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Thursday, December 2, 2010 (No. 109)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-20

An Act to amend the National Capital Act and other Acts

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — November 16, 2010 — — That Bill C-20, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 6 with the following:

“Commission shall consult the provinces concerned and provide opportunities for”

Motion No. 2 — November 16, 2010 — — That Bill C-20, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing line 31 on page 7 with the following:

“as its priority the maintenance or”


Bill C-474
An Act respecting the Seeds Regulations (analysis of potential harm)
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 10.
Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of December 1, 2010.

Resuming Debate

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 2 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 3 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 4 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 5 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 6 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 7 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 8 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 9 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 10 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 1 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 1 with the following:

“2. The Governor in Council shall, within 90”

Motion No. 2 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 10 on page 1 with the following:

“by the Government of Canada, published in the Canada Gazette and taken into consideration by the Government of Canada before the sale of any new genetically en-”

Motion No. 3 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 1 with the following:

“gineered seed is permitted in Canada.”

Motion No. 4 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. The results of the analysis referred to in section 2 shall be included as part of every application that is made for the registration of a variety of seed and any notification of the release of the seed in question into the environment.”

Motion No. 5 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. The analysis referred to in section 2 shall take into account the regulatory systems that govern genetically engineered seed and the crops and products that are derived from that seed in the countries that import Canadian agricultural products.”

Motion No. 6 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. The analysis referred to in section 2 shall take into account the economic impact on Canadian farmers and exporters whose established markets for registered seed or for the crops and products derived from that seed would be harmed as a result of the introduction of the new variety of genetically engineered seed.”

Motion No. 7 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. The analysis referred to in section 2 shall take into account whether or not the variety of genetically engineered seed in question has been approved for use in the countries that import Canadian agricultural products.”

Motion No. 8 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. In this Act, “genetically engineered seed” means a seed that has been altered using recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology.”

Motion No. 9 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. In this Act, “new”, in respect of a genetically engineered seed, means a genetically engineered seed that was not registered in Canada before the day on which this Act comes into force.”

Motion No. 10 — December 1, 2010 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-474 be amended by adding after line 11 on page 1 the following new clause:

“3. For the purposes of section 2, “potential harm to export markets” exists if the sale of new genetically engineered seed in Canada would likely result in an economic loss to farmers and exporters as a result of the refusal, by one or more countries that import Canadian agricultural products, to allow the admission of any registered Canadian seed, or crops or products derived from that seed.”