PROC Committee Meeting

The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs met at 11:04 a.m. this day, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Chair, Gary Goodyear, presiding.

The Clerk made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

It was agreed, — That the Committee report to the House, recommending that the Standing Orders be amended by adding the following Standing Order:

115.(5) Notwithstanding Standing Orders 108(1)(a) and 113(5), the Chair of a standing, special, legislative or joint committee shall suspend the meeting when the bells are sounded to call in the Members to a recorded division, unless there is unanimous consent of the members of the committee to continue to sit.

It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and Analyst be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

The Committee commenced consideration of a draft report.

It was agreed, — That the draft report be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and Analyst be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

The Chair presented the Second Report from the Subcommittee on Private Members Business which read as follows:

Pursuant to Standing Order 92(1)(a), the Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business agrees that the following item of Private Members’ Business should be designated non-votable on the basis that it contravenes the criterion that bills and motions must not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House of Commons in the current session of Parliament.

C-415 — March 22, 2007 — Mr. Silva (Davenport) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities of Bill C-415, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers).

The Chair presented the Third Report from the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business which read as follows:

Pursuant to Standing Order 92(1)(a), the Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business agrees that the following item of Private Members’ Business should be designated non-votable on the basis that it contravenes the criterion that bills and motions must not concern questions that are substantially the same as ones already voted on by the House of Commons in the current session of Parliament.

M-322 — April 19, 2007 — Mr. Dion (Saint-Laurent—Cartierville) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately and fully restore the Court Challenges Program to enhance the access that every person in Canada, regardless of wealth, should have to the protection of their Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The question: "That the draft report be adopted" was put and was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 9; NAYS: 1.

It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and Analyst be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

At 12:31 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:33 p.m., the Committee resumed sitting in camera.

At 12:46 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.