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Parliament Institution: House of Commons
May 29 – A motion of time allocation on Bill C-31 was accepted
Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, ON) put forward a motion, That, in relation to Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the reform measures Balanced Refugee Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration at most one further sitting day shall be allotted … Read more
May 29 – The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates presented its Sixth Report
The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates presented its Sixth Report, Main Estimates 2012-2013: Votes 95, 100, 105 and 110 under CANADIAN HERITAGE, Vote 1 under GOVERNOR GENERAL, Vote 1 under PARLIAMENT, Votes 1, 5, 10 and 25 under PRIVY COUNCIL, Votes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT … Read more
May 29 – The government tabled its responses to 21 petitions
The government tabled its responses to 21 petitions.
May 28 – Returns and Reports
The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 and of the Capital and Operating Budgets for 2012-2013 of Defence Construction (1951) Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). Actuarial Report (including the cost certificate) on the … Read more
May 28 – An NDP motion on the Komagata Maru incident was negatived
An NDP motion put forward by MP Jasbir Sandhu (Surrey North, BC) That, in the opinion of the House, the government should officially apologize in the House of Commons to the South Asian community and to the individuals impacted in the 1914 Komagata Maru incident, in which passengers were prevented from landing in Canada, was … Read more
May 28 – Bill C-25 was concurred in at report stage
Bill C-25, Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, was concurred in at report stage following a recorded division of 176 yeas and 92 nays.
May 28 – An NDP amendment to Bill C-25 was negatived
An amendment put forward by NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe, ON) that Bill C-25, Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, be amended by deleting Clause 1 was negatived following a recorded division of 90 yeas and 177 nays.
May 28 – Notice of time allocation
Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, ON) 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 report stage and third reading stage of Bill C-31, An Act to … Read more