FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2012
OTTAWA —The Official Opposition’s Health Critic, Libby Davies, has just tabled the following motion in the House of Commons:
“That notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, clauses 269 to 298 related to changes to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act be removed from Bill C-45, a second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures and do compose Bill C-47; that Bill C-47 be entitled “An Act to amend the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act”; that Bill C-47 be deemed read a first time and be printed; that the order for second reading of the said bill provide for the referral to the Standing Committee on Health; that Bill C-45 retain the status on the Order Paper that it had prior to the adoption of this Order; that Bill C-45 be reprinted as amended; and that the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel be authorized to make any technical changes or corrections as may be necessary to give effect to this motion.”