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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 21
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs met at 7:16 p.m. this day, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Chair, Derek Lee, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Eleni Bakopanos, Stéphane Bergeron, Marlene Catterall, Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral, André Harvey, Gar Knutson, Derek Lee, Grant McNally, Carolyn Parrish, John Richardson and John Solomon.
Acting Members present: Beth Phinney for Marlene Catterall; Carolyn Bennett for Bob Kilger; Judi Longfield for Jerry Pickard; Pat O'Brien for Ray Bonin; Ted White for Chuck Strahl; Rob Anders for Randy White.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: James Robertson, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From the Privy Council Office: Michael Peirce, Director of Legal Operations, Legislation and House Planning/Counsel; Isabelle Mondou, Counsel, Legislation and House Planning/Counsel. From the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer: Tom McMahon, Acting Director, Legal Services and Registrar of Political Parties; Janice Vézina, Director of Election Financing; Diane Bruyère, Assistant Director of Operations.
Pursuant to its Order of Reference of Tuesday, October 19, 1999, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-2, An Act respecting the election of members to the House of Commons, repealing other Acts relating to elections and making consequential amendments to other Acts (See Minutes of Proceedings, Tuesday, October 26, 1999 , Meeting No. 3).
The Committee proceeded to Clause-by-Clause consideration of the Bill.
Pursuant to Standing Order 75(1), consideration of Clause 1 is postponed.
Clause 339 carried.
Clauses 340 through 344 carried severally on division.
Clauses 345 through 348 carried severally on division.
On Clause 338,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 338, be amended by deleting lines 16 to 23 on page 132.
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Rob Anders
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
André Harvey
Ted White -- (5)
NAYS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (8)
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 338, be amended by deleting lines 39 to 43 on page 132.
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 338, be amended by replacing lines 11 and 12 on page 133 with the following:
"registered party, the allocation may be modified,"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Clause 338 carried on division.
On Clause 349,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 349, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 140 with the following:
"advertising message,
and includes expenses incurred in an activity directly related to a general election."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral -- (2)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
Ted White -- (10)
Clause 349 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
André Harvey
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Ted White -- (2)
On Clause 350,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 350, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 141 with the following:
"than $3,000 in a given electoral district during the election period of a"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (10)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 350 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (10)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 351 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (10)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 352 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Pat O'Brien
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (10)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Ted White -- (2)
On Clause 353,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 353, be amended by replacing lines 43 to 46 on page 141 with the following:
"353. (1) A third party shall register before the issue of the writ."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral -- (2)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Ray Bonin
André Harvey
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
Ted White -- (11)
Clause 353 carried on division.
Clause 354 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Ray Bonin
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 356 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Ray Bonin
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 357 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Ray Bonin
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
On Clause 359,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 359, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 37 on page 146 with the following:
"(7) The election advertising report shall include a list of the names of every contributor who donated a total of more than $200 to the third party in the period beginning six months before the issue of the writ and ending on polling day, regardless of whether the contribution was for election advertising purposes."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
John Solomon -- (3)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Ray Bonin
André Harvey
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
Ted White -- (11)
Clause 359 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Ray Bonin
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 361 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Ray Bonin
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
André Harvey
Ted White -- (3)
Clause 370 carried.
On Clause 375,
Eleni Bakopanos moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 375, be amended by replacing lines 15 to 21 on page 151 with the following:
"(2) A registered party shall, for the purposes of subsection 127(3) of the Income Tax Act and for such other purposes as the party may specify, appoint a person, to be known as an electoral district agent, to act as its registered agent in any electoral district where the party's electoral district association in that district has recommended such an appointment."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Clause 375 carried.
On Clause 376,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 376, be amended (a) by replacing lines 34 to 36 on page 151 with the following:
or
"(a) a registered agent of a registered party
(b) an agent of an eligible";
(b) by adding after line 37 on page 151 the following:
"(1.1) A corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province is not eligible to be a chief agent."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
André Harvey moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 376, be amended by replacing line 43 on page 151 with the following:
"(c) subject to subsection (1), a person who is not an elector; and"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 376, as amended, carried.
On Clause 382,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 382, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 17 to 19 on page 153 with the following:
"a report made during an election period; and
(b) the day on which the report was"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 382 stood.
On Clause 385,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 385, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 19 to 21 on page 154 with the following:
"that, after notice of confirmation of nomination is given under subsection 71(1), has not endorsed a candidate in at least 50 electoral districts in"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 385 carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Marlene Catterall
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
John Richardson -- (7)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
André Harvey
John Solomon
Ted White -- (6)
On Clause 389,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 389, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 35 on page 155 with the following:
" délais suivants, après réception de "
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 389, as amended, carried.
Clause 394 carried.
Clauses 395 through 398 carried severally.
On Clause 399,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 399, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 3 and 4 on page 160 with the following:
" les trois mois suivant la date de production de l'état visé au paragraphe (3). "
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 399, as amended, carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Ray Bonin
Marlene Catterall
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
André Harvey
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (12)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Ted White -- (2)
On Clause 404,
André Harvey moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 404, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 13 on page 162 with the following:
"make a contribution to a registered party, to one of its"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted on division.
