House of Commons.

AuthorWidmer, Danielle
PositionLegislative Reports

The First Session of the Forty-Second Parliament continued through the early months of 2018. The information below covers the period from December 14, 2017, to March 27, 2018.

Financial Procedures

On February 12, 2018, at the request of the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett (Toronto--St. Paul's), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of a Ways and Means motion to introduce the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee Governance Agreement Act. Following the adoption of a Ways and Means motion on February 14, 2018, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Centre), introduced Bill C-70, An Act to give effect to the Agreement on Cree Nation Governance between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and the Government of Canada, to amend the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts. The next day, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Bardish Chagger (Waterloo), sought and obtained unanimous consent that the Bill be deemed read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at the report stage and deemed read a third time and passed. This represented an extraordinary occasion whereby a bill advanced two readings on the same day.

On February 15, 2018, at the request of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Bardish Chagger (Waterloo), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of a Ways and Means motion for a budget presentation. On February 27, 2018, the Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre), moved "[t]hat the House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government" and presented the budget speech. Following the usual four days of debate, the motion was agreed to on March 21, 2018.

Procedure and Privilege

Points of Order

On February 27,2018, the House Leader of the New Democratic Party, Ruth Ellen Brosseau (Berthier--Maskinonge), rose on a point or order, pursuant to Standing Order 69.1, regarding Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, requesting that the Speaker divide the question, for the purpose of voting, on the motion for second and third reading of the Bill. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), intervened on the...

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