March 5 – Notice of time allocation on Bill C-42

Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, Ont.) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the third reading of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Royal Canadian … Read more

March 5 – A Conservative private members’ motion was debated

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

March 5 – An NDP opposition motion was debated

An opposition motion put forward by NDP MP Craig Scott (Toronto Centre, Ont.) that, in the opinion of the House, the government of Canada, in consultation with the provinces and territories, should take immediate steps towards abolishing the unelected and unaccountable Senate of Canada, was debated.