Parliament Institution: Senate

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, was debated at third reading and was read a third time.

The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade presented its Nineteenth Report, 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.

The Senate will resume sitting on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at 2:00 p.m.

Bill C-243, An Act respecting the development of a national maternity assistance program strategy and amending the Employment Insurance Act (maternity benefits), continued to be debated at second reading, was read a second time and was referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.