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House of Commons Debates (Hansard) see Chan, Hon. Raymond;Ukraine

House of Commons Calendar

    >>Year 2008
    >>>Adopted, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 55
    >>>Tabled, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 55 (8530-392-4)

House of Commons proceedings

    >>Sittings and Business of the House
    >>>November 1, 2007, Statements by Ministers pursuant to Standing Order 33 taken up at 3:00 p.m., M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 122
    >>>December 11, 2007
    >>>>House revert to Introduction of Government Bills; bill on notice re National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River be introduced now; and title in English text be amended, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 295
    >>>>House shall sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for purposes of considering Bill C-38 and shall not be adjourned before bill proceedings have been completed; bill deemed to have been read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole; Committee of the Whole shall be authorized to hear witnesses, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 295-6
    >>>December 13, 2007, proceedings at report stage and third reading of Bills S-2 and C-18 and adjournment on December 13, 2007, M. (Van Loan), 319, agreed to, 319
    >>>February 25, 2008, House shall sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily adjournment today; after 6:30 p.m. the Chair shall not receive any quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent; when no Member rises to speak to Government Business No. 5, or at 10:00 p.m., whichever is earlier, the debate shall adjourn without the question being put; after the debate on Government Business No. 5 is adjourned, the House shall consider the second reading motion of Bill C-44, following which Bill C-44 shall be deemed read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read third time and passed; the House shall adjourn to the next sitting day, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 463
    >>>March 10 and 11, 2008, House shall consider Government Business No. 5, during debate, no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Speaker, and when no Member rises to speak or at midnight, whichever comes first, House shall adjourn to next sitting day without question being put, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 540
    >>>March 13, 2008, House shall consider Government Business No. 5 and, unless previously disposed of, at expiry of time provided for Government Orders, Speaker shall interrupt proceedings and put forthwith, without further debate or amendment, all questions necessary to dispose of Government Business No. 5, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 570
    >>>April 28, 2008, between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., Chair shall not receive any quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 729
    >>>May 5, 2008, deadline for filing notices with the Clerk be 4:00 p.m.; all committee meetings cancelled; and House do now adjourn, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 764
    >>>May 9, 2008, starting at 12:00 p.m. and ending at ordinary hour of daily adjounment, no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 796
    >>>June 9, 2008 to June 19, 2008, extended hours (Government Business No. 8), M. (Nicholson), 944, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 141), 944-5
    >>>June 11, 2008, statement of apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, scheduling, visitors permitted on floor of House, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 952
    >>>June 13, 2008, in relation to Bill C-60, Member from each recognized party may speak for period not exceeding 10 minutes, Bill deemed read second time and referred to Standing Committee on National Defence; Committee permitted to meet that day, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 985
    >>See also Mulroney-Schreiber affair

Housing

    >>Affordable housing, residential rental property, low-cost, investment, tax incentives see Income Tax Act (amdt.--low-cost residential rental property)(Bill C-532)
    >>See also Aboriginal housing;Home Buyers' Plan;Indian bands/reserves--Family homes;Social programs--Vulnerable Canadians

HST see Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Human immunodeficiency virus see HIV/AIDS

Human pathogens see Disease preventions

Human Pathogens and Toxins Act (Bill C-54)--Minister of Health (Clement)

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada see Human Resources and Social Development Canada

Human Resources and Social Development Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2006-2007, tabled, 127 (8563-392-40)
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>>Votes 1 and 5, reallocation, r.o. Q-124 (Ignatieff), 338 (8555-392-124)
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main
    >>>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 482
    >>>>Report, 784
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee referral, 812
    >>Projects, grants, contributions and other funding support, Victoria constituency, r.o. Q-16 (Savoie), 242-3 (8555-392-16)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2008-2009, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act

Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--qualification for and entitlement to benefits)(Bill C-265), 2
    >>>Old Age Security Act (amdt.--application for supplement, retroactive payments and other amendments)(Bill C-490), 912
    >>>Old Age Security Act (amdt.--residency requirement)(Bill C-362), 228
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Human Resources and Skills Development, 82
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B), referred
    >>>Human Resources and Skills Development, 442
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main, referred
    >>>Human Resources and Skills Development, 482
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Human Resources and Skills Development, 812
    >>Membership, 95-6, 357, 359, 430, 646
    >>Reports
    >>>First (matter related to the forestry and manufacturing sectors), 430 (8510-392-53)
    >>>Second (extension of time to consider Bill C-265, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)), 484 (8510-392-70)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 9), M., division deferred, 484, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 50), 518-9
    >>>Third (Employability in Canada: Preparing for the Future), 630-1 (8510-392-90)
    >>>>gr, 1044 (8512-392-90)
    >>>Fourth (Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--qualification for and entitlement to benefits)(Bill C-265)), 647 (8510-392-93)
    >>>Fifth (extension of time to consider Bill C-362, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (residency requirement)), 672 (8510-392-94)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 14), M., 672, division deferred, 672, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 91), 713-5
    >>>Sixth (Main Estimates 2008-2009 - Votes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 under Human Resources and Skills Development), 784 (8510-392-116)
    >>>Seventh (Old Age Security Act (amdt.--residency requirement)(Bill C-362)), 832 (8510-392-123)
    >>>Eighth (Strengthening the Employment Insurance Premium Rate-Setting Process), 993 (8510-392-155)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC);Canada Pension Plan (CPP);Canada Shipping Act, 2001;Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal;Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety;Employment Equity Act;Employment Equity Act (Labour);Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report;Old Age Security;Order in Council appointments;Student financial assistance programs

Human rights

    >>Violations of international law or treaties, tort claims by non-Canadian citizens see Federal Courts Act (amdt.--international promotion and protection of human rights)(Bill C-492)
    >>See also Aboriginal people;Afghanistan--Canadian Armed Forces;Airline Passenger Bill of Rights;Aung San Suu Kyi;Betancourt, Ingrid;Burma;Canada-Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission detainee transfer agreement;Canada-Colombia free trade;Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;Canadian Museum for Human Rights;Child labour;Chinese Head Tax;Comfort women;Coptic Christians;Gender equality;Hate crimes;Hate propaganda;Kambaksh, Sayed Pervez;Kenya;Khadr, Omar;Komagata Maru incident (1914);Medical procedures;Mining industry;National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries;Olympics and Paralympics, 2008 Summer Games (Beijing);Organ donations/transplants--China;Organ harvesting;Racial and religious profiling;Refugees;Security certificates;Sexual harassment;Strippers;Torture;Trafficking in persons (human trafficking);Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day;Women's rights;World Trade Center Families for Proper Burial

Human Rights, the Environment and Free Trade with Colombia see International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth

Human trafficking see Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)

Humanitarian aid see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Generic medications;Peace initiatives;Peacekeeping--Personnel;Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)

Hunger

    >>National Hunger Awareness Day, June 5, 2007, establishing, resolution, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 914

Hunting see Seal hunt

I

Iceland Tariff

    >>Legislation see Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-55)

IDEA see International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Identification of Criminals Act

    >>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--impaired driving)(Bill C-376)

Identity theft

    >>Criminal Code offence/penalties, including mail redirection, document forgery, personation and credit card copying and forgery see Criminal Code (amdt.--identity theft and related misconduct)(Bill C-27)
    >>See also Personal information

Immigrants

    >>Inadmissibility, health grounds exception, provincial nominee programs, including see Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--exception to inadmissibility)(Bill C-524)
    >>Undocumented workers, deportation
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Chow), (392-0466), 593, gr, 733 (8545-392-20-06)
    >>>>(Richardson), (392-0730), 872, gr, 1047 (8545-392-6-12)
    >>See also Dziekanski, Robert;Iraq war--Conscientious objectors;Komagata Maru incident (1914);Strippers

Immigration

    >>Application process
    >>>Ways and Means No. 10
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 74), 598-9
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)
    >>Family class sponsorship
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Black), (392-0565), 686, gr, 823 (8545-392-84-01)
    >>>>(Brown, B.), (392-0907), 1030, gr, 1046 (8545-392-20-10)
    >>>>(Gallant), (392-0785), 946, gr, 1055 (8545-392-20-11)
    >>>Relative not a member of family class, once-in-a-lifetime sponsorship see Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--sponsorship of relative)(Bill C-394)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Charlton), (392-0813), 994, gr, 1055 (8545-392-20-11)
    >>>(Chow), (392-0664), 807, gr, 1055 (8545-392-20-11); (392-0729), 872, gr, 1055 (8545-392-20-11); (392-0890), 1027, gr, 1055 (8545-392-20-11)
    >>>(Lake), (392-0233), 324, gr, 334 (8545-392-20-04)
    >>>(Mathyssen), (392-0854), 1022, gr, 1046 (8545-392-20-10)
    >>Spousal sponsorship see Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh
    >>See also Citizenship and Immigration Department;Iraq war--Conscientious objectors;Komagata Maru incident (1914);Visa bonds

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2006-2007, tabled, 127 (8563-392-41)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2008-2009, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>2007 annual report, 121 (8560-392-800-01)
    >>Section 38(2) see Immigrants--Inadmissibility
    >>Section 117 see Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)--Humanitarian aid workers
    >>Ways and Means No. 10
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 74), 598-9
    >>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.)(Bill C-17)--Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Finley)

