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June 6 – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented its Eighth Report
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented its Eighth Report, Public Accounts of Canada 2011.
Parliament Institution: House of Commons
June 6 – The government tabled its responses to 45 petitions
The government tabled its responses to 45 petitions.
June 7 – A Liberal motion may be debated
A motion put forward by Liberal MP Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, NS) That, the Standing Committee on Finance be instructed to undertake a study on income inequality in Canada and that this study include, but not be limited to, (i) a review of Canada’s federal and provincial systems of personal income taxation and income supports, (ii) … Read more
June 5 – Returns and Reports
The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, "Chapter 4, Programs for First Nations on Reserves, of the 2011 Status Report of the Auditor General of Canada" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-35), … Read more
June 5 – A take-note debate was held on the ongoing violence in Syria
A take-note debate was held on the ongoing violence in Syria.
June 6 – A recorded division will be held on the second reading of Bill C-273
A recorded division will be held on the second reading of Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying).
June 5 – An NDP motion was accepted
NDP MP Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, ON) put forward a motion, That the House continue to support measures which: (a) condemn the brutal massacre of Syrian civilians by government forces in clear violation of earlier commitments; (b) call for an immediate end to the violence, especially the attacks on civilians; (c) support the Joint Special … Read more
June 5 – Bill C-273 continued to be debated at second reading
Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying), continued to be debated at second reading and a recorded division was deferred until June 6, 2012.
June 6 – A recorded division will be held on an NDP motion
A recorded division will be held on an NDP motion put forward by Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby-Douglas, BC) That, in the opinion of the House, Canadian scientific and social science expertise is of great value and, therefore, the House calls on the Government to end its muzzling of scientists; to reverse the cuts to research programs … Read more