Motion 11 Mr. Clark (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes)
That, pursuant to Standing Order 50 and notwithstanding any other Standing Order or Special Order of the House relating to Bill 68, An Act to implement Budget measures and to enact and amend various statutes, Bill 27, An Act to enact the Geologic Carbon Storage Act, 2025 and to amend various Acts with respect to wildfires, resource safety and surveyors, and Bill 46, An Act to amend various Acts;
That when the Orders for the Bills are next called, the Speaker shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Second Reading stage of each Bill without further debate or amendment; and
That no deferral of the Second Reading votes on the Bills shall be permitted; and
That if a recorded division is requested on the Second Reading votes on the Bills, the division bells shall be limited to 5 minutes; and
That upon receiving Second Reading, Bills 68 and 27 shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Orders may be called the same day; and
That when the Order for Third Reading of Bill 68 is called, two hours shall be allotted to debate with 36 minutes for the Members of His Majesty's Government, 36 minutes for the Members of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, 36 minutes for the Members of the Third Party, and 12 minutes for the independent Members as a group; and
That at the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of Bill 68 without further debate or amendment; and
That when the Order for Third Reading of Bill 27 is called, two hours shall be allotted to debate with 36 minutes for the Members of His Majesty's Government, 36 minutes for the Members of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, 36 minutes for the Members of the Third Party, and 12 minutes for the independent Members as a group; and
That at the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of Bill 27 without further debate or amendment; and
That upon receiving Second Reading, Bill 46 shall be referred to the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy; and
That the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy be authorized to meet for public hearings on Bill 46 on the following dates:
- Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and
- Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and
That the deadline for requests to appear for hearings be 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 26, 2025; and
That the Clerk of the Committee shall provide a list of all interested presenters to each member of the Sub-committee on Committee Business and their designate as soon as possible following the deadline for requests to appear; and
That if all requests to appear cannot be accommodated, each member of the Sub-committee or their designate provide the Clerk of the Committee with a prioritized list of presenters to be scheduled, chosen from the list of all interested presenters for those respective hearings by 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 27, 2025; and
That the Minister of Red Tape Reduction or designate be invited to appear as the sponsor of Bill 46 at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, and that the Minister shall have 20 minutes to make an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questions and answers divided into two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Government members, two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Official Opposition members and two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Third Party; and
That witnesses shall be scheduled in groups of three for each one-hour time slot, with each presenter allotted 7 minutes to make an opening statement followed by 39 minutes of questioning for all three witnesses, divided into two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Government members, two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Official Opposition members and two rounds of 6.5 minutes for the Third Party; and
That the deadline for written submissions be 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025; and
That the deadline for filing amendments to Bill 46 be 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025; and
That the Committee meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 46 on Monday, December 8, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:15 a.m.; and from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and from 6:30 p.m. until midnight; and
That on Monday, December 8, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., those amendments to Bill 46 which have not yet been moved shall be deemed to have been moved, and the Chair of the Committee shall interrupt the proceedings and shall, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary to dispose of all remaining sections of the Bill and any amendments thereto; and
At this time, the Chair shall allow one waiting period, if requested by a member of the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 131(a); and
That the Committee shall report Bill 46 to the House no later than Tuesday, December 9, 2025, and if the Committee fails to report the Bill on that day, the Bill shall be deemed passed by the Committee and shall be deemed reported to and received by the House; and
That upon receiving the report of the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy on Bill 46, the Speaker shall put the question for adoption of the report forthwith; and
That upon adoption of the report, Bill 46 shall be ordered for Third Reading, which Order may be called the same day; and
That when the Order for Third Reading of Bill 46 is called, two hours shall be allotted to debate with 36 minutes for the Members of His Majesty's Government, 36 minutes for His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, 36 minutes for the Members of the Third Party, and 12 minutes for the independent Members as a group; and
That at the end of this time, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and shall put every question necessary to dispose of the Third Reading stage of Bill 46 without further debate or amendment.
| Type | Date | Member | Event | Outcome |
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| motion | November 20, 2025 | Steve Clark | Moved | - |
| motion | November 20, 2025 | - | Debated | - |
| motion | November 20, 2025 | - | Question put | Vote deferred |
| motion | November 24, 2025 | - | Vote | Carried on division |