An amendment put forward to Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration), by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) that Bill C-316 be amended by deleting Clause 1, was negatived following a recorded division of 126 yeas and 142 nays.
The report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Joint visit of the Committee on Civil Dimension of Security and the Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Co-operation and Convergence, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from October 25 to 27, 2011, was presented.
An opposition motion put forward by NDP MP Megan Leslie (Halifax, NS) That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving Canada’s lakes, rivers, oceans, ecosystems, and fisheries at risk while unfairly downloading federal environmental responsibilities and their associated costs to the provinces, territories, and future … Read more
The Standing Committee on Official Languages presented its First Report, Main Estimates 2012-13: Vote 20 under PRIVY COUNCIL.
The government tabled its responses to 12 petitions.
NDP MP Claude Gravelle (Nickel Belt, ON) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute). Bill C-423 was read a first time.
Bill C-326, An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act (biweekly payment of benefits), may continue to be debated at second reading.
A motion put forward by NDP MP Élaine Michaud (Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier, QC) That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) formally recognize the responsibility of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces with regard to the contamination of the groundwater which is the source of drinking water for multiple homes in … Read more
An amendment put forward to Bill C-11, Copyright Modernization Act, by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) that Bill C-11, in Clause 47, be amended by deleting lines 17 to 29 on page 48; Clause 47, be amended by deleting line 37 on page 49 to line 3 on page 50; Clause 47, … Read more
