Senate.

• Author: Simpson, Ferda
• Position: Legislative Reports

In the Chamber

In September 2018, Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibiting food and beverage marketing directed at children), was read a third time in the House of Commons and returned to the Senate with amendments.

In addition, three government bills were introduced and read a first time: C-64, An Act respecting wrecks, abandoned, dilapidated or hazardous vessels and salvage operations; C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence-, and C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms.

The second reading debate began on two government bills, C-21, An Act to Amend the Customs Act, and C-62, An Act to amend the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act and other Acts.

Committees

On September 20, 2018, the nineteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, entitled From Soldier to Civilian: Professionalizing the Transition, was adopted and a government response was requested.

On September 25, 2018, the twenty-seventh report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, entitled The Shame is Ours: Study on the Forced Adoptions of the Babies of Unmarried Mothers in Post-war Canada, as well as the thirty-second report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance report, entitled The Phoenix Pay Problem: Working Toward a Solution, were adopted and government responses were requested.

On September 27, 2018, the twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth reports of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, entitled The Federal Role in a Social Finance Fund, and Breaking Down Barriers: A critical analysis of the Disability Tax Credit and Registered Disability Savings Plan, respectively, were adopted and government responses were requested. On the same day, the twenty-fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, entitled Fair, Simple and Competitive Taxation: The Way Forward for Canada, was also adopted and a government response was requested.

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications tabled its thirteenth report of the committee, entitled, The Tax Deductibility of Foreign Internet Advertising in Canada, with the Clerk of the Senate during the summer adjournment.

Between August 7 and 11, 2018, the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights travelled to Edmonton, Alberta, and Abbotsford, British Columbia, for public hearings to continue its study...