ENVI Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Catherine Pearce, Peter David and Malini Mehra by videoconference from London, United Kingdom, Thomas Gunton by videoconference from Victoria, British Colombia and Guenther Bachmann by videoconference from Berlin, Germany made statements and with Julie Gelfand answered questions.
William Amos gave notice of the following motion:
Pursuant to the order passed by the House of Commons on March 22, 2016 which designated the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (the Committee) as the committee for the purposes of section 343(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999), that pursuant to section 343(2) of CEPA, 1999, the Committee immediately undertake a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of CEPA, 1999 and submit a report and recommendations within the authorized timeline and that all testimony, reports, recommendations, or any such document received pursuant to the study of CEPA, 1999 initiated by the Committee under Standing Order 108(2) be deemed to have been received as part of the statutory review.
At 1:05 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.