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Thursday, May 8, 2014 (No. 83)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-6

An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — February 6, 2014 — — That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting the short title.

Motion No. 2 — February 6, 2014 — — That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 11.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— February 10, 2014


Bill C-23
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 64 to 85, 88, 89, 91, 96 to 99 and 101 to 145.
Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of May 7, 2014.

Resuming Debate

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately. Its vote also applies to Motions Nos. 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 14 to 21, 24, 27, 30 to 35, 37, 39 to 44, 50 to 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 64 to 73, 75 to 85, 88, 89, 91, 96 to 99, 101 to 137 and 139 to 145.

Motion No. 4 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 7 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived. Its vote also applies to Motion No. 8.

Motion No. 12 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 13 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 36 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 74 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 138 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 5 -- Question put separately. Its vote also applies to Motions Nos. 22, 23, 25, 26, 29 and 45.

Motion No. 9 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 28 -- Question put separately. Its vote also applies to Motion No. 38.

Motion No. 46 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 47 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 48 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 49 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 1 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 1.

Motion No. 2 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Motion No. 3 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 4 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 5 with the following:

“(2) The mandate of the Chief Electoral Officer is renewable once only; however, a person who has served as Chief”

Motion No. 5 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Motion No. 6 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 7 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 5, be amended

(a) by replacing line 6 on page 6 with the following:

“Chief Electoral Officer within 20 days after the”

(b) by replacing line 20 on page 6 with the following:

“subsection (5) within 65 days after the day on”

“65-day period coincides or overlaps with the”

(d) by replacing line 25 on page 6 with the following:

“65 days after polling day for that election.”

Motion No. 8 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 5, be amended

(a) by replacing line 11 on page 7 with the following:

“Chief Electoral Officer within 20 days after the”

(b) by replacing line 16 on page 7 with the following:

“(4) Within 65 days after the day on which the”

“expiry of that period. However, if the 65-day”

(d) by replacing line 24 on page 7 with the following:

“notice shall be published no later than 65 days”

Motion No. 9 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 5.1, be amended by replacing line 35 on page 8 with the following:

“under this Act, including information relating to the commission of an offence against a law of Canada or a province by an individual if, in the Chief Electoral Officer’s opinion, there is evidence of such an offence.”

Motion No. 10 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Motion No. 11 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Motion No. 12 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 7, be amended by adding after line 22 on page 9 the following:

“(2) The Advisory Committee of Political Parties, established pursuant to subsection 21.1(1), shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with its opinion on the impact of this section within two years after the first general election held after the coming into force of this section.”

Motion No. 13 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 9 with the following:

“levels or to any targeted groups.”

Motion No. 14 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Motion No. 15 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Motion No. 16 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 18.

Motion No. 17 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 19.

Motion No. 18 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 20.

Motion No. 19 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

Motion No. 20 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 22.

Motion No. 21 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 25.

Motion No. 22 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 26.

Motion No. 23 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 30.

Motion No. 24 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 31.

Motion No. 25 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 32.

Motion No. 26 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 37.

Motion No. 27 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 39.

Motion No. 28 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 41.

Motion No. 29 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 43.

Motion No. 30 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 48.

Motion No. 31 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 49.

Motion No. 32 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 52.

Motion No. 33 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 53.

Motion No. 34 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 54.

Motion No. 35 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 56.

Motion No. 36 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 56, be amended by deleting line 9 on page 32.

Motion No. 37 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 57.

Motion No. 38 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 58.

Motion No. 39 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 59.

Motion No. 40 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 62.

Motion No. 41 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 64.

Motion No. 42 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 67.

Motion No. 43 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 67.1.

Motion No. 44 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 69.

Motion No. 45 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 73.

Motion No. 46 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 77, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 49 with the following:

“years after the end of the election period, and provide to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission,”

Motion No. 47 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 77, be amended by adding after line 20 on page 49 the following:

“348.161 For the purposes of determining the period of time during which each script is to be kept in accordance with section 348.16, the three-year period starts from the last time that the same or substantially similar script is used by the same caller.”

