Parliament Institution: House of Commons

Bill C-262, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (capture and utilization or storage of greenhouse gases), was negatived following a recorded division of 121 yeas and 207 yeas.

The report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, 19th Annual Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum, Washington, D.C., United States of America, from December 9 to 11, 2019, was tabled.

NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, Alta.) introduced a private members’ bill entitled An Act to amend the Impact Assessment Act. Bill C-308 was read a first time.

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration presented its sixth report, Supplementary Estimates (A), 2021-22: Vote 1a under Department of Citizenship and Immigration, and its seventh report, Safe Haven in Canada: Special Immigration and Refugee Measures are Urgently Needed for the People of Hong Kong.

A Conservative opposition motion put forward by Brad Vis (Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, B.C.), that, given that, (i) the cost of housing continues to rise out of reach of Canadians, (ii) current government policy has failed to provide sufficient housing supply, the House call on the government to: (a) examine a temporary freeze on home purchases by … Read more

The following returns and reports were deposited with the clerk and laid upon the table: Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the third report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, “Part 1 of a Study on the Aftershocks of the COVID-19 Pandemic – The Humanitarian Burden: Ensuring a Global Response and Reaching the Most Vulnerable” Report … Read more

The prima facie contempt concerning the misconduct of the member for Pontiac committed in the presence of the House was referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on division.