Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications
Issue 20 - Evidence
OTTAWA, Wednesday, June 14, 2000
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, to which was referred Bill C-26, to amend the Canada Transportation Act, the Competition Act, the Competition Tribunal Act and the Air Canada Public Participation Act and to amend another Act in consequence, met this day at 5:30 p.m. to give clause-by-clause consideration to the bill.
Senator Lise Bacon (Chairman) in the Chair.
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The Chairman: Honourable senators, our agenda today calls for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-26, following which I suggest that we pause for dinner and then deal with the observations in camera.
Senator Forrestall: To what observations are you referring?
The Chairman: I imagine that we will present observations with our report, unless you do not want observations.
Senator Forrestall: That is not quite the point. You run the committee, my charming chair, and I will do what I have to do.
The Chairman: I am in your hands, honourable senators.
Senator Forrestall: I thought we would only give the bill clause-by-clause consideration.
The Chairman: We can make observations at the same time.
Senator Forrestall: The word "observations" may well have been used. It never crossed my mind. I am not prepared to make observations.
Senator Perrault: Let's get rolling.
The Chairman: If you do not want observations, we will not make them.
Senator Forrestall: I have an important dinner to attend.
Senator Spivak: As do I, although it is not the same one. I am wondering if it would be possible, and I do not know how other senators feel, to go through the observations immediately after clause-by-clause consideration.
The Chairman: It is up to you, honourable senators. I made a suggestion. I do not want you to be starving and unhappy.
Senator Kirby: I have not heard anyone mention any amendments. If there are no amendments, clause-by-clause consideration can be done in three minutes. Then, if you have draft observations that none of us have seen, we can have a discussion.
The Chairman: We would have time to read them and discuss them.
Senator Gill: That is good.
The Chairman: Very well. Is it agreed, honourable senators, that the committee move to clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-26?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall the title stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall the preamble stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 1 to 8 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall clauses 9 to 10 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall clauses 11 to 15 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall clause 16 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall clauses 17 to 19 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall clauses 20 and 21 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall the preamble carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall the title carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
Shall the bill carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Carried.
We will now continue in camera, if that is agreeable.
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The committee continued in camera.