NDP MP Claude Gravelle (Nickel Belt, Ont.) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Income Tax Act (support for grandparents). Bill C-487 was read a first time.
NDP MP Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, Ont.) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act respecting corporate practices relating to the extraction, processing, purchase, trade and use of conflict minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Bill C-486 was read a first time.
A recorded division was held on the subamendment to Ways and Means motion No. 15 put forward by Liberal finance critic Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “hospital parking” the following: (n) imposes three more job killing employment insurance tax hikes by 2016 taking an additional $4 billion … Read more
The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Report on the Administration of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, R.S. 1985, c. M-5, s. 67. Report on the Public Service Pension Plan, together … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its Forty-Fourth Report, Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick 2012.
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its Forty-Fifth Report, Private Members' Business.
The government tabled its responses to 10 petitions.
NDP MP Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic, N.W.T.) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act to amend the Canada Petroleum Resources Act (transfer approval). Bill C-485 was read a first time.
