Parliament Institution: House of Commons

The House of Commons was adjourned Wednesday for an address by the President of Ukraine. (No Question Period was held.)

The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Convention on Social Security between Canada and the Republic of Peru and Administrative Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Peru for the Implementation of the Convention on Social Security between Canada and the Republic of Peru, pursuant to … Read more

The House held an emergency debate on the situation in Iraq.

Bill C-587, Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act, continued to be debated at second reading. A recorded division was deferred until Sept. 24, 2014. 

The report of the Canadian delegation the Canada-France interparliamentary Association concerning its participation in the 70th anniversary of the landing in Normandy, France, from June 5 to 7, 2014, was tabled.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s 2013-2014 Annual Report to Parliament on the Access to Information Act, was tabled in the House.

An opposition motion put foward by NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, Que.) that, in the opinion of the House, the government should reinstate the federal minimum wage and increase it incrementally to $15 per hour over five years, was debated.

The House held an emergency debate on the Ebola outbreak.