convene a conference or otherwise engage with the provincial and territorial ministers and

(b) replacing line 18 on page 3 with the following:

federal framework that includes

the Agency to

(d) replacing lines 26 to 29 on page 3 with the following:

management of Lyme disease, and the sharing of best practices throughout Canada; and

(e) replacing, in the French version, lines 6 and 7 on page 4 with the following:

nationale et d’en améliorer la prévention, l’identification, le traitement et la gestion.

Libby Davies moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing after the word “conference”, the following: “for the purpose of developing a comprehensive federal framework with stakeholders, including representatives of the medical community and patients' groups, and engaging with the provincial and territorial ministers; the federal framework includes:”

After debate, the question was put on the subamendment of Libby Davies and it was negatived, by a show of hands: YEAS: 4; NAYS: 5.

David Wilks moved, — That the amendment be amended by deleting the words “or otherwise engage”

After debate, the question was put on the subamendment of David Wilks and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

Libby Davies moved, — That the amendment be amended by adding after the word “disease”, the following: “including a national standard of care”

After debate, the question was put on the subamendment of Libby Davies and it was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Libby Davies, Hedy Fry, Claude Gravelle, Dany Morin — 4; NAYS: Eve Adams, Wladyslaw Lizon, James Lunney, David Wilks, Terence Young — 5.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams, as amended, and it was agreed to.

Clause 3, as amended, carried by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

On Clause 4,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 8 on page 4 with the following:

sets out the federal framework and publish the report on the Agency’s website within one year after the federal framework referred to in section 3 is developed.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

Clause 4, as amended, carried.

On Clause 5,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 4 with the following:

report has been published on the Agency’s

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

Clause 5, as amended, carried.

After debate, Clause 6 was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Libby Davies, Hedy Fry, Claude Gravelle, Dany Morin — 4; NAYS: Eve Adams, Wladyslaw Lizon, James Lunney, David Wilks, Terence Young — 5.

On Clause 7,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in Clause 7, be amended by

(a) replacing line 23 on page 4 with the following:

7. The Agency must

(b) replacing line 25 on page 4 with the following:

the federal framework no later than five years

section 4 is published on the Agency’s

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 0.

Clause 7, as amended, carried.

After debate, Clause 8 was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Libby Davies, Hedy Fry, Claude Gravelle, Dany Morin — 4; NAYS: Eve Adams, Chungsen Leung, James Lunney, David Wilks, Terence Young — 5.

On Preamble,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 28 and 29 on page 1 with the following:

establishment of guidelines regarding the prevention, identification, treatment and management of Lyme disease, a coordinated

Libby Davies moved, — That the amendment be amended by adding after the word “guidelines”, the following: “and a national standard of care”

The Chair ruled the proposed subamendment inadmissible because it was contrary to the principle of the amendment, as provided on page 766 of House of Commons Procedure and Practice, Second Edition.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to on the following recorded division: YEAS: Eve Adams, Hedy Fry, Wladyslaw Lizon, James Lunney, David Wilks, Terence Young — 6; NAYS: Libby Davies, Claude Gravelle, Dany Morin — 3.

The Preamble, as amended, carried.

On Clause 1,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 1 and 2 on page 3 with the following:

1. This Act may be cited as the Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Act.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to.

Clause 1, Short Title, as amended, carried.

On Title,

Eve Adams moved, — That Bill C-442 be amended by replacing the long title on page 1 with the following:

An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Eve Adams and it was agreed to.

The Title, as amended, carried.

The Bill, as amended, carried.

ORDERED, — That the Chair report the Bill , as amended, to the House.

ORDERED, — That Bill C-442, as amended, be reprinted for the use of the House at report stage.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

At 10:45 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:45 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That the Committee begin the legislative study of Bill C-17 on Thursday, June 5, 2014, and that the Minister of Health and departmental officials be invited to appear for the first hour, with departmental officials remaining for the second hour.

At 10:47 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Andrew Bartholomew Chaplin
Clerk of the Committee

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