Bill C-79 may be debated at third reading

Bill C-79, An Act to implement the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership between Canada, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, may be debated at third reading.

Bill C-78 was debated at second reading

Bill C-78, An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, continued to be debated at second reading, was read second time and was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Bill C-416 was read a first time

Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai (Calgary Forest Lawn, Alta.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to designate the month of October as Hindu Heritage Month. Bill C-416 was introduced and read a first time.

Bill C-415 was read a first time

NDP MP Murray Rankin (Victoria, B.C.) introduced a private member’s bill entitled An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain cannabis-related convictions. Bill C-415 was introduced and read a first time.

Returns and Reports

The following reports were deposited with the clerk and laid upon the table: Report of Defence Construction (1951) Limited, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act Report of the Canada Lands Company Limited, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, … Read more

A Liberal private members’ motion was debated

A Liberal private member’s motion put forward by Peter Fonseca (Mississauga East–Cooksville, Ont.), that the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities be instructed to undertake a study on the labour shortages of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to consider, among other things, (i) the challenges … Read more