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Minutes of Proceedings
It was agreed, — That, subject to Bill C-30 being referred to the Committee, the amendments regarding Bill C-30 be submitted to the Clerk of the Committee by Friday, December 2, 2016 at 4 p.m. EST and, that clause-by-clause study of Bill C-30 be scheduled for the meeting of Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
Tracey Ramsey moved, — That, pursuant to the motions of Tuesday, November 1, 2016, adopted by the Committee to study the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the study consist of at least 12 meetings; that the Chair publish a news release on the Committee’s website, inviting Canadians to submit their views on the CETA in writing; that the written submissions be sent to the Clerk electronically no later than Thursday, December 15, 2016, 23:59 EST; and that written submissions, once translated, be distributed to members of the Committee.
Debate arose thereon.
Gerry Ritz moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the words “the study consist of at least 12 meetings; that the Chair publish a news release on the Committee’s website, inviting Canadians to submit their views on the CETA in writing; that the written submissions be sent to the Clerk electronically no later than Thursday, December 15, 2016, 23:59 EST; and that written submissions, once translated, be distributed to members of the Committee” with the words “the Committee accept written submissions from people or groups that have requested to appear as of Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 11:00 am.; that the written submissions be sent electronically to the Clerk of the Committee no later than Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. EST; that written submissions longer than 10 pages must be accompanied by a summary of no more than 1,500 words and that the Committee may decide to translate and distribute or publish only the summary; that written submissions, once translated, be distributed to members of the Committee; and that these written submissions do not impede the clause-by-clause study of the Bill scheduled on Tuesday, December 6, 2016”.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the amendment of Gerry Ritz and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Sukh Dhaliwal, Peter Fonseca, Randy Hoback, Linda Lapointe, Karen Ludwig, Kyle Peterson, Gerry Ritz, Dave Van Kesteren — 8;
NAYS: Tracey Ramsey — 1.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That, pursuant to the motions of Tuesday, November 1, 2016, adopted by the Committee to study the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Committee accept written submissions from people or groups that have requested to appear as of Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 11:00 am.; that the written submissions be sent electronically to the Clerk of the Committee no later than Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. EST; that written submissions longer than 10 pages must be accompanied by a summary of no more than 1,500 words and that the Committee may decide to translate and distribute or publish only the summary; that written submissions, once translated, be distributed to members of the Committee; and that these written submissions do not impede the clause-by-clause study of the Bill scheduled on Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Sukh Dhaliwal, Peter Fonseca, Randy Hoback, Linda Lapointe, Karen Ludwig, Kyle Peterson, Gerry Ritz, Dave Van Kesteren — 8;
NAYS: Tracey Ramsey — 1.
Pierre Marc Johnson, by videoconference from Lyon, France, Jason Langrish, by videoconference from London, United Kingdom, Louise Barrington, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, and Martin J. Valasek, by videoconference from Montréal, Québec, made statements and answered questions.
At 12:45 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.