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 404, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 29 to 31 on page 162 with the following:
"days after becoming aware of the ineligibility, return the contribution unused to the contributor or, if that is not possible, pay the amount"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 404, as amended, carried on division.
Clause 405 stood.
On Clause 407,
André Harvey moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 407, be amended by replacing line 30 on page 163 with the following:
"or a candidate during an election period but does not include a personal expense."
By unanimous consent, the motion was withdrawn.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 407, be amended by deleting lines 31 to 37 on page 163.
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
John Solomon moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 407, be amended by adding after line 6 on page 164 the following:
"(b.1) carrying out an election survey requested by a registered party or by an electoral district association of the registered party, whether or not the results of the survey were published;"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
John Solomon moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 407, be amended by adding after line 20 on page 167 the following:
"(5) The maximum amount that is allowed for an election of election expenses that are expenses for a fund-raising activity or to directly promote the nomination of a person as a candidate, or that are related to such fund-raising and promotional activities, is $5.00 multiplied by the number of registered eligible members of an electoral district association.
(6) The Chief Electoral Officer may make regulations defining, for the purposes of subsection (5), the expression "registered eligible member"."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
John Solomon -- (2)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Carolyn Bennett
Ray Bonin
Marlene Catterall
André Harvey
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
John Richardson
Ted White -- (10)
John Solomon moved, -- That Bill C-2 be amended by adding after line 20 on page 167 the following new clause:
"407.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), any expense incurred in accordance with the guidelines established by the Chief Electoral Officer made under subsection (4) by the leader of a registered party in a leadership race to become the leader of the party, is deemed to be an election expense.
(2) The maximum amount that is allowed for an election expense referred to in subsection (1) is the product of $25.00 multiplied by the number of registered delegates with approved voting credentials who were part of the convention that elected the leader of a registered party to that position.
(3) The Chief Electoral Officer may make regulations defining what constitutes "approved voting credentials" for the purpose of subsection (2).
(4) The Chief Electoral Officer shall establish guidelines in respect of election expenses referred to in subsection (1)."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
John Solomon -- (2)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Ray Bonin
Marlene Catterall
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
John Richardson
Ted White -- (10)
Clause 407 carried on division.
On Clause 408,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 408, be amended by replacing lines 21 to 23 on page 164 with the following:
"price of the ticket."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Clause 408 carried on division.
On Clause 409
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 409, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 164 with the following:
"ably incurred for the candidate's travel, living and childcare expenses, expenses in relation to the care of any person with a mental or physical disability who is dependant on and living with the candidate,"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was stood.
Clause 409 stood.
At 9:22 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 9:35 p.m., the sitting resumed.
On Clause 410,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 410, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 3 on page 165 with the following:
"(2) Where an expense of less than $50 was"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 410, as amended, carried.
On Clause 414,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 414, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 10 on page 167 with the following:
"factor that shall be in effect for a period of one year beginning on"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 414, as amended, carried.
Clause 419 carried.
Clause 420 carried.
Clause 421 carried.
On Clause 422,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 422, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 35 on page 169 with the following:
"names on the preliminary lists of electors for electoral districts in which the registered party has endorsed a candidate or by the number of names on the revised lists of electors for those electoral districts, whichever is greater, and"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 422, as amended, carried on division.
On Clause 424,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in clause 424, be amended by replacing line 21 on page 171 with the following:
"deficit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including a statement of"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in clause 424, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 171 with the following:
"revenues and expenses in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 424, be amended by
- replacing lines 24 and 25 on page 170 with the following:
- replacing line 30 on page 170 with the following:
"(b) the auditor's report on the financial transactions return made under subsection 426(1);"
"section 428 and the auditor's report on it made under subsection 426(1)."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 424, be amended by replacing line 44 on page 171 with the following:
"the registered party but returned in whole or in part to the"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Ray Bonin
Marlene Catterall
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
John Richardson
John Solomon -- (9)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Stéphane Bergeron
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
André Harvey
Ted White -- (5)
Clause 424, as amended, carried.
Clause 425 carried on division.
On Clause 426,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 426, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 172 with the following:
"transactions return and trust fund return referred to in section 428 and shall make any ex-"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 426, be amended by replacing line 26 on page 172 with the following:
"presents fairly and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the information contained in"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 426, be amended by replacing line 33 on page 172 with the following:
"fairly and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the information contained in the"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 426, as amended, carried on division.
On Clause 428,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 428, be amended by replacing line 12 on page 173 with the following:
"trust fund, its chief"
After debate, by unanimous consent, the motion was withdrawn.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 428, be amended by replacing line 14 on page 173 with the following:
"prepare a trust fund return in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on the financial"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2 be amended by adding after line 6 on page 174 the following new clause:
"428.1 The auditor of a registered party shall report to its chief agent on the financial transactions return of any trust fund established by the registered party and shall make any examination that will enable the auditor to give an opinion in the report as to whether it presents fairly the information contained in the financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Clause 428, as amended, carried on division.
