Proceedings of the Special
Senate Committee on Bill C-110

Report

THURSDAY, February 1, 1996

The Special Committee of the Senate on Bill C-110, An Act respecting constitutional amendments, has the honour to present its

REPORT

Your Committee, to which was referred Bill C-110, An Act respecting constitutional amendments, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Friday, December 15, 1995, examined the said Bill and has agreed to report the same with the following amendments:

1. Page 1, clause 1: strike out line 13 and substitute the following:

"sented to by the legislative assemblies of a majority of the provinces that"

2. Pages 1 and 2, clause 1:

(a) on page 1, strike out lines 4 to 11 and substitute the following:

"1. (1) Subject to subsection (3), no Minister of the Crown shall propose a motion for a resolution to authorize an amendment to the Constitution of Canada"; and

(b) on page 2, add after line 6 the following:

"(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a motion for a resolution to authorize an amendment

(a) to Class 24 of section 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867;

(b) to section 25, 35 or 35.1 of the Constitution Act, 1982;

(c) in respect of which the legislative assembly of a province may exercise a veto under section 41 or 43 of the Constitution Act, 1982; or

(d) in respect of which the legislative assembly of a province may express its dissent under subsection 38(3) of the Constitution Act, 1982."

3. Page 2: add after clause 1 the following new clause:

2. This Act is repealed on December 31, 1997."

Respectfully submitted,

NOËL A. KINSELLA

Chairman