The committee met at 1000 in committee room 2.

Less Red Tape, More Common Sense Act, 2023 Loi de 2023 pour plus de bon sens et moins de formalités administratives

Consideration of the following bill:

Bill 139, An Act to amend various Acts / Projet de loi 139, Loi modifiant diverses lois.

The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Good morning, everyone. The Standing Committee on Justice Policy will now come to order. We are here to conduct clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 139, An Act to amend various Acts. We are joined by staff from legislative counsel, Hansard and broadcast and recording.

Please wait until I recognize you before starting to speak. As always, all comments should go through the Chair. Are there any questions before we begin? Are there any comments or questions to any section or schedule of the bill, and if so, to which section? If not, then we will now begin clause-by-clause consideration of the bill.

Bill 139 is comprised of three sections which enact 20 schedules. In order to deal with the bill in an orderly fashion, I suggest we postpone these three sections in order to dispose of the schedules first. Is there agreement on this? Great.

We’ll turn now to schedule 1. There are no amendments to schedule 1. I propose we bundle them. Is there any debate on schedule 1, sections 1 to 6? Nope. Are members prepared to vote? All those in favour, please raise your hands. All those opposed? I declare schedule 1, sections 1 to 6, carried.

Shall schedule 1 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 1 carried.

Turning now to schedule 2: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Is there any debate on schedule 2, sections 1 and 2? Nope. Are members prepared to vote? Shall schedule 2, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 2, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 2 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 2 carried.

Turning now to schedule 3: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 3, sections 1 to 3, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare it carried.

Shall schedule 3 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 3 carried.

Turning now to schedule 4: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 4, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 4, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 4 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 4 carried.

Turning now to schedule 5: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 5, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 5, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 5 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 5 carried.

Turning now to schedule 6: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 6, sections 1, 2 and 3, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 6, sections 1 to 3, carried.

Shall schedule 6, as amended, carry? All those in—

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Thushitha Kobikrishna): Not “as amended.”

The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Sorry; my apologies—not “as amended.” Shall schedule 6, as is, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 6 carried.

Turning now to schedule 7, I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 7, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 7, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 7 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 7 carried.

Turning now to schedule 8, sections 1 and 2, I propose we bundle them. Shall they carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 8, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 8 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 8 carried.

Turning now to schedule 9: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 9, sections 1 to 3, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 9, sections 1 to 3, carried.

Shall schedule 9 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 9 carried.

Turning now to schedule 10, I propose we bundle sections 1 to 4. Shall schedule 10, sections 1 to 4, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 10, sections 1 to 4, carried.

Shall schedule 10 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 10 carried.

Turning now to schedule 11, I propose we bundle sections 1 to 9. All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 11, sections 1 to 9, carried.

Shall schedule 11 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 11 carried.

Turning now to schedule 12, I propose we bundle sections 1 and 2. Shall schedule 12, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 12, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 12 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 12 carried.

Turning now to schedule 13, I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 13, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 13, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 13 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 13 carried.

Turning now to schedule 14, I propose we bundle sections 1 to 4. Shall schedule 14, sections 1 to 4, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 14, sections 1 to 4, carried.

Shall schedule 14 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 14 carried.

Schedule 15 has no amendments. I propose we bundle them from sections 1 to 10. Shall schedule 15, sections 1 to 10, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 15, sections 1 to 10, carried.

Shall schedule 15 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 15 carried.

Turning now to schedule 16: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 16, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 16, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 16 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 16 carried.

Turning now to schedule 17, sections 1 and 2, I propose we bundle them. All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 17, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 17 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 17 carried.

Turning now to schedule 18: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 18, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 18, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 18 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 18 carried.

Turning now to schedule 19: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 19, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 19, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 19 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 19 carried.

Turning now to schedule 20: There are no amendments. I propose we bundle them. Shall schedule 20, sections 1 and 2, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 20, sections 1 and 2, carried.

Shall schedule 20, as amended, carry?

The Clerk of the Committee (Ms. Thushitha Kobikrishna): Not amended.

The Chair (Ms. Goldie Ghamari): Sorry, not “as amended.” Shall schedule 20, as is, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare schedule 20 carried.

Turning now to section 1 of the bill: Shall section 1 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare section 1 carried.

Shall section 2 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare section 2 carried.

Shall section 2, the short title, carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare section 3 carried.

Shall the title of the bill carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare the title of the bill carried.

Shall Bill 139 carry? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare Bill 139 carried.

Shall I report the bill to the House? All those in favour? All those opposed? I declare that I will present this to the House. It’s been carried.

At this point, I’d like to thank committee members. There being no further business, this committee now stands adjourned. Thank you, everyone.

The committee adjourned at 1008.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE POLICY

Chair / Présidente

Ms. Goldie Ghamari (Carleton PC)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Président

Mr. Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong ND)

Mr. Robert Bailey (Sarnia–Lambton PC)

Mr. Stephen Blais (Orléans L)

Mr. Lorne Coe (Whitby PC)

Ms. Jess Dixon (Kitchener South–Hespeler / Kitchener-Sud–Hespeler PC)

Ms. Goldie Ghamari (Carleton PC)

Ms. Christine Hogarth (Etobicoke–Lakeshore PC)

Ms. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta (Mississauga Centre / Mississauga-Centre PC)

Mr. Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong ND)

Mr. Brian Saunderson (Simcoe–Grey PC)

Mrs. Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens (St. Catharines ND)

MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre / Toronto-Centre ND)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Ms. Patrice Barnes (Ajax PC)

Mr. Sam Oosterhoff (Niagara West / Niagara-Ouest PC)

Clerk / Greffière

Ms. Thushitha Kobikrishna

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Catherine Oh, legislative counsel