On new Clause 68.1,
Claude DeBellefeuille moved, — That Bill C-5 be amended by adding after line 3 on page 20 the following new clause:“68.1 (1) The Governor in Council may not make a regulation under section 66, 67 or 68 unless the Minister has first laid the proposed regulation before the House of Commons.
(2) A proposed regulation that is laid before the House of Commons is deemed to be automatically referred to the appropriate committee of the House, as determined by the rules of the House, and the committee may conduct inquiries or public hearings with respect to the proposed regulation and report its findings to the House.
(3) The Governor in Council may make a regulation under section 66, 67 or 68 only if
(a) the House of Commons has not concurred in any report from a committee respecting the proposed regulation within the thirty sitting days following the day on which the proposed regulation was laid before the House, in which case the regulation may only be made in the form laid; or
(b) the House of Commons has concurred in a report from a committee approving the proposed regulation or an amended version of it, in which case regulation may only be made in the form concurred in.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "sitting day" means a day on which the House of Commons sits.”