Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Mr. Chairman, just to follow up on my colleague's comments, Mr. Dent indicated that the Member's charges that fall under this bill are violence against a person, but in the event that a Member partakes in some type of roadblock or protest, etcetera, and there are threats being ex

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  With that, Mr. Chairman, I just want to indicate the intent of the amendments were to attempt to do that without having the Members forced to do that. That was the intent of the amendment. I have never yet, in my eight years being an MLA, ever seen this Assembly attempt to discip

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  "Expel" meaning to remove them totally from their seat. There would have to be another election for that riding.

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  So does that mean that if a Member is found guilty and given a conditional discharge, if this Assembly decides to remove that Member, in the event this bill passes, 6.2. will remove that Member in totality from his seat?

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like clarification on clause 6.1.(2) where it reads "...where a member who, after his or her election, is convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code punishable on summary conviction." There is a section reading the following: "The Legislativ

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  So, if that's the case, Mr. Chairman, how does it apply to Members who are found guilty and given conditional discharges?

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm trying to get some clarity about how to avoid double standards, where Members are convicted by the law. Can we get some kind of legal opinion with respect to double standards being created by this clause, in the event it passes? There may be cases whe

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Mr. Chairman. I'm just trying to determine...It is not currently in our act to discipline other Members, is that correct?

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Can I get clarification? Under the current act that we're amending, the Legislative Assembly has the right or the power to expel a Member if they feel it's in the public interest to remove that particular Member. Is that correct?

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I recognize that under the current Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, the Members of this Assembly have under convention as it's stated by other Members, the ability to punish Members who have been convicted under the Criminal Code. Whether t

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Mr. Chairman, I find that this bill ...If Mr. Patterson is talking about the inherent right of this Assembly, this bill and the intent of this bill is already in the act of the Assembly; all we're doing is making it more specific. What I'm doing is trying to attempt to close a lo

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I find some of Mr. Patterson's comments to be somewhat offensive. I expressed these concerns in the Standing Committee on Legislation, and Mr. Patterson is on that committee; well, you hung around that committee enough. ---Laughter

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Mr. Chairman, the new section submitted in my amendment under (1.1), I believe, forces the Legislative Assembly to make a determination where there is a discharge or an indictable offence and the addition of "or discharge of' in subsection (2) does the same thing where there is t

Committee Motion 61-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Defeated  Mr. Chairman, I move that clause 2 of Bill 32 by amended by striking out that portion of proposed subsection 6.1 (1) immediately preceding paragraph (a) and by substituting the following: A Member shall not be or sit as a Member if, after his or her election, the Member is fou

Committee Motion 60-12(7): To Amend Clause 2 Of Bill 32, Withdrawn  Mr. Chairman, I would like to withdraw my motion and submit another motion, if I may. ---Withdrawn