Status of House Business
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Status of House Business
AT DISSOLUTION
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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 |
| Speaker elected (Mr. Regan (Halifax West)) — December 3, 2015 |
| Deputy Speaker and Chair of Commitees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Stanton (Simcoe North))) — December 4, 2015 |
| Assistant Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mrs. Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing)) — December 7, 2015 |
| Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming)) — December 9, 2015 |
| Honorary Chair Occupant (Mr. Bélanger (Ottawa—Vanier)) — December 9, 2015 |
| Designated day — March 9, 2016 |
| No. 2 — Resolutions |
| Ms. Audrey O'Brien — December 4, 2015 |
| Syrian and Iraqi refugees — December 11, 2015 |
| Islamophobia — October 26, 2016 |
| Religious freedom — October 26, 2016 |
| British Home Children — February 16, 2017 |
| Quebec jurisdiction — September 21, 2017 |
| NAFTA renegotiations — September 26, 2017 |
| Bombardier — September 27, 2017 |
| Bill C-337 — October 25, 2017 |
| Davie — November 27, 2017 |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership — February 7, 2018 |
| Chemical attack — March 19, 2018 |
| Myanmar — May 23, 2018 |
| Samuel Simpson Sharpe — May 24, 2018 |
| Steel and aluminum tariffs — May 31, 2018 |
| Trading relationship between Canada and the United States of America — June 11, 2018 |
| Genocide in Myanmar — September 20, 2018 |
| Revoking the honorary Canadian citizenship of Aung San Suu Kyi — September 27, 2018 |
| Financial compensation for farmers — October 5, 2018 |
| Government plan on French-language services in Ontario — November 26, 2018 |
| Document tabled (Sessional Paper No. 8525-421-82) — November 30, 2018 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo — December 4, 2018 |
| Induction of Paul Henderson to the Hockey Hall of Fame — January 28, 2019 |
| Use of images of the Lac-Mégantic tragedy in works of fiction — January 29, 2019 |
| Terror attack in New Zealand — March 18, 2019 |
| Rwandan Genocide — April 8, 2019 |
| Message to the Senate concerning bills C-262 and C-337 — April 10, 2019 |
| Canadian steel industry — April 12, 2019 |
| 50th anniversary of the Parliamentary Internship Programme — May 9, 2019 |
| Vice-Admiral Mark Norman — May 14, 2019 |
| Contribution of caregivers — June 4, 2019 |
| Sri Lanka — June 19, 2019 |
| Broadcasting of committee proceedings — June 19, 2019 |
| Military Family Appreciation Day — June 19, 2019 |
| No. 3 — Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne |
| Debated — December 4, 7, 8 and 11, 2015, and January 25, 26, and 27, 2016 |
| Adopted — January 27, 2016 |
| Order to engross Address — January 27, 2016 |
| No. 4 — Standing Orders |
| Provisional changes to Standing Order 81(5) — Adopted — December 4, 2015 |
| Committee name change — April 21, 2016 (See Part IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 8th Report) |
| Provisional change to Standing Order 81(18)(c) — Adopted — June 14, 2016 |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 32, 104, 114 and 116, coming into effect on September 18, 2017 — June 20, 2017 (See PART I — Government Business No. 18) |
| New Standing Order 69.1 — Adopted — June 20, 2017 (See PART I — Government Business No. 18) |
| Provisional amendment to Standing Order 81, taking effect on September 18, 2017, for the duration of the 42nd Parliament — Adopted — June 20, 2017 (See PART I — Government Business No. 18) |
| Amendments to Standing Order 36 — Adopted — November 29, 2018 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 75th Report) |
| Amendment to Standing Order 108(3)(a)(v) — Adopted — June 19, 2019 |
| No. 5 — Board of Internal Economy |
| Established and membership appointed — December 4, 2015 |
| Membership of the Board changed — September 19 and October 19, 2016; January 30, September 18 and October 24, 2017; January 29 and September 26, 2018; March 18 and May 15, 2019 |
| No. 6 — Instructions to the House Administration |
| Commemoration of 1916 fire — February 3, 2016 |
| No. 7 — Conflict of Interest Code for the Members of the House of Commons |
| Revised disclosure forms — Adopted — March 7, 2016 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 4th Report) |
| Report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner entitled "Kusie Report" (Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-46) — December 4, 2018 |
| Report deemed adopted pursuant to section 28(10) of the Code — March 22, 2019 |
| No. 8 — Sittings and Business of the House |
| Order respecting Statements by Members on March 11, 2016 — March 10, 2016 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House, the hours of sitting and the order of business on March 24, 2016 — March 24, 2016 |
| Order respecting the bells to call in the Members — April 12, 2016 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting for the consideration of Senate amendments — June 9, 2016 |
| Order respecting the suspension of the House on June 17, 2016 — June 17, 2016 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 17, 2016 — June 17, 2016 |
| Order respecting the calendar of the House — September 22, 2016 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the presence of Olympic and Paralympic athletes before a Committee of the Whole on November 2, 2016 — October 26, 2016 |