    >>1st r, 129
    >>Deemed read second time and referred to committee, 129
    >>Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 129
    >>Note: previously Bill C-57, 1st Session, 39th Parliament

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--certificate and special advocate)(Bill C-3)--Minister of Public Safety (Day)

    >>1st r, 47
    >>2nd r, 70, 173, 175, 180, division deferred, 180, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 10), 181-3
    >>Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 183
    >>>Report, with amdts., 283
    >>Curtailment of debate
    >>>M. (Hill), 366, deemed withdrawn, 366
    >>>M. (Hill, 366-7, adopted, 367
    >>Report stage, 367-8
    >>>Concurrence, as amended, M. (Day), 380, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 33), 380-1
    >>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 1), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 32), 378-80
    >>>Motion No. 2 (Clause 2), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 3 (Clause 3), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 4 (Clause 4), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 5 (Clause 5), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 6 (Clause 6), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 7 (Clause 7), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 8 (Clause 8), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 9 (Clause 9), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 10 (Clause 10), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 11 (Clause 11), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>>Motion No. 12 (Clause 12), (Priddy), 367, division deferred, 368, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 32), 380
    >>3rd r, 384-5, 391, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 38), 395-6, passed
    >>>Procedure, "That this question be now put", M. (Epp), 385, division deferred, 391, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 37), 393-5
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 428
    >>Royal Assent, 446 (Chap. 3, S.C. 2008)

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--certificate and special advocate)(Bill C-523)--Alghabra

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171)(Bill C-280)--Demers

    >>Deemed introduced, read first time, read second time and referred to committee, reported without amendment, concurred in at report stage and read third time and passed after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 3
    >>Senate passage, with amdts., 1019

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--exception to inadmissibility)(Bill C-524)--Wasylycia-Leis

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--sponsorship of relative)(Bill C-394)--Nash

    >>2nd r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 312, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 312, 493, division deferred, 493, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 57), 530-1

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (PRRA)

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>Proposed amendment and Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, dated March 31, 2008, 641 (8560-392-790-01)
    >>>Proposed amendment (Permanent Resident Card) and Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, dated March 31, 2008, 642 (8560-392-790-02)

Immigration consultants see Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports, Tenth

Impacts of Funding and Program Changes at Status of Women Canada, The see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Eighteenth

Impaired driving

    >>Alcohol and drug-impaired drivers, penalties/testing/witnesses' evidence see Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2)
    >>Blood alcohol level, 0.05%, exceeding see Criminal Code (amdt.--impaired driving)(Bill C-376)
    >>Penalties see Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments)(Bill C-13)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Gourde), (392-0841), 1003, gr, 1056 (8545-392-26-23)

Imports

    >>Shipments, electronic data provided to Canada Border Services Agency see Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)
    >>See also Dangerous goods;Travellers' exemption

Improving the Economic Security of Women: Time to Act see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Twenty-first

Income see Agriculture;Employment insurance--Earnings;Low-income earners;Tax-Free Savings Accounts

Income tax

    >>Dependent child
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Bagnell), (392-0145), 198, gr, 333 (8545-392-19-04)
    >>Double taxation, see Canada-United States Tax Convention Act, 1984 (amdt.)(Bill S-2)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Plamondon), (392-0897), 1030, gr, 1055 (8545-392-19-21)
    >>>(Priddy), (392-0851), 1022
    >>Rate
    >>>Ways and Means No. 4
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 152, division deferred, 153, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 9), 154-6
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 144 (8570-392-04)
    >>>>See also Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-28)
    >>Source deductions, graduated penalties and remittance
    >>>Ways and Means No. 7, notice, tabled, 473 (8570-392-09)
    >>>Ways and Means No. 10
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 74), 598-9
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)
    >>Spouse or common-law partner and wholly dependent relative amounts
    >>>Ways and Means No. 4
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 152, division deferred, 153, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 9), 154-6
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 144 (8570-392-04)
    >>>>See also Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-28)
    >>See also Automobiles/motor vehicles--Households without motor vehicle;Charitable donations;Conscientious objectors;Construction industry;Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Donations;Education, post-secondary--Designated regions;Employment insurance--Payments in lieu;Income trusts;Investment--Deferred income plans;Non-resident trusts and foreign investment entities;Northern Residents Deduction;Olympics and Paralympics, 2010 Winter Games (Vancouver);Publicly traded trusts and partnerships;Registered Disability Savings Plan;Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP);Scholarships;Social security payments (United States);Stock options;Tax credits;Tax-Free Savings Accounts;Volunteer emergency workers

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