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Bill C-574 may be debated at second reading
Bill C-574, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood), may be debated at second reading.
Parliament Institution: House of Commons
Bill C-31 continued to be debated at third reading and was read a third time
Bill C-31, Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1, continued to be debated at third reading and was read a third time following a recorded division of 148 yeas and 94 nays.
The annual reports on the Access to Information and the Privacy Acts from the Information Commissioner of Canada for the year 2013-14, were tabled
The annual reports on the Access to Information and the Privacy Acts from the Information Commissioner of Canada for the year 2013-14, were tabled in the House.
A request for an emergency debate was denied
NDP MP Murray Rankin (Victoria, B.C.) has requested that the Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) grant an emergency debate on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The request was denied.
A motion for the reappointment of Mary Dawson to the position of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner was accepted
A motion for the reappointment of Mary Dawson to the position of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner was accepted following a recorded division of 217 yeas and 1 nays.
Bill C-617 was introduced and read a first time
NDP MP Megan Leslie (Halifax, N.S.) introduced a private members bill titled, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (interprovincial movement of waste). Bill C-617 was read a first time.