We'll now go to NDP‑11.
Ms. Kwan, you have the floor.
PUBLIC SAFETY #15: Bill C-12 NDP-11 Amendment
PUBLIC SAFETY #15: Bill C-12 NDP-11 Amendment
Public Safety Committee on Nov. 25th, 2025
Evidence of meeting #15 for Public Safety and National Security in the 45th Parliament, 1st session
11:15 p.m.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I move that Bill C-12, in clause 72, be amended by adding after line 11 on page 31 the following:
87.306 An order made under subsection 87.301(1), 87.302(1) or 87.303(1) or (2) is effective on the date on which it is made, but a motion for confirmation of the order must be made in each House of Parliament and be considered in accordance with section 87.307.
87.307 (1) Subject to subsection (3), a motion for confirmation of an order made under subsection 87.301(1), 87.302(1) or 87.303(1) or (2), signed by a minister of the Crown, together with an explanation of the reasons for issuing the order, must be made in each House of Parliament within 30 sitting days after the order is made.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
Excuse me, Ms. Kwan, but Mrs. DeBellefeuille has a point of order.
Claude DeBellefeuille Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon, QC
Bloc
Mr. Chair, I wonder if this amendment is in order, given what we just adopted.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
That's a good question.
I will suspend the meeting briefly to confer with the clerks.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
I call the meeting back to order.
According to the legislative clerks, these amendments are compatible. The one we're dealing with now is on ratification, and the other one is on reports.
Ms. Kwan, you have the floor to continue to present your amendment.
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Yes. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
The motion continues:
(2) If an order is made at a time when a House of Parliament is adjourned, prorogued or dissolved, that House must be summoned to sit at the earliest opportunity after the order is made.
(3) If a House of Parliament is summoned to sit in accordance with subsection (2), the motion and explanation described in subsection (1) must be made and tabled on the first sitting day after it is summoned.
(4) If a motion is made in a House of Parliament, that House must, on the next sitting day following the sitting day on which the motion was made, take up and consider the motion.
Mr. Chair, the amendment addresses the same issues as the previous one that stemmed from the orders in the public interest. This amendment would address the complete lack of safeguards for the extraordinary power and ensure a degree of transparency, which is needed. Under the framework I'm proposing, the government must table in Parliament any such order within 30 sitting days and ensure that a designated committee study the order's intention and impacts before being able to exercise the cancellation powers proposed in this bill. It also ensures that these powers be subject to statutory review.
Mr. Chair, this is similar to the previous amendment that just passed. It's in the same spirit that I'm moving this amendment.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
Thank you, Ms. Kwan.
Shall NDP-11 carry?
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 72 as amended agreed to)