Motion No. 48 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 77, be amended by adding after line 20 on page 49 the following:

“348.161 For greater certainty, the requirement referred to in section 348.16 to keep the scripts and recordings described in that section for three years does not preclude the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission from establishing a system of voluntary commitments for calling service providers in which they pledge to keep scripts and recordings for periods longer than three years.”

Motion No. 49 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by adding after line 27 on page 51 the following:

“351.11 No third party that failed to register shall incur election advertising expenses of a total amount of $500 or more.”

Motion No. 50 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 80.

Motion No. 51 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 81.

Motion No. 52 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 82.

Motion No. 53 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 83.

Motion No. 54 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 84.

Motion No. 56 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 85.

Motion No. 57 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 86.

Motion No. 61 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 87.

Motion No. 62 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 88.

Motion No. 64 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 89.

Motion No. 65 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 90.

Motion No. 66 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 91.

Motion No. 67 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 92.

Motion No. 68 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 93.

Motion No. 69 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 94.

Motion No. 70 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 94.1.

Motion No. 71 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 95.

Motion No. 72 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 96.

Motion No. 73 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 97.

Motion No. 74 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 97, be amended

(a) by replacing line 30 on page 195 with the following:

“(a.1) section 351.1 (registered and non-registered foreign third party ex-”

(b) by replacing line 4 on page 196 with the following:

“(a.1) section 351.1 (registered and non-registered foreign third party ex-”

Motion No. 75 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 98.

Motion No. 76 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 99.

Motion No. 77 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 100.

Motion No. 78 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 101.

Motion No. 79 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 102.

Motion No. 80 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 103.

Motion No. 81 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 104.

Motion No. 82 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 105.

Motion No. 83 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 106.

Motion No. 84 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 107.

Motion No. 85 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 108.

Motion No. 88 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 109.

Motion No. 89 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 110.

Motion No. 91 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 111.

Motion No. 96 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 112.

Motion No. 97 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 113.

Motion No. 98 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 114.

Motion No. 99 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 115.

Motion No. 101 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 116.

Motion No. 102 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 117.

Motion No. 103 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 118.

Motion No. 104 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 119.

Motion No. 105 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 120.

Motion No. 106 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 121.

Motion No. 107 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 122.

Motion No. 108 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 123.

Motion No. 109 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 124.

Motion No. 110 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 125.

Motion No. 111 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 126.

Motion No. 112 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 127.

Motion No. 113 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 128.

Motion No. 114 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 129.

Motion No. 115 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 130.

Motion No. 116 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 131.

Motion No. 117 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 132.

Motion No. 118 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 133.

Motion No. 119 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 134.

Motion No. 120 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 135.

Motion No. 121 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 136.

Motion No. 122 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 137.

Motion No. 123 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 138.

Motion No. 124 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 139.

Motion No. 125 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 140.

Motion No. 126 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 141.

Motion No. 127 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 142.

Motion No. 128 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 143.

Motion No. 129 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 144.

Motion No. 130 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 145.

Motion No. 131 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 146.

Motion No. 132 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 147.

Motion No. 133 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 148.

Motion No. 134 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 149.

Motion No. 135 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 150.

Motion No. 136 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 151.

Motion No. 137 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 152.

Motion No. 138 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23, in Clause 152, be amended by adding after line 11 on page 242 the following:

“(1.2) The report shall also include any concerns regarding the powers granted to the Commissioner by the Canada Elections Act.”

Motion No. 139 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 153.

Motion No. 140 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 154.

Motion No. 141 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 155.

Motion No. 142 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 156.

Motion No. 143 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 157.

Motion No. 144 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Clause 158.

Motion No. 145 — May 7, 2014 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-23 be amended by deleting Schedule 1.