The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance is inviting Canadians to participate in its annual pre-budget consultations process. The committee will table a report on these consultations in the House of Commons with recommendations to be considered by Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) in the development of the 2025 … Read more
The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities chose Heather Walkus as the recipient of the 2024 edition of the Centennial Flame Research Award. The committee would like to thank everyone who applied. The full release is available online. Call 613-996-1542.
The Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs tabled its report Entitled Invisible No More. The Experience of Canadian Women Veterans. Nearly a hundred people came to testify and more than fifty briefs were received. Many of the Veterans recounted their often harrowing experiences, the sexual abuse of which they are survivors, the abuse of authority and the discrimination … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women (the Committee) tabled its report entitled Supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment in Canada today. In its report, the Committee put forward 12 recommendations to improve women’s economic empowerment in Canada. The Committee calls on the Government of Canada to implement them rapidly. The full release is available … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities is undertaking a study to explore the potential impact of federal investment in purpose-built rental, affordable, social, rent-geared-to-income, and co-op housing between February 1, 2006, and October 1, 2015, on the current state of housing … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food presented a report in the House of Commons entitled A Call to Action: How Government and Industry can Fight Back against Food Price Inflation. In preparing this report, the Committee heard from 27 witnesses including the chief executive officers of Canada’s five largest supermarket chains, … Read more
Liberal MP John Aldag (Cloverdale-Langley City, B.C.), Chair of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, tabled a report entitled “We Belong to the Land”: The Restitution of Land to Indigenous Nations. During the study, witnesses discussed the dispossession of Indigenous lands, available pathways for Indigenous Nations to access their lands, and recommendations to … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women began a new study on coercive behaviour, with a focus on existing legislation in other jurisdictions that aim to criminalize coercive behaviour. The committee is inviting the public to contribute to the study by submitting written briefs. The deadline for the committee to receive written briefs from … Read more
The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women honours May 5th as Red Dress Day in Canada. This day commemorates missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and people who are Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and other gender diverse identities. The day brings awareness to this ongoing crisis … Read more
Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus (Hull—Aylmer, Que.) issued a statement: “It is with a heavy heart that we learned yesterday of the passing of the Honourable John Allen Fraser, P.C., O.C., O.B.C., C.D., K.C., the 32nd Speaker of the House of Commons. He passed away peacefully in Vancouver at the age of 92, … Read more
