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Interparliamentary Delegations
The report of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM), 12th Gathering of ParlAmericas Gender Equality Network, Virtual Sessions, September 23 and October 2, 2020, was tabled.
Parliament Institution: House of Commons
Budget 2021 was debated
Budget 2021 was debated.
Bill C-289 was read a first time
Conservative MP Blaine Calkins (Red Deer-Lacombe, Alta.) introduced a private members’ bill entitled An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing). Bill C-289 was read a first time.
Budget 2021
Ways and Means Motion No. 2, concerning Budget 2021, was tabled.
Committee Reports
The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its fifteenth report, Changes to membership of Standing and Standing Joint Committees.
Bill C-15 – Referred to Committee
Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Bill C-15 was read a second time
Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, was read a second time following a recorded division of 214 yeas and 115 nays and was referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.