| Order respecting the bells to call in the Members — December 1, 2016 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on items of Private Members' Business in December 2016 — December 1, 2016 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on December 14, 2016 — December 14, 2016 |
| Order respecting Statements by Ministers on January 30, 2017 — January 30, 2017 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on January 30, 2017 — January 30, 2017 |
| Order respecting the recorded divisions on Wednesday February 1, 2017 — January 31, 2017 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting and the order of business on February 21, 2017 — February 14, 2017 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on items of Private Members' Business from March 10 to 22, 2017 — March 10, 2017 |
| Order respecting the participation of the Member for Abitibi—Témiscamingue in Private Members' Business — March 24, 2017 (See PART II — Private Members' Business C-345) |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the adjournment of the house, the deferred recorded divisions and the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of the Address by Malala Yousafzai on April 12, 2017, as well as the hours of sitting, the order of business and recorded divisions on April 13, 2017 — April 3, 2017 (See Other Business No. 17) |
| Order respecting the bells to call in the Members and statements following Oral Questions on May 16, 2017 — May 16, 2017 |
| Order respecting the calendar of the House — June 16, 2017 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 21, 2017 — June 21, 2017 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting and the order of business on October 2, 2017 — September 22, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings on November 6, 2017 — October 18, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the time for the statement by the Minister of Finance on October 24, 2017 — October 20, 2017 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on November 9, 2017 — November 7, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings on November 28, 2017 — November 20, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the printing in the Hansard of the presence of Special Olympic athletes, coaches and mission staff before a Committee of the Whole on November 29, 2017 — November 22, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the adjournment of the House on December 13, 2017 — December 13, 2017 |
| Order respecting the bells to call in the Members — January 29, 2018 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on February 15 and April 19, 2018 — January 31, 2018 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on items of Private Members' Business on February 14, 2018 — February 13, 2018 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on items of Private Members' Business on February 28, 2018 — February 26, 2018 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the order of business and the recorded divisions on March 29, 2018 — March 20, 2018 |
| Order respecting Statements by Ministers and the presence of guests on the floor of the House of Commons on March 26, 2018 — March 26, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the printing in the Hansard of the presence of Olympic and Paralympic athletes before a Committee of the Whole on May 9, 2018 — April 26, 2018 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting and the order of business on May 10, 2018 — May 8, 2018 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 20, 2018 — June 19, 2018 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on November 8, 2018 — September 21, 2018 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of the Address by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on October 25, 2018 — October 15, 2018 (See Other Business No. 17) |
| Order respecting proceedings and the time for the statement by the Minister of Finance on November 21, 2018 — November 8, 2018 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on November 28, 2018 — November 27, 2018 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on December 3, 2018 — November 27, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings on December 4 and 5, 2018 — November 29, 2018 |
| Order respecting the deferred recorded division on December 12, 2018 — December 11, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the adjournment of the House on December 13, 2018 — December 13, 2018 |
| Order respecting the bells to call in the Members — January 30, 2019 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on items of Private Members' Business on February 27, 2019 — February 26, 2019 |
| Order respecting statements by Members not seeking re-election to the 43rd Parliament on June 4 and 5, 2019 — May 28, 2019 (See PART I — Government Business No. 30) |
| Order respecting Statements by Members on June 19, 2019 — June 18, 2019 |
| Order respecting proceedings on the business of supply on June 18, 2019 — June 18, 2019 |
| Order respecting proceedings on June 20, 2019 — June 19, 2019 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 20, 2019 — June 19, 2019 |
| No. 9 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 56.1 |
| Motion respecting the order of reference to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development — Adopted — March 22, 2016 |
| Motion respecting proceedings on Bill C-14 — Deemed withdrawn — May 13, 2016 |
