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Thursday, November 2, 2023 (No. 245)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-34

An Act to amend the Investment Canada Act

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 3.

Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of October 26, 2023.

Resuming Debate

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately. Its vote also applies to Motion No. 2.

Motion No. 3 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 1 — October 30, 2023 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-34, in Clause 4, be amended

(a) by replacing lines 2 and 3 on page 3 with the following:

“notice for review under section 15 within 45 days after the certified date referred to in paragraph (a) or within the prescribed period,”

(b) by adding after line 16 on page 3 the following:

“(4) Paragraph 13(3)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(b) in a case where the receipt contains the advice referred to in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), no notice for review is sent to the non-Canadian pursuant to section 15 within 45 days after the certified date referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or within the prescribed period.”.

Motion No. 2 — October 30, 2023 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-34, in Clause 8, be amended

(a) by replacing line 11 on page 5 with the following:

“8 Paragraphs 17(2)(b) and (c) of the Act are replaced by the”

(b) by adding after line 17 on page 5 the following:

“(c) in the case of an investment reviewable pursuant to section 15, forthwith on receipt of a notice for review referred to in subparagraph 15(1)(b)(ii) or paragraph 15(2)(d).”.

Motion No. 3 — October 30, 2023 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-34 be amended by deleting Clause 15.


Bill C-293
An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — October 30, 2023 — — That Bill C-293 be amended by deleting Clause 3.


Bill S-245
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — October 17, 2023 — The — That Bill S-245 be amended by deleting the Clause 1.2 that reads as follows:

“1.2 Paragraph 5.1(4)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) if, at the time of his or her adoption, only one of the adoptive parents was a citizen and that parent was a citizen under paragraph 3(1)(b), (c.1), (e), (g), (g.1), (h), (o), (p), (q) or (r), or both of the adoptive parents were citizens under any of those paragraphs;”.

Motion No. 2 — October 17, 2023 — The — That Bill S-245, in Clause 1, be amended by

(a) deleting the first subclause (2.1);

(b) replacing, in the second subclause (2.1), the words “(2.1) Paragraph 3(3)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:” with the following:

(2.1) The portion of subsection 3(3) of the Act before paragraph (a.1) is replaced by the following:

(3) Paragraphs (1)(b), (f), (g), (h) to (j), (q) and (r) do not apply to a person born outside Canada

(c) replacing, in subparagraph 3(3)(a.01)(ii) that is set out in the second subclause (2.1), in the French version, the word “manifestes” with the word “substantiels”.