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House Motion No. 17

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 15, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Ways and means motion No. 1

That a ways and means motion to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures, be concurred in.

Bill S-3

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 15, 2021

An Act to amend the Judges Act

Bill not proceeded with
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This bill, called Bill S-3, seeks to amend the Judges Act in Canada. The purpose of the amendment is to change the process by which the conduct of federally appointed judges is reviewed. It establishes a new process for reviewing allegations of misconduct that are not serious enough to warrant a judge's removal from office. It also makes changes to the process for making recommendations about removing judges from office to the Minister of Justice. These changes apply to judges and other individuals appointed under an Act of Parliament. The full text of the bill can be found on the Senate of Canada's website.

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House Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 15, 2021, midnight

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(30) Inflation
(11) Costs
(11) Housing
(5) Decriminalization
(0) Saskatchewan
(83) Oral questions
(61) Government bills
(60) Second reading
(60) C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(60) Sentencing
(22) Cost of living
(19) Mandatory sentencing
(16) Statements by Members
(13) Province of Quebec
(13) Organs
(13) Human organs and other body parts trafficking
(13) Medical tourism
(13) Medical transplantation
(12) Firearms
(12) S-223, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs)
(11) Adjournment Proceedings
(11) Oil and gas
(11) Secularism
(11) Legislation
(10) COVID-19
(10) Pandemic
(9) Judicial discretion
(8) Possession of a controlled substance
(8) Racial equality
(7) Conditional sentences
(7) Drug use and abuse
(7) Consumer price
(6) Leave to propose a motion
(6) Greenhouse gases
(5) Police services
(5) Canada Health Transfer
(5) Noise/conversations/heckling, interrupting Member speaking
(5) Immunization
(5) Young people
(5) Home ownership
(4) Agricultural policy
(4) Fertilizers
(4) Deaths and funerals
(3) Veterans
(3) Department of Veterans Affairs
(3) Federal institutions
(3) Working hours, terms and conditions
(3) Suicides
(3) Telephone services
(3) Emergency response and emergency responders
(3) Infrastructure
(3) Floods
(3) British Columbia
(3) Federal-provincial-territorial relations
(3) Points of order
(3) Canada Emergency Response Benefit
(3) Guaranteed Income Supplement
(3) Senior citizens
(3) Monetary policy
(3) Health screening
(3) Ambassadors
(3) Rae, Bob
(2) Imprisonment and prisoners
(2) Sexual assault
(2) Justice system
(2) Teleconferences
(2) Virtual Parliament
(2) Simultaneous interpretation and sound reinforcement
(2) Economic statement 2021 (December 14, 2021)
(2) Introduction and First reading
(2) Decisions of the House
(2) Trust funds and trustees
(2) Charitable donations and donors
(2) Holiday Season
(1) Homicide

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Senate Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 15, 2021, 2 p.m.

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(12) Health
(4) Finance
(4) Infrastructure and Communities
(2) Canadian Heritage
(33) QUESTION PERIOD
(22) ORDERS OF THE DAY
(14) Appropriation Bill No. 4, 2021-22
(10) ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(8) Judges Act
(6) SENATORS’ STATEMENTS
(5) Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators
(5) International Trade
(4) Foreign Affairs
(2) Economic and Fiscal Update 2021
(2) Prime Minister’s Office
(1) Ottawa Inner City Health—Managed Opiate Program
(1) Acadian Remembrance Day
(1) Support for Jurors
(1) Ovarian Cancer Canada
(1) Tribute to Teachers and Coaches
(1) Quebec—Bill 21
(1) Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(1) Aboriginal Peoples
(1) Criminal CodeCanada Labour Code

Senate Motion No. 568136

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 14, 2021, 2 p.m.

SELE no. 2 – Duration of membership on committees – Adoption of Committee Report

Senate Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 14, 2021, 2 p.m.

