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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 (No. 63)

Report Stage of Bills
Bill C-3
An Act to promote gender equity in Indian registration by responding to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia decision in McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs)
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 and 2.
Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of May 25, 2010.

Resuming Debate
Group No. 1
Motion No. 1 — Question put separately.
Motion No. 2 — Question put separately.
Motion No. 1 — May 25, 2010 — Mr. Strahl (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency), seconded by Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture)), — That Bill C-3, in Clause 3.1, be amended by
(a) replacing line 10 on page 3 with the following:
“3.1 (1) The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development shall cause to be laid”
(b) replacing lines 13 to 15 on page 3 with the following:
“force, a report on the provisions and implementation of this Act.”
(c) replacing lines 22 and 23 on page 3 with the following:
“review of any provision of this Act.”
Motion No. 2 — May 25, 2010 — Mr. Strahl (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency), seconded by Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture)), — That Bill C-3 be amended by restoring Clause 9 as follows:
“9. For greater certainty, no person or body has a right to claim or receive any compensation, damages or indemnity from Her Majesty in right of Canada, any employee or agent of Her Majesty, or a council of a band, for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise of their powers or the performance of their duties, only because
(a) a person was not registered, or did not have their name entered in a Band List, immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force; and
(b) one of the person’s parents is entitled to be registered under paragraph 6(1)(c.1) of the Indian Act, as enacted by subsection 2(3).”
Bill C-11
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Federal Courts Act

Notices of Motions
Motion No. 1 — June 11, 2010 — The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism — That Bill C-11, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 12 to 18 on page 15 with the following:
“(a.2) the activities, practice and procedure of each of the Divisions of the Board, including the periods for appeal, other than in respect of appeals of decisions of the Refugee Protection Division, the priority to be given to proceedings, the notice that is required and the period in which notice must be given;”
Bill C-13
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act

Notices of Motions
Motion No. 1 — June 2, 2010 — The Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development — That Bill C-13, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 9 to 12 on page 2 with the following:
“4. (1) Sections 2 and 3 apply to a claimant whose benefit period began less than 104 weeks before the day on which this Act comes into force if the period referred to in subsection 23(2) of the Employment Insurance Act
(a) has not ended before that day; or
(b) ended before that day and, within the period referred to in that subsection, the claimant's parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, and the claimant's deferral or return to duty, as the case may be, has not ended before that day.
(2) Section 2 applies to a claimant and the period referred to in subsection 23(2) of the Employment Insurance Act is extended to 104 weeks if
(a) within the period referred to in that subsection, in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, the claimant's parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave, as the case may be;
(b) the claimant's deferral or return to duty ended before the day on which this Act comes into force;
(c) the claimant's benefit period has not ended before that day; and
(d) the period referred to in that subsection ended before that day.
(3) A claimant's benefit period and the period referred to in subsection 23(2) of the Employment Insurance Act are each extended to 104 weeks if
(a) within the period referred to in that subsection, in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, the claimant's parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave, as the case may be;
(b) the claimant's deferral or return to duty ended before the day on which this Act comes into force; and
(c) the claimant's benefit period and the period referred to in that subsection each began less than 104 weeks before that day and both ended before that day.”
Recommendation
(Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(3))
Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the following amendment to Bill C-13, “An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act”: That Bill C-13, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 9 to 12 on page 2 with the following:
“4. (1) Sections 2 and 3 apply to a claimant whose benefit period began less than 104 weeks before the day on which this Act comes into force if the period referred to in subsection 23(2) of the Employment Insurance Act
(a) has not ended before that day; or
(b) ended before that day and, within the period referred to in that subsection, the claimant's parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, and the claimant's deferral or return to duty, as the case may be, has not ended before that day.
(2) Section 2 applies to a claimant and the period referred to in subsection 23(2) of the Employment Insurance Act is extended to 104 weeks if
(a) within the period referred to in that subsection, in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, the claimant's parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave, as the case may be;
(b) the claimant's deferral or return to duty ended before the day on which this Act comes into force;
(c) the claimant's benefit period has not ended before that day; and
(d) the period referred to in that subsection ended before that day.
(3) A claimant's benefit period and the period referred to in subsection 23(2) of the Employment Insurance Act are each extended to 104 weeks if
(a) within the period referred to in that subsection, in accordance with regulations made under the National Defence Act, the claimant's parental leave is deferred or the claimant is directed to return to duty from parental leave, as the case may be;
(b) the claimant's deferral or return to duty ended before the day on which this Act comes into force; and
(c) the claimant's benefit period and the period referred to in that subsection each began less than 104 weeks before that day and both ended before that day.”
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