The House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its Fifty-Sixth Report, Changes to Membership of Standing and Standing Joint Committees. The report was concurred in.
Independent MP Bruce Hyer (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (confidence motion). Bill C-512 was read a first time.
The government tabled its responses to three petitions.
The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Report on the administration of the Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, pursuant to the Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-14, sbs. 8(1). Reports of the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ended March … Read more
Bill C-48, Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012, continued to be debated at third reading.
Bill C-54, Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, continued to be debated at second reading and a recorded division was deferred until May 28, 2013.
A motion put forward by Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, Ont.) that, in relation to Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder), not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration of the second reading stage of the Bill; and That, … Read more
