Liberal MP Ted Hsu (Kingston and the Islands, Ont.) introduced a private members' bill entitled, An Act to amend the Statistics Act (Chief Statistician and long-form census). Bill C-562 was read a first time.
Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts relating to agriculture and agri-food, was introduced and read a first time.
An NDP opposition motion put forward by Murray Rankin (Victoria, B.C.) that the House call on the government to commit to supporting an immediate phase-in of increases to basic public pension benefits under the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans at the upcoming meeting of federal, provincial and territorial finance ministers, was debated and negatived following … Read more
Bill C-526, Cracking Down on Organized Crime and Terrorism Act, was debated at second reading.
The following treaties were tabled in the House: The Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, done in Vienna on September 12, 1997; The Agreement Between the Government Of Canada and the Government Of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done in Astana on November 13, 2013; and … Read more
A recorded division will be held on the third reading of Bill C-4, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2.
Bill C-513, An Act to promote and strengthen the Canadian retirement income system (Retirement Income Bill of Rights), continued to be debated at second reading and a recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013.