| Motion respecting proceedings on Bill C-14 — Deemed withdrawn — May 16, 2016 |
| No. 10 — Emergency debates |
| Situation in indigenous communities — Leave granted; debated — April 12, 2016 |
| United States’ decision regarding refugee travel — Leave granted — January 30, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — January 31, 2017 |
| Situation of the Rohingyas — Leave granted — September 25, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — September 26, 2017 |
| Trans Mountain Expansion Project — Leave granted — April 16, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — April 16, 2018 |
| Global warming — Leave granted — October 15, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — October 15, 2018 |
| Closure of the General Motors plant in Oshawa — Leave granted — November 26, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — November 26, 2018 |
| Canadian oil and gas sector — Leave granted — November 28, 2018 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — November 28, 2018 |
| Alleged political interference regarding a remediation agreement — Leave granted; debated — February 28, 2019 |
| No. 11 — Panel of Chairs for the legislative committees |
| Chairs appointed — April 13, 2016 |
| No. 12 — Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance (divide Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings — April 18, 2016 (See PART I — Government Business No. 4) |
| Negatived — April 19, 2016 |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (empowered to travel during its consideration of Bill C-243) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — April 11, 2017 (See PART I — Government Business No. 13) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (empowered to travel during its consideration of Bill C-48) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — October 16, 2017 (See PART I — Government Business No. 19) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (empowered to travel during its consideration of Bill C-71) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — June 4, 2018 (See PART I — Government Business No. 23) |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 32, 104, 114 and 116, coming into effect on September 18, 2017 — June 20, 2017 (See PART I — Government Business No. 18) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (expand the scope of Bill C-83) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — November 2, 2018 (See PART I — Government Business No. 24) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (empowered to travel during its consideration of Bill S-203) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings — March 18, 2019 (See PART I — Government Business No. 27) |
| Negatived — March 19, 2019 |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance (empowered to travel during its consideration of Bill S-6) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — March 22, 2019 (See PART I — Government Business No. 28) |
| Motion to instruct the Standing Committee on Finance to divide Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures — May 8, 2019 |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; superseded by a dilatory motion — May 8, 2019 |
| No. 13 — Privilege |
| Premature disclosure of contents of Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying) |
| Debated; adopted — April 19, 2016 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| Physical molestation of the Member from Berthier—Maskinongé |
| Debated — May 18 and 19, 2016; adopted — May 19, 2016 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| Denial of access of Members to the Parliamentary Precinct — Debated; superseded by a dilatory motion — April 6, 2017 |
| Denial of access of Members to the Parliamentary Precinct — Debated — April 11, 13, May 1 and 2, 2017 |
| Statement by the Speaker regarding the privilege motion debated on April 6, 2017 — April 11, 2017 |
| Closure — Notice — May 1, 2017; adopted — May 2, 2017 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the recorded division deferred to May 3, 2017 — May 2, 2017 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded division — May 3, 2017 |
| Adopted — May 3, 2017 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police publications respecting Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms |
| Debated; adopted — June 19, 2018 (See Part IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| No. 14 — Bills sponsored by private Members which originated in the Senate |
| S-201 — Mr. Oliphant (Don Valley West) |
| S-203 — Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) |
| S-208 — Mr. Simms (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame) |
| S-210 — Mr. Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City) |
| S-211 — Mr. Fisher (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour) |
| S-214 — Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton) |
| S-215 — Mr. Ouellette (Winnipeg Centre) |
| S-217 — Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton) |
| S-218 — Mr. Kent (Thornhill) |
| S-226 — Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) |
| S-228 — Mr. Eyolfson (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) |
| S-230 — Mr. Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska) |
| S-231 — Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent) |
| S-232 — Mr. Levitt (York Centre) |
| S-233 — Mr. Brown (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) |
| S-234 — Mr. Vandal (Saint Boniface—Saint Vital) |