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(10) Finance
(8) Public Safety
(4) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
(4) Environment and Climate Change
(3) Fisheries and Oceans
(2) Agriculture and Agri-Food
(1) Speech from the Throne
(73) ORDERS OF THE DAY
(34) QUESTION PERIOD
(30) The Senate
(24) ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(20) Appropriation Bill No. 4, 2021-22
(12) SENATORS’ STATEMENTS
(12) Committee of Selection
(7) Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Bill
(6) Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators
(6) Social Affairs, Science and Technology
(5) Official Languages
(4) Indigenous Services
(2) Small Business Week
(2) Canada-Bulgaria Relations
(2) The Late David Stuart Barber
(2) Conservation in Canada
(2) Canadian Athletes
(2) His Highness the Aga Khan
(2) Natural Resources
(2) Language Skills Act
(1) Auditor General
(1) National Finance
(1) Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
(1) Audit and Oversight
(1) Contributions and Impacts of Métis, Inuit, and First Nations

Bill C-212

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 14, 2021

School Food Program for Children Act

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Bill C-212, the School Food Program for Children Act, aims to develop a national school food program in Canada. The goal is to ensure that all children have access to healthy food, especially in a school setting. This bill recognizes that many Canadians, including children, struggle with food insecurity. It also acknowledges the importance of nutrition for the health and development of children. Currently, Canada does not have a national school food program, making it one of the few countries in the OECD without one. The bill acknowledges that education and health are provincial matters, so developing a national program will require collaboration with all provinces. The Minister of Health, in consultation with representatives from provincial governments, will develop the program, which will include criteria for determining healthy foods, an assessment of funding options, and a focus on evidence-based healthy food education. The bill als

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Bill C-213

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 14, 2021

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)

Outside the Order of Precedence
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This bill, also known as Bill C-213, aims to make changes to the Criminal Code related to interest rates. It lowers the threshold at which an interest rate becomes a criminal rate and includes charges paid for insurance coverage in the calculation of the interest rate. Additionally, it repeals a section that pertains to payday loan agreements. The purpose of this bill is to provide more regulation and protection for individuals when it comes to borrowing and lending money.

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Bill C-214

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 14, 2021

An Act to amend the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (lakes and rivers in British Columbia)

Outside the Order of Precedence
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Bill C-214 is an amendment to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act that adds certain lakes and rivers in British Columbia to the list of navigable waters in the Act. It includes specific coordinates and descriptions of the lakes and rivers that are being added. This amendment aims to ensure that these bodies of water are protected and regulated under the Act.

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House Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 14, 2021, midnight

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(14) Decriminalization
(7) Housing
(6) Inflation
(1) Health
(0) Pharmacare
(0) Budgetary policy
(0) Rent
(137) Sentencing
(136) Government bills
(133) C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(133) Second reading
(86) Oral questions
(52) Mandatory sentencing
(36) Canada-United States relations
(35) Economic statement 2021 (December 14, 2021)
(35) Routine Proceedings
(30) Judicial discretion
(24) COVID-19
(23) Possession of a controlled substance
(23) Firearms
(22) Pandemic
(21) Drug use and abuse
(19) Senior citizens
(16) Indigenous peoples
(16) Statements by Members
(16) Imprisonment and prisoners
(14) Racial equality
(13) Guaranteed Income Supplement
(13) Conditional sentences
(11) Canada Emergency Response Benefit
(11) Customs tariff and customs duties
(11) Softwood lumber industry
(10) Points of order
(10) Borders
(9) Canada Health Transfer
(9) Crime prevention
(9) Visible minorities
(8) Black Canadians
(6) Home ownership
(6) Health care system
(6) Government contracts
(6) Climate change and global warming
(6) Noise/conversations/heckling, interrupting Member speaking
(6) Oil and gas
(6) Presentation of petitions
(5) Cost of living
(5) Small and medium-sized enterprises
(5) Trade agreements
(5) Government facilities
(5) Illegal migrants
(5) Trade promotion
(5) Mental health
(5) Introduction and First reading
(4) Income and wages
(4) Performing arts and performers
(4) Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund
(4) Negotiations and negotiators
(4) Electric vehicles
(4) Protectionism
(4) Government assistance
(4) Smuggling
(4) Medical tourism
(4) Organs
(4) Medical transplantation
(4) Human organs and other body parts trafficking
(4) Foreign policy
(3) Labour shortage
(3) Federal elections
(3) Old Age Security
(3) Government revenues
(3) Families and children
(3) Drug addiction treatment
(3) Drug trafficking and drug seizure
(3) Patronage
(3) Dairy industry

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House Motion No. 16

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 13, 2021, 7 p.m.

