Status of House Business
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Status of House Business
Last updated on
Friday, June 15, 2007
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. Milliken (Kingston and the Islands)) — April 3, 2006 |
| Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona))— April 5, 2006 |
| Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Galipeau (Ottawa—Orléans)) — April 5, 2006 |
| Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole appointed (Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle)) — April 5, 2006 |
| No. 2 — Sittings and Business of the House |
| Order respecting the sittings of the House on April 10 and 11, 2006 — April 4, 2006 (See Government Business No. 1) |
| Order respecting the observance of a moment of silence — April 27, 2006 |
| Order respecting Statements by Ministers — April 27, 2006 |
| Panel of Chairs appointed — April 28, 2006 |
| Order respecting the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders — May 1, 2006 |
| Order respecting the extension of Government Orders on May 3, 2006 — May 2, 2006 (See Government Business No. 6) |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of May 18, 2006, of the Address by the Prime Minister of Australia — May 5, 2006 (See Other Business No. 4) |
| Order respecting the extension of Government Orders — May 11, 2006 |
| Order respecting the extension of Government Orders on May 17, 2006 — May 16, 2006 (See Government Business No. 7) |
| Order respecting the extension of Government Orders — June 1, 2006 |
| Order respecting the extension of sitting days in June — June 9, 2006 (See Government Business No. 9) |
| Order respecting the taking up of government business on an allotted day — June 19, 2006 |
| Order respecting proceedings, the time for Statements by Ministers and the adjournment on June 22, 2006 — June 21, 2006 |
| Order respecting the hours of sitting, the broadcasting and the printing in the Hansard of September 22, 2006, of the Address by the President of Afghanistan — September 18, 2006 (See Other Business No. 4) |
| Order respecting the time for Statements by Ministers on November 2, 2006 — November 1, 2006 |
| Order respecting the suspension of Private Members' Business and the time of the adjournment proceedings — November 7, 2006 |
| Order respecting an adjournment from November 29 to December 4, 2006, and the extension of the notice deadline for filing with the Clerk of any notice to 2:00 p.m. on December 1, 2006 — November 9, 2006 |
| Order respecting the suspension of Private Members' Business and the time of the adjournment on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 as well as the deferral of any votes related to Private Members' Business to December 5, 2006 — November 24, 2006 |
| Order respecting proceedings on Government Business No. 12 on December 6 and 7, 2006 and on the extension of Government Orders on December 6, 2006 — December 5, 2006 |
| Appointment of Mr. Hawn (Edmonton Centre) to the Panel of Chairs — December 6, 2006 |
| Order respecting the notice requirement for Government Business No. 13 — December 11, 2006 |
| Removal of Mr. Jaffer (Edmonton—Strathcona) from the Panel of Chairs — December 12, 2006 |
| Order respecting proceedings on December 13, 2006 and the adjournment from December 14, 2006 to January 29, 2007 — December 13, 2006 |
| Order respecting membership of committees — January 29, 2007 |
| Order respecting the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders — March 29, 2007 |
| Order respecting the suspension of Private Members' Business and the time of the adjournment proceedings on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, and the position of Bill C-376, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (impaired driving) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts in the order of precedence — April 27, 2007 |
| Order respecting the non-sitting week of November 2007 — May 17, 2007 (See Other Business No. 5) |
| Order respecting the extension of Government Orders — May 18, 2007 |
| Order respecting the extension of sitting days in June — June 11, 2007 (See Government Business No. 16) |
| Orders respecting proceedings and the adjournments on June 13 and 14, 2007 — June 13, 2007 |
| Order respecting Private Members' Business and the adjournment — June 15, 2007 |
| No. 3 — Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne |
| Debated — April 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 24, 2006 |
| Order respecting proceedings on the subamendment — April 6, 2006 |
| Order respecting proceedings on the amendment — April 10, 2006 |
| Order respecting proceedings on the motion on April 24, 2006 — April 11, 2006 |
| Adopted as amended — April 24, 2006 |
| Order to engross Address — April 24, 2006 |
| No. 4 — Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons — Amendments to Standing Orders 104, 106 and 108 (standing committees) — Notice — April 4, 2006 |
| Adopted — April 5, 2006 |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons — Hours of sitting, broadcasting and printing of the Hansard on September 22, 2006 (Address by the President of Afghanistan) — Notice — September 14, 2006 |
| Adopted — September 18, 2006 |
| No. 5 — Standing Orders |
| Amendments to Standing Orders 104, 106 and 108 (standing committees) — Adopted — April 5, 2006 (See Other Business No. 4) |
| Extension of provisional Standing Orders 43, 50(2), 66, 73(1)(d), 74, 76(7), 81, 84(7), 106(4), 107(1) and 109 — September 20, 2006 |
| Standing Orders 43, 50(2), 66, 73(1)(d), 74, 76(7), 81, 84(7), 106(4), 107(1) and 109 — Adopted — October 25, 2006 (See Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 11) |
| Order respecting the debate pursuant to Standing Order 51(1) — November 9, 2006 |
| Amendments to Standing Order 119.1(2) (radio and television broadcasting of the proceedings of House committees) — Adopted — March 30, 2007 (See Part IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 40th Report) |
| Amendment to Standing Order 115 — Adopted — May 9, 2007 (See Part IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 48th Report) |
| New Standing Order 92.1 — Adopted — May 9, 2007 (See Part IV — Standing Committees — PROC — 49th Report) |
| Provisional amendment to Standing Order 28(2) (House calendar) — Adopted — May 17, 2007 |
| No. 6 — Resolutions |
| Canadian Sikhs — April 11, 2006 |
| His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet — June 22, 2006 |
