The House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade presented to the House of Commons its report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership public consultation that it conducted from February 2016 to February 2017. The report is entitled “The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Benefits and Challenges for Canadians.” The report contains 14 recommendations relating to, among other things, the … Read more
The House of Commons’ Standing Committee on the Status of Women invites the public to submit written briefs for the Committee’s study of Bill C-337, An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code (sexual assault). The deadline for the Committee to receive written briefs from the public, in either official language, is Wednesday, … Read more
Conservative MP Denis Paradis (Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.), Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, tabled a report in the House of Commons entitled “Follow-up to the Study of the Translation Bureau Reverse the Trend: Strive for Excellence”. The Committee asked Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote (Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, Nfld.) to comment on the response tabled by … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities tabled its report, A Study of the Navigation Protection Act. The committee examined the current iteration of the Navigation Protection Act and how the changes to the Act over the past five years have affected stakeholders. In its report, the committee makes 11 recommendations to … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women presented its report entitled Taking Action to End Violence Against Young Women and Girls in Canada in the House of Commons. The report is based on submitted briefs and testimony provided by witnesses over the course of 21 meetings held between 12 April and 7 December … Read more
Government House Leader Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.) released a discussion paper on how to modernize the rules of the House of Commons. The paper contains ideas on how to modernize the House to make it more accountable, predictable, efficient and transparent. The government wishes to improve the tenor and quality of legislative debate and to make the … Read more
Members of Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development have concluded a productive and illuminating fact-finding mission to Ukraine, Latvia and Poland in Eastern Europe, and Kazakhstan in Central Asia. The purpose of the mission was to learn from individuals and organizations working on-the-ground about the key political, security, economic and other … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development begins a 12-day mission to four countries – Ukraine, Latvia and Poland in Eastern Europe, and Kazakhstan in Central Asia, on 16 January 2017. While all of these countries were either part of – or dominated by – the Soviet Union during the … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women invites the public to submit written briefs for the Committee’s study on The Economic Security of Women in Canada. The Committee will be examining how to improve women’s economic security and ensure the equal participation of women in the Canadian economy. The full release … Read more
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development presented its report to the House of Commons entitled: Supporting Peace and Development in Guatemala and Colombia for the Long-Term. The report is the result of the Committee’s fact-finding mission to Guatemala and Colombia, which took place between 28 August and 8 September 2016. The Committee believes that, together, … Read more
