CIMM Committee Meeting
Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.
For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
Minutes of Proceedings
Conservative
Bloc Québécois
NDP
The witness made a statement and answered questions.
At 4:59 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 5:01 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Questioning of the witness resumed.
Tom Kmiec moved, — That the committee report to the House of Commons the potential breach of privilege resulting from the premature distribution of notices of amendments to Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians), to a member of the public before clause-by-clause consideration and amendments and subamendments were moved at committee.
Debate arose thereon.
At 5:20 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 5:31 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Marie-France Lalonde moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Shafqat Ali, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Arielle Kayabaga, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde — 7;
NAYS: Tony Baldinelli, Tom Kmiec, Michael Kram, Larry Maguire — 4.
Questioning of the witness resumed.
At 5:42 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 5:49 p.m., the sitting resumed.
The witnesses answered questions.
The committee resumed its clause-by-clause study of the Bill.
The committee resumed clause-by-clause consideration on Clause 1 of the Bill.
Debate arose thereon.
Tom Kmiec moved, — That the committee resume debate on the motion of Tom Kmiec which read as follows:
That the committee report to the House of Commons the potential breach of privilege resulting from the premature distribution of notices of amendments to Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians), to a member of the public before clause-by-clause consideration and amendments and subamendments were moved at committee.
At 5:53 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 5:56 p.m., the sitting resumed.
RULING BY THE CHAIR
The Chair ruled the motion inadmissible as the committee had decided to adjourn the debate on the motion in question at the same meeting.
Tony Baldinelli moved, — That the committee resume debate on the motion of the Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner moved on Monday, May 8, 2023, which read as follows:
That, should any relevant emails between Randall Emery and Members of Parliament or their staff exist, these emails be submitted to the committee prior to the meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Tony Baldinelli, Tom Kmiec, Michael Kram, Larry Maguire — 4;
NAYS: Shafqat Ali, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Arielle Kayabaga, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde — 7.
The question was put on the amendment of Marie-France Lalonde and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Shafqat Ali, Tony Baldinelli, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Arielle Kayabaga, Tom Kmiec, Michael Kram, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde, Larry Maguire — 11;
NAYS: — 0.
“(4) Section 3 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4.1):
(4.2) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, on the coming into force of this subsection, was a citizen. However, subsection (3) applies to a person who, on that coming into force, would have been a citizen under paragraph (1)(b) only by operation of paragraph (7)(n) in respect of one of their parents.
(5) Subsection 3(5.2) of the Act is repealed.
(6) Section 3 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (6.3):
(6.4) A person referred to in paragraph (1)(g.1) who, before the coming into force of this subsection, was granted citizenship under section 5 or 11 is deemed never to have been a citizen by way of grant.
(7) Subsection 3(7) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (l), by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (m) and by adding the following after paragraph (m):
(n) a person referred to in paragraph (1)(g.1) is deemed to be a citizen under that paragraph from the time the person ceased to be a citizen.”
At 6:35 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.