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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44th Parliament,
1st Session
(November 22, 2021 - Present)
Status of House Business
Friday, April 19, 2024
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. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming)) — November 22, 2021 |
| Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. d'Entremont (West Nova)) — November 24, 2021 |
| Assistant Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mrs. Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing)) — November 24, 2021 |
| Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mrs. Mendès (Brossard—Saint-Lambert)) — November 29, 2021 |
| Interim Speaker deemed elected (Mr. Plamondon (Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel)) — September 27, 2023 |
| Speaker elected (Mr. Fergus (Hull—Aylmer)) — October 3, 2023 |
| No. 2 — Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne |
| Debated — November 23 and 30, December 1, 2 and 10, 2021, January 31 and February 1, 2022 |
| Adopted — February 1, 2022 |
| Order to engross address — February 1, 2022 |
| No. 3 — Emergency debates |
| Floods in British Columbia — Leave granted — November 24, 2021 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — November 24, 2021 |
| COVID-19 protests — Leave granted — February 7, 2022 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — February 7, 2022 |
| Hurricane Fiona — Leave granted — September 26, 2022 |
| Order respecting proceedings; debated — September 26, 2022 |
| Crisis in Sudan — Leave granted — April 25, 2023 |
| Debated — April 25, 2023 |
| Wildfire situation across Canada — Leave granted — June 5, 2023 |
| Debated — June 5, 2023 |
| No. 4 — Standing Orders |
| Suspension of the application of Standing Order 17 and of the application of Standing Order 62 for members participating remotely, and provisional amendment to Standing Orders 26(2), 53(4), 56.1(3) and 56.2(2), until June 23, 2022 — November 25, 2021 (See PART I — Government Business No. 1) |
| Provisional amendments to Standing Orders 81(5), 81(14)(a) and 54(1) until December 10, 2021 — November 25, 2021 (See PART I — Government Business No. 1) |
| Provisional amendments to Standing Orders 104(1), 104(2), 106(4) and 108(1)(c), for the duration of the 44th Parliament — December 2, 2021 |
| Provisional suspension of Standing Orders 104(5), 104(6)(b), 114(2)(e) and 114(2)(f), for the duration of the 44th Parliament — December 2, 2021 |
| Amendment to Standing Order 28(1) — May 2, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 11) |
| Suspension of the application of Standing Order 17 and of the application of Standing Order 62 for members participating remotely, and provisional amendment to Standing Orders 26(2), 53(4), 56.1(3) and 56.2(2), until June 23, 2023 — June 23, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 19) |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 11(1)(b), 12, 16(4), 17, 26(2), 31, 32, 34(1), 35(1), 36(5), 36(6), 39(7), 43(2)(b), 44.1(1), 45, 52(3), 53(4), 56.1(3), 56.2(2), 57, 61(2), 62, 66(2)(c), 74(2)(b), 78(1), 78(2)(a), 78(3)(a), 81(7), 81(19), 83(1), 83(2), 93(1)(b), 95(1), 95(2), 97.1(2)(c), 97.1(3)(a), 98(3)(a), 98(4)(b), 100, 106(3), 106(4), 108(3)(a), 108(3)(c), 108(3)(e), 108(3)(f), 108(3)(g), 108(3)(h), 110, 114(2)(b), 114(2)(c), 114(3), 123(5), 126(1)(c), 126(2), 131(5) and 148; new Standing Orders 15.1, 39(8), 100(2), 101.1, 115(6), 115(7) and 122.1, coming into force on June 24, 2023 (Sessional Paper No. 8525-441-30) — Adopted — June 15, 2023 (See PART I — Government Business No. 26) |
| Amendment to Standing Order 28(1) — September 18, 2023 |
| No. 5 — Sittings and Business of the House |
| Order respecting proceedings of the House in person (vaccinated against COVID-19 or exempted) or by videoconference, members participating remotely counting for quorum, the tabling of electronic documents, recorded divisions and deferred recorded divisions in the chamber or by means of an electronic voting application, the duration of the bells to call in the members, and virtual committee meetings — November 25, 2021 (See PART I — Government Business No. 1) |
| Order respecting proceedings and the time for the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and the adjournment of the House on December 14, 2021 — December 6, 2021 |
| Orders respecting committee witnesses appearing in person — December 7, 2021; April 6, 2022 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on December 16, 2021 — December 16, 2021 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House, the hours of sitting and the order of business on February 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, 2022 — February 17, 2022 |
| Order respecting the calendar of the House — February 19, 2022 |
| Order respecting requests for extension of sitting hours until June 23, 2022 — May 2, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 11) |
| Order respecting Statements by Members and Oral Questions on May 20, 2022 — May 20, 2022 |
| Order respecting proceedings on a motion to concur in the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on June 1, 2022 — May 31, 2022 |
| Order respecting the lifting of the vaccination requirement against COVID-19 to participate in proceedings of the House and its committees — June 16, 2022 |
| Order respecting statements following Oral Questions on June 21, 2022 — June 20, 2022 |
