Proceedings of the Standing Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Issue 4 - Ninth Report of the Committee

Thursday, June 25, 2015

The Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures, and the Rights of Parliament has the honour to present its

NINTH REPORT

Bill C-518, An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (withdrawal allowance), has, in obedience to its order of reference of Tuesday, May 26, 2015, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1. Clause 2:

(a) Page 1: Replace line 16 with the following:

"occurred while the person was a member or was a candidate as defined by subsection 2(1) of the Canada Elections Act, a''; and

(b) page 2:

(i) replace line 11 with the following:

"offence under the Canada Elections Act or any of the following provisions of'',

(ii) delete lines 30 and 31, and

(iii) delete lines 38 to 41;

2. Clause 3, page 3: Replace line 25 with the following:

"the person was a member or was a candidate as defined by subsection 2(1) of the Canada Elections Act, a withdrawal''.

Respectfully submitted,

VERNON WHITE

Chair