Parliament Institution: House of Commons

Bill C-486, Conflict Minerals Act, was negatived following a recorded division of 127 yeas and 136 nays.

The First Report of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women, presented on Friday, March 7, 2014, was concurred in following a recorded division of 148 yeas and 126 nays.

An opposition motion put forward by Liberal MP Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) that, in the opinion of the House, the Employment Insurance (EI) plan announced by the government on September 11, 2014, and which will begin on January 1, 2015, will not create jobs and growth but will instead provide a financial incentive for employers to lay … Read more

Report on the state of Canada’s forests for the year 2014, pursuant to the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41, sbs. 7(2), was tabled.

Bill S-218, National Fiddling Day Act, was read a first time.

The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table:  Report of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, pursuant to the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, S.C. 1997, c. 9, s. 72.

A debate was held on the First Report of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women, presented on Friday, March 7, 2014. A vote to concur the report will be held Sept. 24, 2014.