| Order respecting proceedings of the House in person or by videoconference, members participating remotely counting for quorum, the tabling of electronic documents, recorded divisions and deferred recorded divisions in the chamber or by means of an electronic voting application, the duration of the bells to call in the members, and virtual committee meetings — June 23, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 19) |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 23, 2022 — June 23, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 11) |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House, the hours of sitting, the order of business and Statements by Members on September 15 and 16, 2022 — September 15, 2022 |
| Order respecting an address to His Majesty the King — September 15, 2022 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the presence of players of Team Canada 1972 before a committee of the whole on September 22, 2022 — September 21, 2022 |
| Order respecting statements to pay tribute to the late Hon. Bill Blaikie following Oral Questions on October 19, 2022 — October 17, 2022 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the time for the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and the adjournment of the House on November 3, 2022 — October 28, 2022 |
| Order respecting requests for extension of sitting hours until June 23, 2023 — November 15, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 22) |
| Order respecting proceedings and the adjournment of the House on December 14, 2022 — December 14, 2022 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House, the hours of sitting and the order of business on February 13 and 15, 2023 — February 13, 2023 |
| Order respecting members paired for divisions Nos. 257 and 258 — February 14, 2023 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of the address by the President of the European Commission on March 7, 2023 — March 6, 2023 (See Other Business No. 14) |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House, the hours of sitting and the order of business on March 23, 2023, the broadcasting, the printing in the Hansard of the address by the President of the United States of America and committee meetings on March 24, 2023 — March 10, 2023 (See Other Business No. 14) |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House, the hours of sitting and the order of business on March 22, 2023 — March 10, 2023 |
| Order respecting members paired for divisions Nos. 218 to 256 — March 21, 2023 |
| Order respecting proceedings, the hours of sitting and the adjournment of the House on March 27, 2023 — March 27, 2023 |
| Order respecting concurrence in the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs — March 30, 2023 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on May 4 and 18, 2023, and committee meetings on May 5 and 19, 2023 — April 20, 2023 |
| Order respecting proceedings of the House on May 17, 2023 — May 16, 2023 |
| Order respecting deferred recorded divisions on June 7, 2023 — June 7, 2023 |
| Order respecting the proceedings of the House, deferred recorded divisions and written questions on the Notice Paper on June 21, 2023 — June 21, 2023 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on June 21, 2023 — June 21, 2023 |
| Order respecting the calendar of the House — June 21, 2023 |
| Order respecting the broadcasting of committee proceedings — September 18, 2023 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on September 21, 2023, and the broadcasting, the printing in the Hansard of an address and committee meetings on September 22, 2023 — September 21, 2023 (See Other Business No. 14) |
| Order respecting the Interim Speaker and the election of the Speaker on October 3, 2023 — September 26, 2023 |
| Order respecting the order of business on October 3, 2023 — September 28, 2023 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on November 9, 2023, and committee meetings on November 10, 2023 — November 7, 2023 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the time for the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and the adjournment of the House on November 21, 2023 — November 9, 2023 |
| Order respecting statements to pay tribute to the late Hon. Ed Broadbent following Oral Questions on January 29, 2024 — January 29, 2024 |
| Order respecting requests for extension of sitting hours until the end of the session (See PART I — Government Business No. 35) — February 28, 2024 |
| Order respecting the adjournment of the House on March 1, 2024 — March 1, 2024 |
| No. 6 — Board of Internal Economy |
| Established and membership appointed — December 1, 2021 |
| Membership of the board changed — February 7 and September 15, 2022, October 26, 2023 and February 1, 2024 |
| No. 7 — Privilege |
| Board of Internal Economy’s decision requiring vaccination against COVID-19 for members accessing the House of Commons precinct — Statement by Speaker — December 2, 2021 |
| Intimidation campaign against members of Parliament |
| Debated — May 8 and 9, 2023 |
| Adopted — May 10, 2023 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| Speaker’s participation at a provincial party convention |
| Debated — December 5 and 6, 2023 |
| Adopted — December 6, 2023 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| No. 8 — Resolutions |
| International Day of Persons with Disabilities — December 3, 2021 |
| Mask supply by the House Administration and the government — December 16, 2021 |
| Health care workers — January 31, 2022 |
| Situation in Myanmar — February 1, 2022 |
| Use of antisemitic symbols — February 1, 2022 |
| Islamophobic rhetoric and hate — February 1, 2022 |
| Anti-Black racism and hatred — February 1, 2022 |
