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Thursday, February 22, 2007 (No. 116)

Report Stage of Bills

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”