The following were deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Reports of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).
The House Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage presented its Fourth Report, Canada's 150th Anniversary in 2017.
Conservative MP John Weston (West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, B.C.) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act to establish a National Health and Fitness Day. Bill C-443 was read a first time.
An opposition motion put forward by Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) That, the House call on the government to take several simple and immediate actions to reduce the growing income inequality in Canada including: (a) a roll back of its recent Employment Insurance Premium hikes which inflict a higher relative burden on … Read more
Bill C-43, Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, was debated at second reading.
Bill C-299, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (kidnapping of young person), was debated at report stage.
A recorded division will be held on a motion put forward by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth (Kitchener Centre, Ont) That, a special committee of the House be appointed and directed to review the declaration in Subsection 223(1) of the Criminal Code which states that a child becomes a human being only at the moment of … Read more
