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Parliament Institution: House of Commons
December 6 – The government tabled its responses to eight petitions
The government tabled its responses to eight petitions.
December 6 – Bill C-561 was introduced and read a first time
Liberal MP Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Que.) introduced a private members' bill entitled, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking and transplanting human organs and other body parts). Bill C-561 was read a first time.
December 6 – Bill C-560 was introduced and read a first time
Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, Sask.) introduced a private members' bill entitled, An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. Bill C-560 was read a first time.
December 6 – Bill C-17 was introduced and read a first time
Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, was introduced and read a first time.
December 9 – An NDP opposition motion may be debated
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, may be debated.
December 6 – Bill C-4 was debated at third reading and a recorded division was deferred
Bill C-4, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2, was debated at third reading and a recorded division was deferred until Monday, Dec. 9, 2013.