Parliament Institution: House of Commons

Bill C-19, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures, was debated at second reading.

NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act respecting the development of a national employment strategy for persons with disabilities. Bill C-272 was introduced and read a first time.

NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Que.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to give legal capacity to the St. Lawrence River and to provide for measures respecting its protection. Bill C-271 was introduced and read a first time.

The third report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, entitled Questions of Conflict of Interest and Lobbying in Relation to Pandemic Spending, was debated.

The following returns and reports were deposited with the clerk and laid upon the table: Report of the Canadian Tourism Commission, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act Report on activities of the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents for the year 2021, pursuant to the College of … Read more

Bill C-242, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents), was read a second time following a recorded division of 330 yeas and 1 nays and referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole to consider missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.