Message from the Senate

A Message was received from the Senate as follows: ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons requesting that House to unite with the Senate for the following purpose: That, Whereas, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the United Nations: "Everyone has the right to life, liberty … Read more

Returns and reports

The following was deposited with the Clerk and laid upon the table: Reports of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).

A motion was debated

A motion put forth by NDP MP Jack Harris (St. John's East, NL): That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights that it have to power to divide Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend State Immunity Act, the Criminal … Read more

A motion was adopted

A motion: That this House 1) Condemn the murder and mutilation on Tanzanian adults and children with albinism for their body parts 2) Express the support the citizens of Canada for people with albinism in Tanzania who have been made victims of such attack 3) Recognize that the murder and mutilation of people because of … Read more