Parliament Institution: House of Commons

The House Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its Forty-Eighth Report, Private Members' Business.

The government tabled its responses to 12 petitions.

A private members' motion put forward by Conservative MP Brad Trost (Saskatoon-Humboldt, Sask.) that the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to: (a) consider the election of committee chairs by means of a preferential ballot system by all the Members of the House of Commons, at the beginning of each session and … Read more

A private members' motion put forward by Conservative MP Bev Shipley (Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, Ont.) that, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) continue to recognize as part of Canadian foreign policy that (i) everyone has the right to freedom of religion and conscience, including the freedom to change religion or belief, and the … Read more

Bill C-394, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (criminal organization recruitment), was concurred in at report stage following a recorded division of 242 yeas and 34 nays.

Bill S-7, Combating Terrorism Act, was read a third time following a recorded division of 183 yeas and 93 nays.

The report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation in the 58th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly held in Prague, Czech Republic, November 9-12, 2012, was tabled.

The report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association respecting its participation to the first part of the 2013 ordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held in Strasbourg, France on January 21-25, 2013, was tabled.