Committee Reports

The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry presented its second report, Bill C-208, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm or fishing corporation), without amendment.

Committee Reports

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples presented its third report, Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, without amendment but with observations.

Committee Reports

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance presented its fifth report, Bill S-222, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (use of resources), without amendment.

Committee of the Whole

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 was negatived

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.