| S-236 — Mr. Easter (Malpeque) |
| S-238 — Mr. Donnelly (Port Moody—Coquitlam) |
| S-240 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) |
| S-243 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) |
| S-245 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) |
| S-248 — Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre) |
| S-1001 — Mr. Lightbound (Louis-Hébert) |
| S-1003 — Ms. Damoff (Oakville North—Burlington) |
| No. 15 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 26 |
| Motion for second reading of Bill C-14 — Deemed withdrawn — May 3, 2016 |
| No. 16 — Casting Vote |
| Speaker called upon to exercise a casting vote — May 16, 2016 |
| No. 17 — Hansard |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by the President of the United States of America on June 29, 2016 — June 8, 2016 |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by Malala Yousafzai on April 12, 2017 — April 3, 2017 |
| Order respecting the printing in Hansard of the speeches of Her Excellency the Governor General and the Prime Minister made in the Senate on October 2, 2017 — September 22, 2017 |
| Order respecting the printing in the Hansard of the presence of Special Olympic athletes, coaches and mission staff before a Committee of the Whole on November 29, 2017 — November 22, 2017 |
| Order respecting the printing in the Hansard of the presence of Olympic and Paralympic athletes before a Committee of the Whole on May 9, 2018 — April 26, 2018 |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on October 25, 2018 — October 15, 2018 |
| No. 18 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 53 |
| Motion respecting proceedings on Bill C-14 — Debated; adopted — June 16, 2016 |
| No. 19 — Debate on Standing Orders and Procedure pursuant to Standing Order 51 |
| Debate — October 6, 2016 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| No. 20 — Certificates of nomination pursuant to Standing Order 111.1 |
| President of the Public Service Commission |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Patrick Borbey) referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-4-13) — April 3, 2017 |
| Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-193) — April 13, 2017 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — April 5, 2017; adopted — May 15, 2017 |
| Commissioner of Official Languages |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Madeleine Meilleur) referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-31-03) — May 15, 2017 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — May 16, 2017; withdrawn — June 7, 2017 |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Raymond Théberge) referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-31-05) — November 30, 2017 |
| Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-315) — December 8, 2017 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — November 30, 2017; adopted — December 13, 2017 |
| Clerk of the House of Commons |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Charles Robert) referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-5-04) — June 13, 2017 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 16, 2017; adopted — June 20, 2017 |
| Commissioner of Lobbying |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Nancy Bélanger) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-25-06) — November 30, 2017 |
| Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-314) — December 7, 2017 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — November 30, 2017; adopted — December 13, 2017 |
| Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Mario Dion) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-25-07) — December 11, 2017 |
| 11th Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-331) — December 13, 2017 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — December 11, 2017; adopted — December 13, 2017 |
| Information Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Caroline Maynard) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-25-09) — February 14, 2018 |
| 13th Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-345) — February 28, 2018 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — February 22, 2018; adopted — February 28, 2018 |
| Chief Electoral Officer |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Stéphane Perrault) referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-5-08) — May 8, 2018 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — May 8, 2018; adopted — June 8, 2018 |
| Parliamentary Librarian |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Heather Lank) referred to the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-27-02) — June 8, 2018 |
| Second Report of the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-434) — June 18, 2018 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 12, 2018; adopted — June 19, 2018 |
| Parliamentary Budget Officer |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Yves Giroux) referred to the Standing Committee on Finance (Sessional Paper No. 8540-421-9-23) — June 19, 2018 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 19, 2018; deemed adopted — June 20, 2018 |
| No. 21 — Naming of a Member |
| Mr. Richards (Banff—Airdrie) — November 30, 2017 |
| No. 22 — Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Commons: Sexual Harassment Between Members |
| Review — Presented — June 4, 2018 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 64th Report) |