The Committee resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 94). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino (Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont.) will be appearing.
An amendment on Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum (voting age), was negatived following a recorded division of 19 yeas and 55 nays.
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Bill C-237, An Act to establish a national framework for diabetes, was debated at second reading, was read a second time and was referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.
Bill C-204, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (final disposal of plastic waste), was debated at second reading.
Bill S-229, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the decriminalization of illegal substances, to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was debated at second reading.