| Harassment, transphobia and homophobia — February 1, 2022 |
| Journalists — February 2, 2022 |
| Parliamentary staff — February 4, 2022 |
| Situation in Ukraine — February 16, 2022 |
| Raif Badawi — February 28, 2022 |
| Ukraine — February 28, 2022 |
| Renaming Charlotte Street in Ottawa — March 3, 2022 |
| Compensation for Gatineau businesses — March 3, 2022 |
| Gardens and gardening — March 23, 2022 |
| Crimes against humanity and war crimes — April 4, 2022 |
| Guy Lafleur — April 25, 2022 |
| Acts of genocide against the Ukrainian people — April 27, 2022 |
| Tragic loss of four Royal Military College of Canada officer cadets — May 2, 2022 |
| Remarks by the Russian foreign minister — May 3, 2022 |
| Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls — May 5, 2022 |
| Vladimir Kara-Murza, Alexei Navalny and Ukraine — May 5, 2022 |
| Canada disability benefit — May 10, 2022 |
| Shooting in Buffalo — May 16, 2022 |
| Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day — May 18, 2022 |
| Crimean Tatar Deportation Memorial Day — May 18, 2022 |
| Anniversary of Kamloops Indian Residential School discovery — May 19, 2022 |
| School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas — May 30, 2022 |
| Pierre Bruneau — June 15, 2022 |
| Hockey Canada — June 22, 2022 |
| Mahsa Amini — September 21, 2022 |
| Situation in Ukraine — September 26, 2022 |
| Threats, intimidation and hateful comments — September 28, 2022 |
| National Recovery Awareness Month — September 28, 2022 |
| Iranian regime — October 4, 2022 |
| Canada's Indian residential schools — October 27, 2022 |
| Iran and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women — October 31, 2022 |
| Human rights in Iran — October 31, 2022 |
| Lac-Mégantic bypass — November 1, 2022 |
| Ugandan Asians — November 14, 2022 |
| World Cup in Qatar — November 22, 2022 |
| Auditor General of Canada — December 7, 2022 |
| Apple and tech giants against peaceful protesters in China — December 7, 2022 |
| Jean Paul Riopelle — December 8, 2022 |
| Wagner Group — January 30, 2023 |
| Security measures on Parliament Hill — March 23, 2023 |
| 911 emergency calls — April 27, 2023 |
| Loss of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people — May 2, 2023 |
| Bestowing the title “honorary Canadian citizen” on Vladimir Kara-Murza — June 8, 2023 |
| Firefighters and first responders — June 19, 2023 |
| Foreign interference inquiry — September 20, 2023 |
| Ukrainian children — September 21, 2023 |
| Condemnation of Nazism — September 26, 2023 |
| Food insecurity — October 30, 2023 |
| Terrorist attacks against Israel — November 8, 2023 |
| Gaza — November 8, 2023 |
| Bernard Lemaire — November 9, 2023 |
| Christmas — November 30, 2023 |
| Jimmy Lai — December 12, 2023 |
| Radio-Canada — December 14, 2023 |
| Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza — January 30, 2024 |
| Situation in Ukraine — February 15, 2024 |
| Antisemitism — April 18, 2024 |
| No. 9 — Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance (divide Bill C-2, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — December 10, 2021 (See PART I — Government Business No. 3) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (divide Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — May 6, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 13) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance (divide Bill C-19, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; superseded by a dilatory motion — May 16, 2022 |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance (divide Bill C-19, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — May 30, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 14) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (expand the scope of Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (electoral representation)) — June 2, 2022 |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — June 2, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 15) |
| Instruction to Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (empowered to travel during its consideration of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts) |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — June 10, 2022 (See PART I — Government Business No. 17) |
| Instruction to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (divide Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts) — June 15, 2023 |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — June 15, 2023 (See PART I — Government Business No. 27) |
| Motion to instruct the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology to divide Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts — November 30, 2023 |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; superseded by a dilatory motion — November 30, 2023 |
| Motion of censure against the Speaker |
| Debated under Routine Proceedings; transferred to Government Business — December 15, 2023 (See PART I — Government Business No. 33) |
| No. 10 — Bills sponsored by private members which originated in the Senate |
| S-202 — Mr. Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City) (previously Mr. Shields (Bow River)) |
| S-203 — Mr. Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin) |
| S-205 — Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul) |
| S-206 — Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton) |
| S-207 — Mrs. Shanahan (Châteauguay—Lacolle) |
| S-208 — Mr. Carr (Winnipeg South Centre) |
| S-209 — Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre) |
| S-211 — Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) |
