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Friday, June 13, 2008 (No. 112)


Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-34
An Act to give effect to the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 5.
Motion No. 2 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 7.
Motion No. 3 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 8.
Motion No. 4 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 9.
Motion No. 5 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 10.
Motion No. 6 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 11.
Motion No. 7 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 18.
Motion No. 8 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 28.
Motion No. 9 — June 10, 2008 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 32.

Bill C-265
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 3.
Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of June 9, 2008.

Resuming Debate

Group No. 1
Motion No. 2 -- Question put separately.
Motion No. 1 -- Question put only if Motion No. 2 is negatived.
Motion No. 3 -- Question put separately.
Motion No. 1 — June 9, 2008 — Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst), seconded by Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre), — That Bill C-265 be amended by deleting Clause 1.
Motion No. 2 — June 9, 2008 — Mr. Lessard (Chambly—Borduas), seconded by Mr. Roy (Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia), — That Bill C-265 be amended by restoring Clause 3 as follows:
“3. Subsections 7(1) to (5) of the Act are replaced by the following:
7. (1) An insured person qualifies if the person
(a) has had an interruption of earnings from employment; and
(b) has had during their qualifying period at least 360 hours of insurable employment.”
Motion No. 3 — June 9, 2008 — Mr. Lessard (Chambly—Borduas), seconded by Mr. Roy (Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia), — That Bill C-265 be amended by restoring Clause 4 as follows:
“4. Subsections 7.1(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:
7.1 (1) The number of hours that an insured person requires under section 7 to qualify for benefits is increased to
(a) 525 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more minor violations,
(b) 700 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more serious violations,
(c) 875 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more very serious violations, and
(d) 1050 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more subsequent violations
in the 260 weeks before making their initial claim for benefit.”

Bill C-474
An Act to require the development and implementation of a National Sustainable Development Strategy, the reporting of progress against a standard set of environmental indicators and the appointment of an independent Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development accountable to Parliament, and to adopt specific goals with respect to sustainable development in Canada, and to make consequential amendments to another Act

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — June 12, 2008 — Mr. Warawa (Langley) — That Bill C-474, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 19 to 21 on page 2 with the following:
“durable qui rend le processus décisionnel en matière d'environnement plus transparent et fait en sorte qu'on soit tenu d'en”
Motion No. 2 — June 9, 2008 — Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West) — That Bill C-474, in Clause 15.1, be amended by replacing line 19 on page 6 with the following:
“into force of section 18.1 of this Act, remain in”
Motion No. 3 — June 9, 2008 — Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West) — That Bill C-474, in Clause 16, be amended
(a) by replacing line 33 on page 6 with the following:
“11(3) of the Federal Sustainable Develop-”
(b) by replacing line 1 on page 7 with the following:
“(c) any agency set out in Schedule 2 to”
Motion No. 4 — June 9, 2008 — Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West) — That Bill C-474, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 14 on page 8 with the following:
“justesse des renseignements qu'il contient”