Bill C-216 was read a first time

NDP MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, B.C.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to enact the Expungement of Certain Drug-related Convictions Act and the National Strategy on Substance Use Act. Bill C-216 was introduced and read a first time. 

Committee Reports

The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities presented its first report, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code.

Returns and Reports

The following returns and reports were deposited with the clerk and laid upon the table: Interim Order No. 49 Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, pursuant to the Aeronautics Act, R.S. 1985

Tabling of Documents

Copy of the Arrangement between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency Concerning the Participation by the Government of Canada in the Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems 4.0 (ARTES 4.0) Programme, and Explanatory Memorandum, done at Paris on 17 April 2020 and on 20 April 2020, was tabled.

Tabling of Documents

Copy of the Amendments to Resolution (88) 15 Setting Up a European Support Fund for the Co-production and Distribution of Creative Cinematographic and Audiovisual Works (“Eurimages”), and Explanatory Memorandum, dated 26 October 1988, was tabled.

Tabling of Documents

Copy of the Exchange of Letters between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Colombia Constituting an Agreement to amend the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Colombia, and Explanatory Memorandum, done at Lima on 21 November 2008, at Ottawa on 16 February 2021 and Bogota on 4 … Read more

Tabling of Documents

Copy of the Amendments to Annex I of the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated October 1, 2021, was tabled.

Ways and Means

A ways and means motion to introduce an Act to implement a Digital Services Tax. (Ways and Means No. 2)  was tabled.