NDP MP Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, B.C.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act (investments). Bill C-315 was introduced and read a first time.
The Standing Committee on International Trade presented its fifth report, Transporting Goods in Rail Containers: Some Trade Implications for Canada.
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, was read a second time following a recorded division of 314 yeas and 0 nays and was referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
Bill C-241, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of travel expenses for tradespersons), was concurred in at report stage and debated at third reading.