On Clause 434,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 434, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 17 and 18 on page 177 with the following:
"sion or correction referred to in subsection (1) is authorized on the date of the order or,"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 434, as amended, carried.
On Clause 435,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 435, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 22 to 29, on page 177, with the following:
"435.(1) On receipt from a registered party of the documents referred to in subsection 429(1), and where fewer than thirty percent of the total number of the candidates elected, who were endorsed by the registered party in an election to which these documents refer, are women, the Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the Receiver General with a certificate in respect of the registered party that sets out the amount that is 22.5% of the election expenses of the registered party, as set out in the return for its general election expenses, if"
(b) adding the following after line 43 on page 177:
"(2) On receipt from a registered party of the documents referred to in subsection 429(1), and where at least thirty percent of the total number of candidates elected, who were endorsed by the registered party in the election to which these documents refer, are women, the Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the Receiver General with a certificate in respect of the registered party that sets out the amount that corresponds to the percentage of the total number of candidates elected who were endorsed by a registered party and are women, up to fifty percent of the election expenses of the registered party, as set out in the return for its general elections expenses, if
(a) the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied that the registered party and its chief agent have complied with the requirements of sections 429 to 434;
(b) the auditor's report does not include a statement referred to in subsection 430(2); and
(c) candidates endorsed by the registered party received at least (i) 2% of the number of valid votes cast at the election, or (ii) 5% of the number of valid votes cast in the electoral districts in which the registered party endorsed a candidate."
(c) by replacing line 1 on page 178 with the following: "
(3) On receipt of the certificate referred to in subsections (1) or (2), the Receiv-"
The Chair advised Mr. Bergeron that his proposed amendment required a Royal Recommendation and was ruled out of order.
Clause 435 stood.
On Clause 437,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 437, be amended by replacing lines 20 and 21 on page 178 with the following:
"(2) The account must name the account"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 437, be amended by replacing in the English version, line 20 on page 178, with the following:
"(2) The account must indicate the date on."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 437, as amended, carried.
On Clause 438,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 438, be amended by replacing line 37 on page 178 with the following:
"electoral district association or a registered party, shall make"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
André Harvey moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 438, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 179 with the following:
"to contributors of monetary contributions to a candidate for"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 438, as amended, carried.
On Clause 439,
André Harvey moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 439, be amended by replacing line 33 on page 179 with the following:
"held during an election period for the principal purpose of nominating a"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 439, as amended, carried on division.
On Clause 441,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 441, be amended by replacing line 19 on page 180 with the following:
"of electors for the electoral district or on the revised lists of electors for the electoral district, whichever is greater:"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 441, as amended, carried on division.
Clause 442 carried.
On Clause 448,
Gar Knuston moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 448, be amended by replacing, in the English version, lines 28 to 30 on page 183 with the following:
"448. (1) On the application of a person with a claim to be paid for a candidate's electoral campaign expense or on the application of the"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 448, as amended, carried on division.
On Clause 449,
Gar Knuston moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 449, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 15 on page 184 with the following:
"prorogé au titre du paragraphe 447(1) ou de l'article 448,"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 449, as amended, carried on division.
On Clause 450,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 450, be amended (a) by replacing lines 37 to 43 on page 184 with the following:
"secure its payment
or
(c) is the subject of a dispute as to the amount the candidate was liable to pay or the amount that remains unpaid.";
(b) by replacing line 45 on page 184 with the following:
"believes that any of paragraphs (2)(a) to (c)"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Clause 450 carried on division.
Clause 451 stood.
Clause 452 carried.
On Clause 478,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 478, be amended by replacing lines 34 to 38 on page 198 with the following:
"478. (1) A returning officer shall provide each candidate in his or her electoral district with a reasonable number of copies of each form requested by the candidate or by his or her official agent."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 478, as amended, carried.
On Clause 479,
Stéphane Bergeron moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 479, be amended
(a) by replacing lines 31 and 32 on page 199 with the following:
"order the person to leave the office or place."
(b) by replacing lines 38 to 41 on page 199 with the following:
"made it
(a) may use such force as is reasonably necessary to eject the person in respect of whom the order was made from the office or place if the person who made the order believes that the use of such force would not cause physical harm to himself or herself; or
(b) may call on a peace officer to have the person ejected or arrested."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived.
Clause 479 carried on division.
Clause 496 carried.
Clause 497 stood.
On Clause 500,
Gar Knutson moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 500, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 218 with the following:
"under any of subsections 480(1) and (2), sections 481 to 483, subsections"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 500, as amended, carried on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Eleni Bakopanos
Carolyn Bennett
Stéphane Bergeron
Marlene Catterall
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
André Harvey
Gar Knutson
Judi Longfield
Carolyn Parrish
Beth Phinney
John Richardson -- (11)
NAYS:
Rob Anders
Ted White -- (2)
On Clause 502,
Gar Knuston moved, -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 502, be amended by replacing line 19 on page 219 with the following:
"subsection 480(1) (obstructing electoral process) or 480(2) (inciting, conspiring to act in disorderly manner);"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
At 11:06 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Carol Chafe
Clerk of the Committee