Parliament Institution: Senate

Bill S-11, A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law, was debated at second reading.

The Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology presented its tenth report, Bill S-246, An Act respecting Lebanese Heritage Month, without amendment.

Indigenous Services Minister and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) appeared before the Senate for question period.

The Senate sat at 2:00 p.m.

Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner), was debated at second reading.