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (amendment)

That the motion be amended by adding the following:

“, and wish to inform Your Excellency that the Speech from the Throne fails to adequately address critical issues that threaten the prosperity of Canadians, including:

(a) a cost of living crisis that is cutting the average Canadian worker’s paycheque by 2.7%, which requires urgent action by the government to (i) table a plan to control spending and apply a laser focus on policies that will create growth, (ii) maintain the Bank of Canada’s 2% inflation target, (iii) increase production of Canadian energy to boost supply and lower gas prices, (iv) take action to improve the resilience of Canadian supply chains;

(b) a stagnant economy, with Canada’s real GDP growth now the weakest in the G7, actually shrinking by 1.1% in the second quarter, which requires urgent action by the government to (i) reduce the burden of taxes and regulation to restore Canada as an attractive place to invest and build a business, (ii) table a plan to create growth in all sectors of the economy and boost real wages, (iii) drive innovation and technology by overhauling Canada’s R&D programs;

(c) a housing crisis that has driven home prices up 30% over the past year and priced thousands of young families out of the market, which requires policies that will build an additional one million homes over the next three years by (i) reallocating 15% of the government’s real estate portfolio for housing, (ii) tackling regulatory barriers that raise costs of construction, (iii) linking infrastructure dollars to higher density zoning, (iv) committing to not tax principal residences;

(d) an acute labour shortage that is affecting 60% of businesses in Canada and 82% of Canadian manufacturers, which requires the government to (i) improve alignment of immigration criteria with the needs of employers, (ii) streamline the rules of the temporary foreign workers program, (iii) improve skills training and give more powers to provinces; and

(e) a national unity crisis, which requires (i) respecting provincial jurisdiction, (ii) supporting and growing all parts of the economy, including the energy sector, (iii) restoring confidence in our national institutions, starting by returning ethics and accountability to the government”.

Bill C-211

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 13, 2021

An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave)

Outside the Order of Precedence
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Bill C-211 is a proposed amendment to the Canada Labour Code that would change the rules around bereavement leave. Currently, employees are entitled to a leave of absence from work for up to 10 days in the event of the death of an immediate family member. This bill would extend this leave to include the death of a child under the age of 18 or a child for whom the employee can claim a caregiver credit under the Income Tax Act. Additionally, the bill would provide for a leave of absence in the event of the loss of an unborn child, including a stillbirth or miscarriage. The length of this leave would be up to eight weeks for a stillbirth or the death of a child, and three days for a miscarriage. The bill includes definitions for terms such as child, miscarriage, and stillbirth. This amendment aims to provide additional support and time off for employees who experience the death of a child or the loss of an unborn child.

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House Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 13, 2021, midnight

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(13) Decriminalization
(5) Workers
(3) Housing
(3) Inflation
(3) Budgetary policy
(0) Pharmacare
(0) Tributes
(181) Second reading
(181) C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(181) Sentencing
(181) Government bills
(81) Oral questions
(55) Mandatory sentencing
(32) Firearms
(31) Racial equality
(21) Judicial discretion
(21) Points of order
(16) Borders
(16) Statements by Members
(15) Indigenous peoples
(14) Drug use and abuse
(13) Members' remarks
(12) Violent crime
(11) Adjournment Proceedings
(11) Safety
(10) Shootings with firearms
(9) Restorative justice
(9) COVID-19
(9) Pandemic
(8) Young people
(8) Government contracts
(7) Gun control
(7) Floods
(7) British Columbia
(7) Small and medium-sized enterprises
(7) Noise/conversations/heckling, interrupting Member speaking
(7) Senior citizens
(7) References to members
(6) Criminal rehabilitation
(6) Recidivists
(6) Decisions of the Speaker
(6) Government facilities
(5) Drug-related crime
(5) Crime prevention
(5) Tourism
(5) Guaranteed Income Supplement
(5) Canada–U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
(5) Illegal migrants
(5) Agreements and contracts
(5) United States of America
(5) Third country
(5) Freeland, Chrystia
(5) Economics and finance
(5) Minister of Finance
(5) Companies
(5) Canada Pension Plan contributions
(4) Cost of living
(4) Mental health
(4) Smuggling
(4) Travel restrictions
(4) Dikes
(4) Emergency preparedness
(4) Province of Quebec
(3) Foreign workers
(3) Government of Quebec
(3) Immigration policy
(3) Consumer price
(3) Federal-provincial-territorial relations
(3) Alternative sentences
(3) Immigration and immigrants
(3) C-2, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19
(3) Conduct at work
(3) Sexual behaviour
(3) Department of National Defence
(3) Harassment

