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Monday, March 8, 2010 (No. 4)
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Orders of the Day |
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne |
| Address Debate — maximum of 6 appointed days, pursuant to Standing Order 50(1). |
| March 11, 2010 — 1st appointed day. |
| March 3, 2010 — Resuming the adjourned debate on the motion of Mr. Généreux (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mr. Armstrong (Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley), — That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada: |
| To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada. |
| MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: |
| We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament. |
Government Orders |
Business of Supply |
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| March 3, 2010 — The President of the Treasury Board — Consideration of the Business of Supply. |
| Supply period ending March 26, 2010 — maximum of 4 allotted days, pursuant to Standing Order 81(10)(b) and (c). |
| Days to be allotted — 4 days in current period. |
Ways and Means |
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| No. 1 — March 5, 2010 — Resuming debate on the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; |
| And on the amendment of Mr. Paillé (Hochelaga), seconded by Mr. Paquette (Joliette), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after “That” and substituting the following: |
| “this House shall not support the government’s budgetary policy unless the government eliminates the tax benefits given to the oil industry, thereby enabling it to compensate Quebec for harmonizing the QST and GST, enhance the Employment Insurance Plan, strengthen the Guaranteed Income Supplement and establish a credible assistance plan for the forestry industry, and unless the government abandons the idea of establishing a national securities commission”; |
| And on the subamendment of Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain), seconded by Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), — That the amendment be amended by : |
| (a) adding immediately before the words “the oil industry”, the words “large banks, big corporations and ”; |
| (b) adding after the word “supplement” the words “allow for the full protection of pensions in all cases of corporate insolvency, work for increases to the CPP and QPP”; and |
| (c) adding after the word “commission” the words “, the implementation of the Harmonised Sales tax in Ontario and British Columbia, and eliminates all references in the Budget designed to weaken our national commitment to a clean energy future”. |
| Budget debate — maximum of 4 days, pursuant to Standing Order 84(2). |
| Monday, March 8, 2010 — 2nd day. |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2010 — 3rd day. |
| Voting on the subamendment and the amendment — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for government business, pursuant to Order made on Friday, March 5, 2010. |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 — 4th and final day. |
| No. 2 — March 4, 2010 — The Minister of Finance — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-403-4, tabled on Thursday, March 4, 2010. |
| No. 3 — March 4, 2010 — The Minister of Finance — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-403-5, tabled on Thursday, March 4, 2010. |
| No. 4 — March 4, 2010 — The Minister of Finance — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Customs Tariff. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-403-6, tabled on Thursday, March 4, 2010. |
| No. 5 — March 4, 2010 — The Minister of Finance — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Universal Child Care Benefit Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-403-7, tabled on Thursday, March 4, 2010. |
| No. 6 — March 4, 2010 — The Minister of Finance — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Act, 2001, the Air Travellers Security Charge Act, the Canada Pension Plan, and the Employment Insurance Act relating to Online Notices. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-403-8, tabled on Thursday, March 4, 2010. |
| No. 7 — March 4, 2010 — The Minister of Finance — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Air Travellers Security Charge Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-403-9, tabled on Thursday, March 4, 2010. |
Government Bills (Commons) |
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Government Bills (Senate) |
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Government Business |
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| No. 1 — March 4, 2010 — Resuming the adjourned debate on the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That this House take note that, while Canada is starting to recover from the global economic recession, the recovery is tentative and uncertain and the number one priority of Canadians remains jobs and economic growth, now and for the future. |