41st Parliament, 1st Session (June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)

Review of the Board of Internal Economy - BOIE

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That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House:(a) Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder), be deemed read a third time and passed on division;(b) Bill S-14, An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, be deemed read a third time and passed;(c) Bill S-17, An Act to implement conventions, protocols, agreements and a supplementary convention, concluded between Canada and Namibia, Serbia, Poland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Switzerland, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes, be deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed;(d) Bill S-15, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and to make consequential amendments to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, be deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed;(e) Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Civil Marriage Act, be (i) deemed read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole; (ii) deemed considered in a Committee of the Whole and reported with the following amendment: “That Bill C-32, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 10 on page 3 with the following: “consent, on presentation of an order from the court or a””, (iii) deemed concurred in at report stage, as amended, and deemed read a third time and passed;(f) Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian Armed Forces), be deemed reported back from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration without amendment;(g) in order to bring full transparency and accountability to House of Commons spending, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to: (i) conduct open and public hearings with a view to replace the Board of Internal Economy with an independent oversight body,(ii) invite the Auditor General, the Clerk and the Chief Financial Officer of the House of Commons to participate fully in these hearings,(iii) study the practices of provincial and territorial legislatures, as well as other jurisdictions and Westminster-style Parliaments in order to compare and contrast their administrative oversight, (iv) propose modifications to the Parliament of Canada Act, the Financial Administration Act, the Auditor General Act and any other acts as deemed necessary,(v) propose any necessary modifications to the administrative policies and practices of the House of Commons, (vi) examine the subject-matter of the motions, standing in the name of the Member for Papineau, placed on the Order Paper on June 10, 2013, (vii) report its findings to the House no later than December 2, 2013, in order to have any proposed changes to expense disclosure and reporting in place for the beginning of the next fiscal year;(h) when the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs meets pursuant to the order of reference set out in paragraph (g) of this Order, one Member who is not a member of a recognized party be allowed to participate in the hearings as a temporary, non-voting member of that Committee;(i) on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the House adjourn at 12 midnight or after each of Bills C-54, S-14, S-15, C-32 and S-17 have been read the third time, whichever comes first; and(j) upon the adjournment of the House on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the House stand adjourned until Monday, September 16, 2013, provided that, for the purposes of any Standing Order, the House be deemed to stand adjourned pursuant to Standing Order 28

Meetings

No meetings have taken place for this study/activity.