| S-214 — Mr. Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells) |
| S-216 — Mr. Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South) |
| S-219 — Mrs. Atwin (Fredericton) |
| S-222 — Mr. Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay) |
| S-223 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) |
| S-224 — Mr. Carrie (Oshawa) |
| S-227 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) |
| S-242 — Mr. Williams (Bay of Quinte) |
| S-245 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) |
| S-246 — Ms. Diab (Halifax West) |
| S-1001 — Mr. Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge) |
| No. 11 — Panel of chairs for the legislative committees |
| Chairs appointed — February 2, 2022 |
| No. 12 — Statutory Order |
| Motion for confirmation of the declaration of a public order emergency of February 14, 2022, pursuant to section 58 of the Emergencies Act |
| Tabled (Sessional Paper No. 8530-441-2); order of the day designated — February 16, 2022 |
| Orders respecting proceedings on the motion — February 17, 2022 |
| Debated — February 17, 19, 20 and 21, 2022 |
| Adopted — February 21, 2022 |
| Motion for revocation of the declaration of a public order emergency of February 14, 2022, pursuant to section 59 of the Emergencies Act |
| Filed — February 21, 2022 |
| Statement by Speaker; order discharged and motion dropped from the Order Paper — February 28, 2022 |
| No. 13 — Certificates of nomination pursuant to Standing Order 111.1 |
| Public Sector Integrity Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Joe Friday) referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-4-03) — March 21, 2022 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — March 21, 2022; adopted — March 22, 2022 |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Harriet Solloway) referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-4-13) — June 7, 2023 |
| Order respecting the proceedings on the ratification motion — June 21, 2023 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 15, 2023; adopted — June 21, 2023 |
| Privacy Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Philippe Dufresne) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-25-02) — June 8, 2022 |
| Fifth report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-98) — June 13, 2022 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 8, 2022; adopted — June 16, 2022 |
| Parliamentary Librarian |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Heather Lank) referred to the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament (Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-27-01) — June 1, 2023 |
| Second report of the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament (Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-307) — June 19, 2023 |
| Ratification motion — Adopted — June 20, 2023 |
| President of the Public Service Commission of Canada |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Marie-Chantal Girard) referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-4-20) — November 29, 2023 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — December 1, 2023; adopted — December 12, 2023 |
| Clerk of the House of Commons |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Eric Janse) referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-5-08) — December 5, 2023 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — December 5, 2023; adopted — December 13, 2023 |
| Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Konrad Winrich von Finckenstein) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics — February 29, 2024 |
| Ratification motion; adopted — February 29, 2024 |
| No. 14 — Hansard |
| Order respecting the printing of the address by the President of Ukraine on March 15, 2022 — March 21, 2022 |
| Order respecting the printing in the Hansard of the presence of players of Team Canada 1972 before a committee of the whole on September 22, 2022 — September 21, 2022 |
| Order respecting the printing of the address by the President of the European Commission on March 7, 2023 — March 6, 2023 |
| Order respecting the printing of the address by the President of the United States of America on March 24, 2023 — March 10, 2023 |
| Order respecting the printing of the address by the President of Ukraine on September 22, 2023 — September 21, 2023 |
| Order respecting an amendment to the Hansard of September 21, 2023 — November 24, 2023 |
| No. 15 — Debate on Standing Orders and Procedure pursuant to Standing Order 51 |
| Debate — June 2, 2022 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC) |
| No. 16 — Naming of a member |
| Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul) — December 8, 2022 |
| Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — December 6, 2023 |
| Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) — April 16, 2024 |
| No. 17 — Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons |
| Amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons — Adopted — March 30, 2023 (See PART IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 11th report) |
| Amendment to subsection 15(3) (Sessional Paper No. 8525-441-30) — Adopted — June 15, 2023 (See PART I — Government Business No. 26) |
| Disclosure of private interest by Mr. Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) pursuant to section 12 of the Code — October 16, 2023 |
| No. 18 — Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Commons: Sexual Harassment Between Members |
| Amendments to subsections 56(2) and 56(3) (Sessional Paper No. 8525-441-30) — Adopted — June 15, 2023 (See PART I — Government Business No. 26) |