Parliament Institution: House of Commons

The government tabled its responses to 10 petitions. 

The Standing committee on Natural Resources presented its First Report entitled Supplementary Estimates (B) 2011-2012: Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 15b, 20b, 25b.

The following was deposited with the Clerk and was laid upon the table:   Copy of the Regulations amending the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (P.C. 2011-1347), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1). 

A deferred recorded division was held on a NDP MP Joe Comartin (Windsor—Tecumseh, ON) opposition motion: That, in the opinion of the House, the thorough examination and debate of proposed legislation on behalf of Canadians is an essential duty of Members of Parliament, and that the curtailment of such debate limits the ability of Members to carry … Read more

A recorded division was held on a Liberal amendment to the second reading stage of Bill C-11, Copyright Modernization Act: That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Copyright Act, because it fails to: … Read more

Liberal MP Frank Valeriote (Guelph, ON) put forth an amendment to Bill C-18: That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following: This House declines to give Third Reading to Bill C-18, An Act to reorganize the Canadian Wheat Board and to make consequential and related … Read more

NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, BC) introduced a Private Member's Bill entitled An Act respecting conscientious objection to the use of taxes for military purposes. Bill C-363 was read a first time.