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Status of House Business

AT PROROGATION
Wednesday, December 30, 2009


PART IV – Business Respecting Committees

Concurrence in Committee Reports

This section contains information relating to motions for concurrence in committee reports. The motions in this section are numbered sequentially.
No. 1Ms. Demers (Laval) — Motion to concur in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Status of Women(government action in support of abused women) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-06)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Concurrence in Committee Reports — February 26, 2009
Order respecting proceedings — March 12, 2009
Debated; adopted — March 12, 2009
No. 2Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) — Motion to concur in the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (findings contained in the Seventh Report of the Committee presented to the House during the Second Session of the 39th Parliament) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-27)
Debated under Routine Proceedings — March 12, 2009
Adopted — March 23, 2009
No. 3Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — Motion to concur in the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (Iraq war resisters) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-16)
Debated under Routine Proceedings — March 26, 2009
Adopted — March 30, 2009
No. 4Mr. Silva (Davenport) — Motion to concur in the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (Bahá'i community in Iran) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-31)
Order respecting proceedings on March 30, 2009 — March 27, 2009
Debated under Routine Proceedings; deemed adopted — March 30, 2009
No. 5Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — Motion to concur in the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (deportations to Sri Lanka) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-36
Order respecting proceedings — April 29, 2009
Debated under Routine Proceedings; deemed adopted — April 29, 2009
No. 6Mr. Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) — Motion to concur in the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (Canadian seal harvest) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-62)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; adopted — May 11, 2009
No. 7Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — Motion to concur in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (spousal sponsorship and removals) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-15)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; adopted — May 26, 2009
No. 8Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — Motion to concur in the Second Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade (Quebec's Pesticides Management Code and Dow Agroscience) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-47)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; adopted — September 29, 2009
No. 9Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — Motion to concur in the first Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (findings contained in the Tenth Report of the Committee presented to the House during the Second Session of the 39th Parliament) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-25)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; adopted — October 5, 2009
No. 10 — Motion to concur in the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-311, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-137)
Deemed moved — October 8, 2009
Adopted — October 21, 2009
No. 11 — Motion to concur in the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-139)
Deemed moved — October 19, 2009
Order respecting deferred recorded division discharged and order respecting proceedings — October 21, 2009
Adopted — October 21, 2009
No. 12Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills) — Motion to concur in the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (recommendation not to proceed further with Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (right to repair)) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-147)
Order respecting proceedings — November 17, 2009
Debated; deemed adopted — November 17, 2009
No. 13Ms. Bourgeois (Terrebonne—Blainville) — Motion to concur in the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (In Pursuit of Balance: Assisting Small and Medium Enterprises in Accessing Federal Procurement) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-115
Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Concurrence in Committee Reports — November 18, 2009
Order respecting proceedings; deemed adopted — November 26, 2009
No. 14Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — Motion to concur in the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (Migrant Workers and Ghost Consultants) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-97)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; adopted — November 19, 2009
No. 15Mr. Byrne (Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte) — Motion to concur in the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (amendments to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Convention) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-158)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Concurrence in Committee Reports — November 23, 2009
Order respecting proceedings — December 7, 2009
Debated — December 7, 2009
Order respecting the recorded division further deferred to December 10, 2009 — December 8, 2009
No. 16Mr. Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) — Motion to concur in the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (poverty reduction in Canada) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-160)
Order respecting proceedings — November 24, 2009
Debated under Routine Proceedings; deemed adopted — November 24, 2009
No. 17Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — Motion to concur in the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (Review of the Findings and Recommendations Arising from the Iacobucci and O'Connor Inquiries) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-123)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; adopted — December 3, 2009
No. 18Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — Motion to concur in the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (study on resolving the labour dispute at national museums) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-170)
Debated under Routine Proceedings; superseded by a dilatory motion — December 9, 2009

