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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 (No. 45)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-2

An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 7 and 9.

Group No. 2 -- Motions Nos. 8, 13, 14, 17 to 19, 20 to 22, 25 and 26.

Group No. 3 -- Motions Nos. 10 to 12, 16, 23 and 24.

Group No. 4 -- Motions Nos. 28 to 30.

Statements and selection by Speaker — see Debates of June 20, 2006.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 3 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 6 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 1 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 12 on page 6 with the following:

“(2) No minister of the Crown, minister of state or parliamentary secretary shall, in his or her capacity as a member of the Senate or the House of Commons, debate or vote on a question that would place him or her in a conflict of interest.”

Motion No. 3 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 1 on page 33 with the following:

“(2) Subject to subsection 6(2) and sections 21 and 30, nothing in this Act abrogates or dero-”

Motion No. 6 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 78, be amended by deleting lines 4 to 8 on page 80.

Group No. 2

Motion No. 14 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 20 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 14 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 146, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 31 on page 118 with the following:

“16.1 (1) The following heads of government institutions shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information that was obtained or created by them or on their behalf in the course of an investigation, examination or audit conducted by them or under their authority:

(a) the Auditor General of Canada;

(b) the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada;

(d) the Privacy Commissioner.

(2) However, the head of a government institution referred to in paragraph (1)(c) or (d) shall not refuse under subsection (1) to disclose any record that contains information that was created by or on behalf of the head of the government institution in the course of an investigation or audit conducted by or under the authority of the head of the government institution once the investigation or audit and all related proceedings, if any, are finally concluded.”

Motion No. 20 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 165.1.

Group No. 3

Motion No. 12 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 12 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 123, be amended by

(a) replacing line 43 on page 105 to line 6 on page 106 with the following:

“selected candidate is referred for consideration to a committee of the House of Commons designated or established for that purpose.

(5) After the committee considers the question, the Attorney General may recommend to the Governor in Council that the selected candidate be appointed as Director, or may refer to the committee the appoint-”

(b) replacing lines 12 and 13 on page 106 with the following:

“for cause. The Director”

Group No. 4

Motion No. 29 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 30 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 29 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 315, be amended by adding after line 27 on page 206 the following:

“(e) requiring the public disclosure of basic information on contracts entered into with Her Majesty for the performance of work, the supply of goods or the rendering of services and having a value in excess of $10,000.”

Motion No. 30 — June 20, 2006 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-2, in Clause 315, be amended by replacing lines 19 to 25 on page 207 with the following:

“provincial government or a municipality, or any of their agencies;

(c.1) a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, or an aboriginal body that is party to a self-government agreement given effect by an Act of Parliament, or any of their agencies;”