Bill S-8, Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act, continued to be debated at second reading, was read a second time and referred to the House Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
The report of the Canadian Delegation of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association respecting its participation in the 61st Westminster Seminar on Practice and Procedure, held in London, United Kingdom, from March 9-12, 2012, was tabled.
The report of the meeting of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie, held at Balaclava in Mauritius, from 14 to 16 March 2013, was tabled.
The report of the Canadian Section of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie for the participation in the meeting of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie, held in Paris, France, from 7 to 9 February 2013, was tabled.
The following treaties were tabled in the House: Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the French Republic on Social Security done at Ottawa on March 14, 2013; Implementing agreement concerning the agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the French Republic on Social Security done at Ottawa on … Read more
A motion put forward by Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, Ont.) that, in relation to Bill S-8, Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the second reading stage of the said bill and, fifteen minutes before the expiry of … Read more
The government tabled its responses to 11 petitions.
