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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 74
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 6:34 p.m. to 7:28 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Kelly McCauley, Chair (Conservative)

House of Commons
• Dancella Boyi, Legislative Clerk
• Justin Vaive, Legislative Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Diana Ambrozas, Analyst
• Ryan van den Berg, Analyst
The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $ 2,950.00, for the study of the certificate of nomination of Harriet Solloway to the position of Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, be adopted.

Treasury Board Secretariat
• Mireille Laroche, Assistant Deputy Minister, People and Culture, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer
• Mary Anne Stevens, Senior Director, People and Culture, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the committee resumed consideration of Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.

The witnesses answered questions.

The committee resumed its clause-by-clause study of the Bill.

The committee resumed clause-by-clause consideration on new Clause 42 of the Bill.

The committee resumed consideration of the amendment of Greg Fergus, — That Bill C-290 be amended by adding after line 14 on page 12 the following:

“Coming into Force

42 This Act comes into force on the second anniversary of the day on which it receives royal assent.”

Julie Vignola moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the words “on the second anniversary of” with the words “six months after”.

Debate arose thereon.

By unanimous consent, the subamendment was withdrawn.

Julie Vignola moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the word “second” with the word “first”.

After debate, the question was put on the subamendment and the result of the vote was announced:

YEAS: Michael Barrett, Kelly Block, Gord Johns, Philip Lawrence, Julie Vignola — 5;

NAYS: Parm Bains, Anthony Housefather, Majid Jowhari, Irek Kusmierczyk, Joanne Thompson — 5.

Whereupon, the Chair voted in the affirmative.

Accordingly, the motion was agreed to.

Debate resumed on the amendment of Greg Fergus, as amended.

The question was put on the amendment of Greg Fergus, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Kelly Block, Anthony Housefather, Gord Johns, Majid Jowhari, Irek Kusmierczyk, Philip Lawrence, Joanne Thompson, Julie Vignola — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

At 6:54 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:01 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Majid Jowhari moved, — That Bill C-290 be amended by adding after line 14 on page 12 the following new clause:

“42 The portion of section 68 of the Conflict of Interest Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

68 If a matter is referred to the Commissioner under subsection 12.1(1) or 24(2.1) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, the Commissioner shall”

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Majid Jowhari and it was agreed to on division.

The committee reverted to Clause 10 previously stood.

The committee resumed consideration of the amendment of Gord Johns, — That Bill C-290, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 3 and 4 on page 5 with the following:

“file a complaint with the Commissioner. The complaint may also be”

By unanimous consent, the amendment was withdrawn.

Anthony Housefather moved, — That Bill C-290, in Clause 10, be amended by deleting line 11 on page 5.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Anthony Housefather and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Kelly Block, Anthony Housefather, Majid Jowhari, Stephanie Kusie, Irek Kusmierczyk, Joanne Thompson — 8;

NAYS: Gord Johns, Julie Vignola — 2.

Clause 10, as amended, carried on division.

The committee reverted to Clause 38 previously stood.

Julie Vignola moved, — That Bill C-290, in Clause 38, be amended by replacing lines 15 to 18 on page 11 with the following:

“disclose the identity of a person making a disclosure and of a witness, with the consent of that person.”

Debate arose thereon.

At 7:15 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:15 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The question was put on the amendment of Julie Vignola and it was agreed to on division.

Clause 38, as amended, carried on division.

The committee reverted to Clause 40 previously stood.

Debate arose thereon.

At 7:18 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:21 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Clause 40 was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Kelly Block, Stephanie Kusie — 2;

NAYS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Anthony Housefather, Gord Johns, Majid Jowhari, Irek Kusmierczyk, Joanne Thompson, Julie Vignola — 8.

Clause 1, Short Title, carried on division.

On Title,

Anthony Housefather moved, — That Bill C-290 be amended by replacing the long title on page 1 with the following:

“An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Conflict of Interest Act”

The question was put on the amendment of Anthony Housefather and it was agreed to on division.

The Title, as amended, carried on division.

The Bill, as amended, was adopted.

ORDERED, — That the Chair report the Bill, as amended, to the House.

ORDERED, — That Bill C-290, as amended, be reprinted for the use of the House of Commons at report stage.

At 7:28 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Aimée Belmore
Clerk of the committee