The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Report of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year ended December 31, 2011, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). Report of the Royal Canadian Mint, together with the Auditor … Read more
A copy of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated March 30, 2012, was presented.
A copy of the Amendment to the Articles of the Agreement of the International Monetary Fund on the Reform of the Executive Board, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated December 15, 2010, was presented.
The government tabled its responses to six petitions.
The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology presented its First Report, The E-Commerce Market in Canada.
The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its Twenty-Second Report, Changes to Membership of Standing and Standing Joint Committees. The report was concurred in.
NDP MP Jean Crowder (Nanaimo-Cowichan, BC) introduced a Private Members' Bill entitled, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (nitrate reduction). Bill C-421 was read a first time.
A recorded division will be held on an NDP motion put forward by MP Réjean Genest (Shefford, QC) That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) keep with Canada’s obligation to respect, protect and fulfill the right to housing under the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; (b) support … Read more
Bill C-38, Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, continued to be debated at second reading.
