The Legislative Process / Report Stage

Motions in amendment: grouping amendments; motions deleting the clauses of a schedule

Debates, pp. 334-5

Context

On October 19, 1999, when the order for the report stage of Bill C‑6, An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act, was called, the Deputy Speaker (Peter Milliken) delivered a ruling on the selection and grouping for debate of the 157 report stage motions in amendment on the Notice Paper. While allowing the motions to go forward, the Deputy Speaker said that he was concerned about the large number of motions that would individually drop all clauses in a schedule when, normally, a single motion would have sufficed. He stated that while he had decided to allow these motions at this time, only one motion to delete all clauses from a schedule would be accepted in the future.

Decision of the Chair

The Deputy Speaker: The Notice Paper contains 157 motions in amendment with respect to report stage of Bill C-6.

The motions will be grouped for debate as follows.

Group No. 1, Motions Nos. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 27 to 33, 36 to 43, 47 to 49, 57, 59 to 97, 100 to 157.

Group No. 2, Motions Nos. 3, 4, 6 to 8, 11 to 26, 34, 35, 44 to 46, 50 and 51.

Group No. 3, Motions Nos. 52 to 56, 58, 98 and 99.

The voting order for each group is available from the Clerk. The Chair will repeat this order for the House as each vote is taken.

Members are of course aware that the Notice Paper contains many motions at report stage with respect to Bill C‑6.

Motions Nos. 100 to 155 are of concern to the Chair because they depart from usual House practice. These motions would drop all clauses in schedule 1. Normally, a single motion would suffice.

I have decided to allow these motions at this time. However, in the future only one motion will be accepted. I have so instructed the clerks in Journals Branch. They will advise members wishing to place such motions on notice that these would not be accepted.

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1999-10-19