Parliament Institution: Senate

Bill S-206, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children against standard child-rearing violence) continued to be debated at second reading.

Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration), was debated at second reading.

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration presented its Eighth Report, Financial Statements of the Senate of Canada for the year ended March 31, 2016.

Government response to the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, entitled Report on Aquaculture, tabled in the Senate on June 21, 2016, was tabled.

The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans presented its Fifth Report, Release of Additional Funds – Budget Application for Study on Maritime Search and Rescue.

Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act, was debated at second reading.

The Senate will resume sitting on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.