Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Issue 5 - Evidence - June 22, 2009
OTTAWA, Monday, June 22, 2009
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, to which was referred Bill C-11, An Act to promote safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins, met this day at 2:01 p.m. to give clause-by- clause consideration to the bill.
Senator Art Eggleton (Chair) in the chair.
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The Chair: Honourable senators, we are here to deal with Bill C-11, An Act to promote safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins.
The appropriate way for us to proceed is to do clause-by-clause and then go in camera to discuss the report on observations. The only variance I could see would be if committee members wanted to have a general discussion in camera on the report, come back into a public session to deal with Bill C-11 and then go back in camera to finalize the recommendations. The order in which the items appear on the agenda is the order in which we are compelled to deal with them, although I could accommodate committee members who wanted to have a description of the observations in advance of proceeding to clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. Unless there is a motion to that effect, I will deal with the items as they appear on the agenda.
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Bill C-11 contains 72 clauses and schedules. I propose that we group the clauses in each section of the bill. Is that agreed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall the title stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 1, which contains the short title, stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 2 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 3 and 4 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 5 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 6 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 7 and 8 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 9 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 10 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 11 clear?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 12 to 17 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 18 to 30 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 31 and 32 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 33 to 35 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 36 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 37 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 38 and 39 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 40 to 52 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 53 to 64 clear?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 65 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 66 to 69 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clauses 70 and 71 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 72 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall Schedules 1 to 5 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall clause 1, which contains the short title, carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall the title carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Shall the bill carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: Does the committee wish to proceed in camera to discuss observations that could be appended to the report without amendment to the bill?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chair: We will now proceed in camera to consider the observations.
(The committee continued in camera.)