On new Clause 66.1,
Judy Wasylycia-Leis moved, — That Bill C-11 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 30 the following new clause:“66.1 (1) Before a regulation is made under section 66, the Minister shall lay the proposed regulation before the House of Commons.
(2) The proposed regulation shall be referred to the Standing Committee on Health or, in the event that there is not a Standing Committee on Health, to the appropriate committee of the House of Commons, which may review the proposed regulation and report its findings to the House.
(3) A regulation may not be made before the earliest of
(a) 30 sitting days after the proposed regulation is laid before the House of Commons,
(b) 160 calendar days after the proposed regulation is laid before the House of Commons, and
(c) the day after the appropriate committee has reported its findings with respect to the proposed regulation.
(4) The Minister shall take into account any report of the committee. If a regulation does not incorporate a recommendation of the committee, the Minister shall lay before the House of Commons a statement of the reasons for not incorporating it.
(5) A proposed regulation that has been laid before the House of Commons need not again be so laid prior to the making of the regulation, whether it has been altered or not.”