Status of House Business
The Status of House Business provides cumulative information on the status of business before the House during a session. The document is updated after each sitting.
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Status of House Business
Last updated on
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
PART V – Other Business |
| This section contains information on motions which deal with other business of the House, such as the times of sitting of the House and its order of business, amendments to the Standing Orders and emergency debates. The information in this section is grouped and numbered for reference only. |
| No. 1 — Chair Occupants |
| Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Devolin (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)) — October 16, 2013 |
| Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Stanton (Simcoe North)) — October 16, 2013 |
| No. 2 — Sittings and Business of the House |
| Order respecting the bells to call in the Members (for the duration of the 41st Parliament) — January 29, 2013 |
| Order respecting Statements by Ministers on October 17, 2013 — October 17, 2013 |
| Order respecting the reinstatement of government bills — October 21, 2013 (See PART I — Government Business No. 2) |
| Order respecting the calendar of the House — October 21, 2013 (See PART I — Government Business No. 2) |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the order of business and the adjournment of the House on October 31, 2013 — October 21, 2013 (See PART I — Government Business No. 2) |
| Order respecting the recorded divisions on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, Wednesday, December 4, 2013, and Wednesday, December 11, 2013 — November 26, 2013 |
| Order respecting debate and concurrence in the 42nd Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House in the First Session of the 41st Parliament — November 28, 2013 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)) |
| Order respecting Statements by Ministers on Thursday, December 5, 2013, pursuant to Standing Order 33(1) — December 5, 2013 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on December 10, 2013 — December 10, 2013 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of the Address by His Highness the Aga Khan on February 27, 2014 — February 7, 2014 (See Other Business No. 8) |
| Panel of Chairs for legislative committees appointed — March 6, 2014 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on May 8, 2014 — May 6, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings during the sittings of May 27 to June 20, 2014 — May 27, 2014 (See PART I — Government Business No. 10) |
| Order respecting proceedings and the presence of Olympic and Paralympic athletes before a Committee of the Whole on June 4, 2014 — May 29, 2014 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions requested during the sitting of June 9, 2014 — June 9, 2014 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of the Address by the President of Ukraine on September 17, 2014 — September 15, 2014 (See Other Business No. 8) |
| Order respecting the calendar of the House — September 22, 2014 |
| Order respecting the deferral of recorded divisions to October 29, 2014 — October 23, 2014 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of the Address by the President of the French Republic on November 3, 2014 — October 27, 2014 (See Other Business No. 8) |
| Order respecting proceedings on the 18th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs — November 19, 2014 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)) |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on December 2, 9, and 10, 2014 — November 25, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the presence of Security personnel of the House of Commons before a Committee of the Whole on December 11, 2014 — December 9, 2014 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on February 25, 2015 — February 23, 2015 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the order of business and the recorded divisions on April 2, 2015 — February 26, 2015 |
| Order respecting the proceedings during consideration of Government Business No. 17 and the order of business for the sitting of March 26, 2015 — March 25, 2015 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on April 20, 2015 — April 20, 2015 |
| Order respecting the calendar for the House — June 4, 2015 |
| Order respecting the deferral of recorded divisions previously deferred to June 17, 2015, as well as those requested during the sitting of June 16, 2015 — June 16, 2015 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 19, 2015, and the filing of reports of standing committees on June 22 and 23, 2015 — June 19, 2015 |
| No. 3 — Privilege |
| Dispute between Elections Canada and the Member for Selkirk—Interlake — Adopted — October 17, 2013 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)) |
| Statements in the House of Commons by the Member for Mississauga—Streetsville — Debated — March 3 and 4, 2014; negatived — March 4, 2014 |
| Closure — Notice — March 3, 2014; adopted — March 4, 2014 |
| Free movement of Members of Parliament within the Parliamentary Precinct during the state visit of September 25, 2014 — Debated; adopted — September 25, 2014 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)) |
| Free movement of Members of Parliament within the Parliamentary Precinct on April 30 and May 8, 2015 — Debated; negatived — May 12, 2015 |
| No. 4 — Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons |
| Report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner entitled "The Paradis Report" (Sessional Paper No. 8527-412-06) — December 3, 2013 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — March 4, 2014 |
| Amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, coming into effect at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament — Adopted — February 4, 2015 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — 28th Report) |
| Amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, coming into effect at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament — Adopted — June 18, 2015 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — 39th Report) |
