CIMM Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Jenny Kwan moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, the committee request an extension of thirty (30) sitting days to consider Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians), referred to the committee on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, to give the Bill the consideration it requires and that the Chair present this request to the House.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Shafqat Ali, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Arielle Kayabaga, Tom Kmiec, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde, Larry Maguire, Brad Redekopp, Michelle Rempel Garner — 11;
NAYS: — 0.
Jenny Kwan moved, — That, the committee report the following to the House: that the committee recommends to the House that it be granted the power during its consideration of Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians) to expand the scope of the Bill such that the provisions of the bill be not limited to an application to retain his or her citizenship under section 8 as it is read before April 17, 2009.
Debate arose thereon.
Tom Kmiec moved, — That the clerk be instructed to accept amendments until Monday, May 15, 2023.
The question was put on the amendment of Tom Kmiec and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Tom Kmiec, Larry Maguire, Brad Redekopp, Michelle Rempel Garner — 4;
NAYS: Shafqat Ali, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Arielle Kayabaga, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde — 7.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Shafqat Ali, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Arielle Kayabaga, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde — 7;
NAYS: Tom Kmiec, Larry Maguire, Brad Redekopp, Michelle Rempel Garner — 4.
Jenny Kwan moved, — That the committee do now adjourn.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Shafqat Ali, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Arielle Kayabaga, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde — 7;
NAYS: Tom Kmiec, Larry Maguire, Brad Redekopp, Michelle Rempel Garner — 4.
At 5:04 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.