Parliament Institution: House of Commons

An opposition motion put forward by NDP MP Murray Rankin (Victoria, B.C.) that this House condemn the tax hikes introduced by the government in Budget 2013 on hospital parking, bicycles, baby strollers, coffee makers, iPods and other goods and services, which break the promise the government made to Canadians during the last election, was negatived … Read more

Conservative MP Ryan Leef (Yukon) put forward a motion that, this House condemn the attacks perpetrated during the 2013 Boston marathon and express its deepest sympathies to the victims of this senseless violence and to their families. The motion was accepted with unanimous consent.

The government tabled its responses to 16 petitions.

An opposition motion put forward by Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.) that the House recognize that the use of temporary foreign workers to replace Canadian workers in jobs Canadians are qualified and able to do is an abuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and that it is the government's responsibility to ensure … Read more

The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Amendments to the By-laws adopted by the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons on March 4, 2013, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, S.C. 1991, c. 20, sbs. 52.5(2). Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to … Read more

The report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, with an addendum dated March 12, 2013 which disposes of the objections raised by members of the House of Commons, was tabled.

The annual 2012 report of the Canadian Commission on Human Rights, was tabled.

The report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the administration of the Toronto—Danforth byelection held on March 19, 2012, and the Calgary Centre, Durham and Victoria byelections held on November 26, 2012, was tabled.

The government tabled its responses to 180 petitions.