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Bill C-7

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

December 10, 2021

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

At second reading in the House of Commons
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Bill C-7 is an amendment to the Parliament of Canada Act that makes changes to the allowances and appointments in the Senate. The bill includes provisions to change the annual allowances for senators in certain positions, such as the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. It also requires consultation with party leaders on the appointment of certain officers and agents of Parliament. Additionally, it allows party leaders in the Senate to change the membership of the Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration.

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House Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 10, 2021, midnight

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(16) Inflation
(7) Workers
(4) Housing
(1) Tributes
(1) Pharmacare
(0) Rent
(0) Alberta
(82) Oral questions
(76) COVID-19
(76) Pandemic
(50) C-2, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19
(49) Public finance
(48) Government bills
(47) Standing Committee on Finance
(47) Dividing a bill
(47) Motion of instruction
(26) Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
(19) Senior citizens
(16) Statements by Members
(13) Travel restrictions
(13) Cost of living
(12) Guaranteed Income Supplement
(11) Canada Emergency Response Benefit
(11) Borders
(11) Health screening
(9) Income and wages
(6) Noise/conversations/heckling, interrupting Member speaking
(5) Foreign workers
(5) Part-time workers
(5) Full-time workers
(5) Awards presentations
(5) Subsidized day care
(4) Small and medium-sized enterprises
(4) Monetary policy
(4) Farming and farmers
(3) Self employed workers
(3) Canada Health Transfer
(3) Government assistance
(3) Points of order
(3) Recognition to speak
(3) Parliamentary Secretaries of the House of Commons
(3) Greenhouse gases
(3) Moonlighting
(3) Communication control
(3) Public accounts
(3) Civil and human rights
(3) Backlogs
(3) Immigration and immigrants
(3) Elizabeth II, Her Majesty Queen
(3) Platinum jubilee
(3) Companies
(2) Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit
(2) Employment insurance
(2) Wealth tax
(2) Public debt
(2) Equal opportunities
(2) Myanmar
(2) Foreign policy
(2) Economic sanctions
(2) Old Age Security
(2) Deaths and funerals
(2) Election campaigns
(2) Balanced budget
(2) Federal-provincial-territorial relations
(1) Adjournment
(1) Consumer price
(1) Government and politics
(1) Taxation
(1) Fossil fuels
(1) Debts
(1) Department of Finance
(1) Police services
(1) Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(1) Agricultural policy
(1) Fertilizers

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House Motion No. 15

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 9, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-6, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

Bill C-6
Latest: Royal assent

That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

House Motion No. 14

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 9, 2021, 8 p.m.

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-6, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

Bill C-6
Latest: Royal assent

That Bill C-6, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, be concurred in at report stage.

House Motion No. 13

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 9, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

2nd reading of Bill C-6, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

Bill C-6
Latest: Royal assent

That the bill be now read a second time and referred to a committee of the whole.

House Motion No. 12

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 9, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Concurrence in estimates

That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, be concurred in.

House Motion No. 11

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

Dec. 9, 2021, 7 p.m.

Opposition Motion (Housing supply)

That, given that,

(i) the government has failed to increase the housing supply in Canada,

(ii) the government's $400 billion of new spending has produced a surge of inflationary pressure that has driven home prices more than 30% above pre-pandemic levels,

the House call on the government to:

(a) review and consolidate all federal real estate and properties in Canada in order to make at least 15% available for residential development;

(b) ban foreign investors from purchasing Canadian real estate; and

(c) commit to never introducing a capital gains tax on the sale of primary residences.