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MONDAY, JUNE 18 • House debates Bill C-300, Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act, at third reading. • Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney appears before the Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee to discuss Bill C-31, Immigration and Refugee Reform Bill, along with officials from Public Safety Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency; and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. • Senate Anti-terrorism Special Committee studies Bill S-9, Nuclear Terrorism Act, clause-by-clause. • Senate Official Languages Committee hears from CloudScout Information Services’ Erin O’Halloran on the use of the internet, new media and social media and the respect of Canadians’ language rights. • House Fisheries and Oceans Committee hears from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative on its study of invasive species that pose a threat to the Great Lakes System. • House Foreign Affairs Committee meets in camera to discuss draft reports on the current situation in Ukraine, on human rights violations in Venezuela, and the private sector’s role in achieving Canada international development interests. • House Government Operations and Estimates Committee meets in camera to review the process for considering the estimates and supply. • House Human Resources Committee meets with HRSD officials to study addressing existing labour shortages in high demand occupations and addressing barriers to filling low-skilled jobs. • House Status of Women Committee meets in camera to discuss improving economic prospects for Canadian girls. TUESDAY, JUNE 19 • House debates Bill S-206, World Autism Awareness Day Act, at second reading • Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee hears from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada chair Justice Murray Sinclair, and commissioners Chief Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson on the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. • Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee continues study on Bill C-31, Immigration and Refugee Reform Bill and hears from Barreau du Québec, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the Centre for Immigration Policy Reform, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the Rainbow Refugee Society. • Minister of State for Finance Ted Menzies appears before the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee to discuss Bill C-25, the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Bill • Senate Fisheries and Oceans Committee meets in camera to discuss a draft report on the management of the grey seal population off Canada’s East Coast. • House Health Committee meets in camera to discuss a draft report on neurological diseases. • House Official Languages Committee meets in camera to discuss a draft report on improving programs and service delivery. • House Access to Information Committee continues study of privacy and social media and hears from University of Toronto professor Sara Grimes, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and Heenan Blaikie Company. • House Canadian Heritage Committee meets in camera to discuss a draft report on Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017. • House International Trade Committee meets in camera with DFAIT officials to discuss the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union and then in public to discuss an economic partnership agreement with Japan. • House National Defence Committee meets in camera to discuss a draft report on maintaining the readiness of the Canadian Forces. • House Special Committee on Cooperatives meets to elect a chair. • House Citizenship and Immigration Committee continues study on the security of Canada’s immigration system and then in camera to hear from Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Richard Fadden. • House Public Safety and National Security Committee meets in camera to consider a draft report on electronic monitoring. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 • House votes on Bill C-305, National Public Transit Strategy Act, at second reading. • House debates motion M-319, Children’s Health. • Senate subcommittee on Veterans Affairs continues study on the services and benefits provided to members of the Canadian Forces; to veterans; to members and former members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their families. • Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee studies Bill C-31 clause-by-clause. • Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee hears from First Nations University of Canada to examine the legal and political recognition of Métis identity in Canada. THURSDAY, JUNE 21 • House debates Bill C-370, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada), at second reading. • RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson appears before the Senate National Security and Defense Committee to report on Canada’s national security and defence policies, practices, circumstances and capabilities. FRIDAY, JUNE 22 • House debates Bill C-309, Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act, at report stage

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