The Week Ahead in Parliament

Monday, Feb. 23 • The House Canadian Heritage Committee will meet to discuss committee business and begin a review of the Canadian feature film industry. • The House International Trade Committee will meet to discuss committee business as well as the positive effects of the Global Markets Action Plan. • The House Justice and Human Rights Committee will meet to study Bill C-587, An Act to amend the Criminal Code. • The House National Defence Committee will meet to discuss committee business and the defence of North America. • The House Subcommittee on a Code of Conduct for Members will meet, open to the public to continue its study on drafting a new Code of Conduct for Members. • The Senate National Security and Defence Committee will meet to continue its study and report on security threats facing Canada, and will hear witness testimony from Lorne Dawson and Daniel Hiebert, the co-directors of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society; and Marc Lebuis, director at Point de Bascule. The committee will also deal with the consideration of a draft budget. • The Senate Official Languages Committee will meet to study the best practices for language policies and second-language learning, and will hear from Richard Clément and Hilaire Lemoine of the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute at the University of Ottawa; and Justin Morrow, founder and president of Canadian Youth for French. Tuesday, Feb. 24 • The House Environment and Sustainable Development Committee will meet to deal with committee business. • The House Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Committee will meet to discuss access to capital. • The House Status of Women Committee will meet in-camera to discuss the economic leadership and prosperity of Canadian women. • The House Procedure and Affairs Committee will meet in-camera to deal with NDP MP Kennedy Stewart’s M-428 on Electronic Petitions, a question of privilege regarding the free movement of members within the Parliamentary Precinct • The House Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women will meet in-camera to deal with committee business. • The House Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee will meet in-camera to continue reviewing the Canadian Transportation Safety Regime. • The Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee will meet to continue studying challenges relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves and will hear from Michael Ledgett, the co-chair of the National Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnership Group at Dentons Canada LLP. The committee will then consider a draft budget. • The Senate National Finance Committee will meet to study the supplementary estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. They will hear from yet-to-be-confirmed finance department officials, as well as Brian Pagan, Marcia Santiago and Darryl Sprecher of the Expenditure Management Sector at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. • The Senate Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Committee will meet to study Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Rouge National Urban Park and will hear from Minister of Environment Leona Aglukkaq; Andrew Campbell, the senior executive director of Federal Secretariat Canada 150 at the department of Canadian Heritage; and Alan Latourelle and Pam Veinotte from Parks Canada. • The Senate Fisheries and Oceans Committee will meet in-camera to study the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada, and will consider a draft budget. Wednesday, Feb. 25 • The House Justice and Human Rights Committee will meet to study Bill C-587, An Act to amend the Criminal Code. • The House Public Accounts Committee will hold a televised meeting to deal with mental health services for veterans. • The Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs will meet to study Bill C-27, the Veterans Hiring Act and will hear from Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole; General W.J. Natynczyk, Deputy Minister at Veterans Affairs Canada; and Maureen Sinnott, director general, of the finance division, and acting CFO at Veterans Affairs Canada. • The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee will meet to study two private member’s bills: Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking in persons) and Bill C-279, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity). It will hear from Tony Paisana, from the Criminal Justice Section of the Canadian Bar Association. The committee will then do a clause-by-clause consideration of the bills. • The Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee will meet to study the increasing incidence of obesity in Canada, the causes, consequences and the way forward. It will hear from Jim Goetz, chair of the Canadian Beverage Association; President of the Canadian Sugar Institute Sandra Marsden and Flora Wang, the manager of nutrition and scientific affairs; and Mortin Satin, the VP of the Salt Institute. • The Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee will meet to further study the challenges relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves. • The Senate Transport and Communications Committee will meet to continue its study on challenges faced by the CBC and will hear from Carol Ann Pilon and Martin Théberge of the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française. Thursday, Feb. 26 • The House Agenda and Procedure Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Committee will meet in-camera to deal with committee business. • The Joint Senate and House Scrutiny of Regulations Committee will meet to review the statutory instruments. • The Senate Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Committee will meet to study Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Rouge National Urban Park and will hear from Kim Empringham, of the York Region Federation of Agriculture; Larry Noonan, chair of the Altona Forest Stewardship Committee; and Alan Wells, the former chair of the Rouge Park Alliance. • The Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee will meet to continue studying the use of digital currency. The committee will hear witness testimony from Elliot A. Greenstone, a lawyer with Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; John Jason, counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada; and Greg Kidd, the chief risk officer at Ripple Labs. • The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee will meet to study Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking in persons) and will hear from Éliane Legault-Roy, director of communications at the Concertation des luttes contre l’exploitation sexuelle. The Committee will then do a clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. • The Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee will meet to study the increasing incidence of obesity in Canada: causes, consequences and the way forward and will hear from YMCA Canada representatives President and CEO Scott Haldane and Jennie Petersen, general manager of its Wellness Program; and Clifford Maynes, the executive director of Green Communities Canada, Canada Walks.

The Week Ahead in Parliament

The Week Ahead in House, Senate Committees

The Week Ahead in House, Senate Committees