| Apologies to Mr. Maher Arar — September 20, 2006 |
| Remarks by Ms. Jan Wong — September 20, 2006 |
| First World War — November 21, 2006 |
| International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition — February 14, 2007 |
| Relations between China and Tibet — February 15, 2007 |
| Canadians nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — February 15, 2007 |
| 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act — March 23, 2007 |
| Huseyn Celil — May 2, 2007 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi — June 6, 2007 |
| Rafiq Hariri — June 8, 2007 |
| Devils Lake, North Dakota — June 14, 2007 |
| No. 7 — Conflict of Interest Code for the Members of the House of Commons |
| Report of the Ethics Commissioner entitled “The Smith Inquiry” (Sessional Paper No. 8527-391-03) — April 4, 2006 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — April 28, 2006 |
| Report of the Ethics Commissioner entitled “The Grewal-Dosanjh Inquiry” (Sessional Paper No. 8527-391-04) — April 4, 2006 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — April 28, 2006 |
| Report of the Ethics Commissioner entitled “The Harper-Emerson Inquiry” (Sessional Paper No. 8527-391-05) — April 4, 2006 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — April 28, 2006 |
| Report of the Ethics Commissioner entitled “The Gallant Inquiry” (Sessional Paper No. 8527-391-09) — June 21, 2006 |
| Statement by Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — September 21, 2006 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — September 28, 2006 |
| Report of the Ethics Commissioner entitled “The Vellacott Inquiry” (Sessional Paper No. 8527-391-11) — July 19, 2006 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — September 29, 2006 |
| Report of the Ethics Commissioner entitled “The Obhrai Inquiry” (Sessional Paper No. 8527-391-19) — March 30, 2007 |
| Statement by Mr. Obhrai (Calgary East) — April 19, 2007 |
| Motion to concur in the Report — Deemed adopted — April 27, 2007 |
| No. 8 — Hansard |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by the Prime Minister of Australia on May 18, 2006 — May 5, 2006 |
| Order respecting the printing of the Address by the President of Afghanistan on September 22, 2006 — September 18, 2006 |
| No. 9 — Officers of Parliament |
| Commissioner of Official Languages |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Graham Fraser) referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-31-01 — September 18, 2006 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — September 27, 2006; adopted — September 29, 2006 |
| Information Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Robert Marleau) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-25-02 — December 5, 2006 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — December 5, 2006; adopted — December 13, 2006 |
| Third Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-129) — December 13, 2006 |
| Chief Electoral Officer |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Marc Mayrand) referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs — Sessional Paper No. 8530-391-24 — February 9, 2007 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — February 9, 2007; adopted — February 21, 2007 |
| 35th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-165) — February 21, 2007 |
| Public Sector Integrity Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Christiane Ouimet) referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-4-20 — June 12, 2007 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 12, 2007 |
| Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-284) — Concurred in — June 14, 2007 |
| Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner |
| Name of the proposed appointee (Mary Elizabeth Dawson) referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-25-06 — June 12, 2007 |
| Ratification motion — Notice — June 12, 2007 |
| Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-283) — June 14, 2007 |
| No. 10 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 56.1 |
| Motion respecting proceedings at second reading stage of Bill C-24 — Adopted — October 3, 2006 |
| Motion respecting the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development — Adopted; ruled out of order by the Speaker — May 31, 2007 |
| No. 11 — Bills sponsored by private Members which originated in the Senate |
| S-201 — Mr. Easter (Malpeque) |
| S-202 — Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South) |
| S-211 — Mr. Coderre (Bourassa) |
| S-213 — Mr. Hubbard (Miramichi) |
| S-214 — Mr. Bains (Mississauga—Brampton South) |
| S-220 — Mr. Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) |
| S-1001 — Mr. Boshcoff (Thunder Bay—Rainy River) |
| No. 12 — Statutory Order |
| Motion made pursuant to the Anti-terrorism Act, S.C. 2001, c. 41, s. 4 — Notice — February 6, 2007 |
| Debated — February 9, 12 and 26, 2007 |
| Order respecting proceedings and the recorded division deferred to February 27, 2007 — February 22, 2007 |
| Negatived — February 27, 2007 |
| No. 13 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 26 |
| Motion for third reading of Bill C-31— Adopted — February 16, 2007 |
| No. 14 — Petitions |
| Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development |
| Mr. Goodale (Wascana) — No. 391-1196 concerning China — Absence of a reply deemed referred — April 16, 2007; Order of reference discharged — April 18, 2007 |
| Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities |
| Mr. Silva (Davenport) Nos. 391-1212 to 391-1214 concerning literacy — Absence of a reply deemed referred — April 16, 2007; Order of reference discharged — April 18, 2007 |
| Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) — No. 391-1234 concerning literacy — Absence of a reply deemed referred — April 16, 2007; Order of reference discharged — April 18, 2007 |
| Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage |
| Mr. Pearson (London North Centre) — No. 391-1217 concerning literacy — Absence of a reply deemed referred — April 16, 2007; Order of reference discharged — April 18, 2007 |
| No. 15 — Applications pursuant to Standing Order 53 |
| Motion respecting proceedings on Bill C-52 — Debated; deemed withdrawn — June 8, 2007 |
| No. 16 — Emergency debate |
| Operation of the Devils Lake outlet in the state of North Dakota — Leave granted — June 13, 2007 |
| Debated — June 14, 2007 |