NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers). Bill C-284 was introduced and read a first time.
Liberal MP Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre, Ont.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to establish Somali Heritage Month. Bill C-283 was introduced and read a first time.
The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights presented its sixth and seventh reports.
Bill C-16, Protecting Victims Act, was adopted at report stage following a recorded division of 195 yeas and 136 nays.
A Conservative opposition motion, that, given that the Liberal government has driven Canada into the G20’s only recession, Scotiabank and the Bank of Montreal both downgraded growth to below 1%, and the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s latest report shows slowing growth and a weakening fiscal outlook that shows a bigger-than-promised deficit with only a 1% chance … Read more
