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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 (No. 115)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-11

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 12.

Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of February 6, 2007.

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 only if Motion No. 3 is negatived.

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. 11 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 12 -- Question put only if Motion No. 11 is negatived.

Motion No. 1 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 2, be amended:

(a) by replacing, in the French version, lines 23 to 26 on page 1 with the following:

“national compétitif et rentable qui respecte les plus hautes normes possibles de sûreté et de sécurité, qui favorise un environnement durable et qui utilise tous les”

(b) by replacing, in the French version, lines 15 and 16 on page 2 with the following:

“domaine de la sûreté et de la sécurité”

Motion No. 2 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 3 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Motion No. 4 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 4, be amended:

(a) by replacing, in the English version, lines 1 and 2 on page 3 with the following:

“(3) If a member appointed under subsection 7(2) ceases to hold office, the Chairperson”

(b) by replacing, in the English version, line 9 on page 3 with the following:

“members under subsection 7(2) or up to three”

Motion No. 5 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 6 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 26 on page 4 with the following:

“parties III ou IV ou sur l’application de prix ou”

Motion No. 7 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 11, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 13 on page 7 with the following:

“ment et qui résume la situation des transports au”

Motion No. 8 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 5 and 6 on page 9 with the following:

“(2.1) Les lignes directrices sont élaborées de concert avec le”

Motion No. 9 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 29, be amended:

(a) by replacing, in the English version, lines 4 and 5 on page 20 with the following:

“way, a railway company must cause as little noise and vibration as possible, taking into”

(b) by replacing, in the English version, line 14 on page 20 with the following:

“95.2 (1) The Agency shall issue, and publish”

“vibration complaints relating to the con-”

Motion No. 10 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 29, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 41 on page 20 and line 1 on page 21 with the following:

“estime raisonnables pour faire le moins de bruit ou de”

Motion No. 11 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11 be amended by deleting Clause 56.

Motion No. 12 — February 6, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-11, in Clause 56, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 12 on page 41 with the following:

“portation Agency under subsection 7(2) or”


Bill C-293
An Act respecting the provision of development assistance abroad
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 9.
Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of February 20, 2007.

Resuming Debate

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 2 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 3 -- Question put separately. Its vote also applies to Motion No. 8.

Motion No. 6 -- Question put only if Motion No. 3 is agreed.

Motion No. 7 -- Question put only if Motion No. 6 is negatived.

Motion No. 4 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 5 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 9 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 1 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 4 on page 3 with the following:

“or”

Motion No. 2 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 6 on page 3 with the following:

“les organisations de défense des droits de la”

Motion No. 3 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 16 on page 3 the following:

“(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), official development assistance may be provided for the purposes of alleviating the effects of a natural or artificial disaster or other emergency occurring outside Canada.”

Motion No. 4 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 22 on page 3 with the following:

“et des organismes de la société civile”

Motion No. 5 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 3 with the following:

“official development assistance as defined by this Act”

Motion No. 6 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 26 and 27 on page 3 with the following:

“that meets the criteria in subsections (1) and (1.1).”

Motion No. 7 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 26 on page 3 with the following:

“that meets the criteria in subsections (1) and (1.1), and”

Motion No. 8 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 9 — February 20, 2007 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-293, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing lines 30 to 35 on page 4 with the following:

“to preparing the report required under section 13 of the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act, contribute the following to the report submitted to Parliament under subsection (1):

(a) the position taken by Canada on any resolution that is adopted by the Board of”