Bill C-513, An Act to promote and strengthen the Canadian retirement income system (Retirement Income Bill of Rights), was negatived following a recorded division of 133 yeas and 150 nays.
Bill C-475, An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (order-making power), was negatived following a recorded division of 133 yeas and 150 nays.
A private members motion put forward by NDP MP Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby-Douglas, B.C.) that, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to recommend changes to the Standing Orders and other conventions governing petitions so as to establish an electronic petitioning system that would enhance the current paper-based petitions system by allowing Canadians to sign petitions … Read more
The following Interparliamentary Delegations reports were tabled: The report of the Canadian delegation of the Parliamentary Association Canada -Europe regarding its participation in the meetings of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region held in Longyearbyen, Ny- Alesund, Svalbard , Norway, from 3 to 6 June 2013 and in Murmansk , Russia, 18 September … Read more
NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, B.C.) introduced a private members bill entitled, An Act to amend the Meat Inspection Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act (slaughter of equines for human consumption). Bill C-571 was read a first time.
Conservative MP Rob Anders (Calgary West, Alta.) introduced a private members bill entitled, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mandatory minimum sentences for rape). Bill C-570 was read a first time.