Standing Committees

This section contains information on motions relating to the business respecting Standing Committees, mainly: striking committee reports, membership changes, concurrence in committee reports, orders of reference relating to travel and other business. The information in this section is grouped by Standing Committee as listed in the Standing Orders.
Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (ANNO)
Empowered to travel — April 2, 2009
Empowered to travel — October 9, 2009
Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)
3rd Report (privileges, powers and immunities of the House of Commons relating to the Mulroney Airbus settlement) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-41) — Concurred in — March 12, 2009
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI)
Empowered to travel — May 6, 2009
Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC)
3rd Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 18)
Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)
1st Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 7)
2nd Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 3)
3rd Report (language rights during proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-17) — Concurred in — April 2, 2009
5th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 5)
Order respecting the filing of a report during the period of June 2009 — June 19, 2009
8th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 14)
Standing Committe on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)
Order of reference (review of the Species at Risk Act) — February 24, 2009
Empowered to travel — April 2, 2009
2nd Report — October 8, 2009 (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 10)
Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)
Empowered to travel — May 6, 2009
Empowered to travel — June 10, 2009
Order respecting televising of meetings — June 10, 2009
Order respecting the change to the membership and the organization meeting on October 1, 2009 — September 28, 2009
Extension of deadline for tabling of a report on pre-budget consultation (Standing Order 83.1) — November 6, 2009
Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO)
Empowered to travel — March 24, 2009
4th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 6)
8th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 15)
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)
3rd Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 2)
Empowered to travel — March 25, 2009
4th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 4)
1st Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 9)
7th Report — October 19, 2009 (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 11)
Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO)
7th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 13)
Standing Committee on Health (HESA)
Empowered to travel — May 6, 2009
Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)
Empowered to travel — April 22, 2009
Order of reference (review of the provisions and operations of the Employment Equity Act) — April 22, 2009
Empowered to travel — November 19, 2009
6th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 16)
Order of reference (review of support measures available to adoptive parents and their children) — November 25, 2009 (See PART II — Private Members' Motions M-386)
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU)
Order of reference (study of the crisis faced by certain industrial sectors) — February 26, 2009
Order of reference (study of the crisis faced by the automotive industry) — February 26, 2009
Order of reference (review of the provisions and operations of the Canada Business Corporations Act) — April 22, 2009
7th Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 12)
Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT)
Empowered to travel — April 2, 2009
Empowered to travel — May 6, 2009
Empowered to travel — May 29, 2009
2nd Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 8)
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST)
Order of reference (proposed appointment of Mr. Brian J. Saunders as the Director of Public Prosecutions for the purposes of subsection 4(4) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act) — February 4, 2009
2nd Report (proposed appointment of Mr. Brian J. Saunders as the Director of Public Prosecutions) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-13) — February 23, 2009
Empowered to travel — April 2, 2009
Empowered to travel — October 9, 2009
Empowered to travel — November 19, 2009
Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN)
Empowered to travel — November 19, 2009
Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)
Order respecting proceedings on January 27, 2009 — January 26, 2009
2nd Report (new disclosure forms relating to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-1) — Concurred in — January 27, 2009
3rd Report (Supplementary Estimates (B), 2008-2009: Vote 5b under PARLIAMENT) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-2) — February 6, 2009
6th Report (items to remain votable) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-14) — Deemed concurred in — February 24, 2009
Mandate pursuant to Standing Order 114(4) broadened to include special committees — March 4, 2009
8th Report (webcasting and reproduction of the proceedings of the House and its committees) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-30) — Concurred in — March 5, 2009
12th Report (amendments to Standing Orders 153 and 156) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-76) — May 15, 2009
Concurred in — June 4, 2009
13th Report (Main Estimates 2009-2010: Vote 5 under PARLIAMENT) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-77) — May 15, 2009
15th Report (Main Estimates 2009-2010: Vote 15 under PRIVY COUNCIL) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-84) — May 27, 2009
17th Report (items to remain votable) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-89) — Deemed concurred in — June 2, 2009
18th Report (amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-91) — June 3, 2009
Concurred in — June 4, 2009
Membership of the Committee changed — September 16, 2009
19th Report (items to remain votable) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-135) — Deemed concurred in — September 28, 2009
24th Report (items to remain votable) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-157) — Deemed concurred in — November 18, 2009
Order of reference (householder) — November 19, 2009 (See PART V — Other Business No. 13)
Order of reference (householder) — November 30, 2009 (See PART V — Other Business No. 13)
Membership of Committees
1st Report — Concurred in — January 27, 2009
4th Report — Concurred in — February 9, 2009
5th Report — Concurred in — February 11, 2009
7th Report — Concurred in — February 24, 2009
9th Report — Concurred in — March 6, 2009
10th Report — Concurred in — March 23, 2009
11th Report — Concurred in — April 23, 2009
14th Report — Concurred in — May 26, 2009
16th Report — Concurred in — May 28, 2009
20th Report — Deemed concurred in — September 28, 2009
21st Report — Concurred in — October 7, 2009
22nd Report — Concurred in — November 2, 2009
23rd Report — Concurred in — November 6, 2009
25th Report — Concurred in — November 25, 2009
26th Report — Concurred in — December 2, 2009
27th Report (membership of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-31) — Deemed concurred in — December 3, 2009
Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP)
Empowered to travel — May 6, 2009
Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU)
Order of reference (review of the administration of the Sex Offender Information registration Act) — April 22, 2009
Order of reference (review of the provisions and operations of the DNA Identification Act) — April 22, 2009
Empowered to travel — May 29, 2009
Empowered to travel — June 3, 2009
Empowered to travel — October 9, 2009
3rd Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 17)
Standing Committee on Status of Women (FEWO)
1st Report (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 1)
Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN)
Empowered to travel — June 19, 2009
Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (ACVA)
Empowered to travel — March 25, 2009
Empowered to travel — April 30, 2009
Empowered to travel — May 6, 2009
Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS)
1st Report (mandate and quorum) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-28) — Concurred in — March 2, 2009
Empowered to travel — May 29, 2009

Special Committees

This section contains information on motions relating to the business respecting Special Committees, mainly: order of reference, concurrence in committee reports and other business. The information in this section is grouped by Special Committee.
Special Committee on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan
Order of reference — February 10, 2009
Committee struck — February 10, 2009
Empowered to travel — April 2, 2009