| No. 5 — Standing Orders |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 104(1), 104(2) and 106(4) — Adopted — December 3, 2013 (See Part IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — Fourth Report) |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 3.1, 4(4), 8(1), 28(3), 28(4), 30(1), 30(2), 35(2), 50(2), 50(5), 51(1), 51(2), 73(5), 81(7), 83.1, 92.1, 94(1), 95(1), 95(2), 104, 106(2), 108(1), 108(3)(h), 108(4), 112 and 158(2), coming into effect at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament — Adopted — February 4, 2015 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — 28th Report) |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 36, 131(6) and 133(4) — Adopted — March 11, 2015 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — 33rd Report) |
| Amendments to Standing Order 4 — Adopted — June 17, 2015 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — 21st Report) |
| No. 6 — Resolutions |
| Passing of Nelson Mandela — December 10, 2013 |
| Situation in Ukraine — January 27, 2014 |
| Situation in Venezuela — February 28, 2014 |
| Russian military intervention in Ukraine — March 3, 2014 |
| Sanctions by Russia against parliamentarians and other Canadians — March 26, 2014 |
| Human rights in Sri Lanka — March 26, 2014 |
| Rwandan genocide — April 7, 2014 |
| 100th anniversary of the birth of Jan Karski — May 15, 2014 |
| Tiananmen Square — June 4, 2014 |
| Malala Yousafzai — October 21, 2014 |
| People of Hong Kong — November 19, 2014 |
| Republic of Moldova — November 21, 2014 |
| Passing of Jean Béliveau — December 3, 2014 |
| Anti-Semitism — February 25, 2015 |
| Detention of Sergei Magnitsky — March 25, 2015 |
| Detention of Raif Badawi — April 1, 2015 |
| Srebrenica genocide remembrance — May 14, 2015 |
| No. 7 — Emergency debate |
| Situation in Ukraine — Leave granted; debated — January 27, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings — January 27, 2014 |
| Grain transportation — Leave granted; debated — February 5, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings — February 5, 2014 |
| Kidnapping of girls in Nigeria — Leave granted — May 8, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — May 12, 2014 |
| Ebola epidemic — Leave granted; debated — September 15, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings — September 15, 2014 |
| Situation in Iraq — Leave granted — September 15, 2014 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — September 16, 2014 |
| No. 8 — Hansard |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by His Highness the Aga Khan on February 27, 2014 — February 7, 2014 |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by the President of Ukraine on September 17, 2014 — September 15, 2014 |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by the President of the French Republic on November 3, 2014 — October 27, 2014 |
| No. 9 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 56.1 |
| Motion respecting an order of reference to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs — March 27, 2014 |
| No. 10 — Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
| Motion to instruct the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to expand the scope of Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; superseded by a dilatory motion — April 2, 2014 |
| Motion to instruct the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to divide Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act, the Competition Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act into two bills |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — May 26, 2014 (See PART I — Government Business No. 11) |
| Motion to instruct the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs to expand the scope of Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — June 19, 2014 (See PART I — Government Business No. 12) |
| Motion to grant the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security the power to expand the scope of Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — March 31, 2015 (See PART I — Government Business No. 18) |
| No. 11 — Certificates of nomination pursuant to Standing Order 111.1 |
| Privacy Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Daniel Therrien) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8540-412-25-02) — May 28, 2014 |
| Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-104) — June 4, 2014 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — May 28, 2014; adopted — June 5, 2014 |
| Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Mary Elizabeth Dawson) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8540-412-25-03) — June 5, 2014 |
| Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-112) — June 11, 2014 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 5, 2014; adopted — June 12, 2014 |
| Public Sector Integrity Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Joe Friday) referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8540-412-4-16) — March 23, 2015 |
| Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-201) — March 26, 2015 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — March 23, 2015; adopted — March 26, 2015 |
| No. 12 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 26 |
| Third reading stage of Bill C-20 — Adopted — June 9, 2014 |
| No. 13 — Bills sponsored by private Members which originated in the Senate |
| S-211 — Mr. Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) |
| S-213 — Mr. Sweet (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale) |
| S-218 — Mrs. O'Neill Gordon (Miramichi) |
| S-219 — Mr. Adler (York Centre) |
| S-221 — Mr. Chisu (Pickering—Scarborough East) |
| S-224 — Mr. Leef (Yukon) |
| S-1001 — Mr. Hawn (Edmonton Centre) |
| No. 14 — Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Commons: Sexual Harassment |
| Creation of a Code of Conduct for Members (Sexual Harassment), coming into effect at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament — Presented — June 8, 2015; adopted — June 9, 2015 (See PART IV — Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) — 38th Report) |