The Week Ahead in Parliament

Monday, May 25 • The House will debate Bill C-588, An Act to amend the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (Sambro Island Lighthouse) at second reading. It will also debate Bill S-6, the Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act, at report stage, as well as Bill C-42, the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act at report stage, and will deal with Bill C-59, the budget implementation act. The House will then form a committee of the whole to consider the 2015-16 main estimates. • The House Canadian Heritage Committee will meet to study dance in Canada and will hear witness testimony from Zab Maboungou/Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata, École supérieure de ballet du Québec, Ballet BC, Dancers of Damelahamid, Sampradaya Dance Creations and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. It will then do clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-597, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day). • The House Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee will meet to discuss the 2015-16 main estimates and will hear testimony from Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson, Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault, Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd, and Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien. • The House Public Accounts Committee is meeting to discuss Chapter 3 of the Auditor General’s Spring 2015 Report on tax-based expenditures and will hear from AG Michael Ferguson, the Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency. • The Senate National Security and Defence Committee will meet to continue its study of Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, and will hear testimony from the Security Intelligence Review Committee, lawyer Gord Cameron, and Robert Morrison. • The Senate Official Languages Committee will meet to study Bill C-205, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and will hear testimony from the Canadian Airports Council, the Regina Airport Authority Inc., the National Airlines Council of Canada, Air Canada, and the Thunder Bay International Airports Authority Inc. Tuesday, May 26 • The House will deal with business of supply for the fifth allotted day. The House will also debate CPC MP Bob Zimmer’s private member’s motion M-589 on firearms regulations for the first time, and will have a Liberal opposition day and will debate a Liberal proposal. • The House Citizenship and Immigration Committee will meet to discuss the 2015-16 main estimates and will hear from CIC Minister Chris Alexander as well as departmental officials before moving in camera to discuss committee business. • The House Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Committee will meet to study access to capital and will hear from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, TD Bank Financial Group and AFOA Canada. • The House Status of Women Committee will meet in-camera to consider a draft report on Promising Practices to Prevent Violence Against Women. • The House Environment and Sustainable Development Committee will meet to consider the 2015-16 main estimates and will hear testimony from the Department of the Environment, Parks Canada, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, and the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. • The House Public Safety and National Security Committee will meet to discuss the 2015 budget and will hear from Department of Public Safety officials and the senior Privy Council officials. • The Procedure and House Affairs Committee will meet for a briefing on the implementation of the e-petition system and will hear from House of Commons clerks and chief information officer Stéphane Aubé, and then will study Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, and will hear testimony from a number of academics. • The House Subcommittee on International Human Rights will meet in camera to consider a draft report on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea and will then discuss committee business. • The House Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee will meet in camera to consider a draft report on Promoting Domestic Trade of Agricultural and Agri-Food Products by Reducing Interprovincial Barriers. • The House Fisheries and Oceans Committee will meet to study recreational fishing in Canada and will hear from the Atlantic Salmon Federation, the New Brunswick Wildlife Federation, Restigouche River Watershed Management Council Inc., and Miramichi Salmon Association Inc. • The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee will meet to discuss the 2015-16 main estimates and the 2015-16 reports on plans and priorities and will hear from Public Works officials and Shared Services Canada. • The House Natural Resources Committee will meet in camera to discuss planning of future committee business. • The House Industry, Science and Technology Committee will meet to discuss committee business and then will study the 2015-16 main estimates and will hear from Industry Minister James Moore and senior officials. • The House Human Resources, Skills and Social Development Committee will meet to continue exploring the potential of social finance in Canada and will hear from Finance for Good and the Canadian Association of Social Workers. • The House Official Languages Committee will meet in-camera to discuss committee business and then consider a draft report on the Government of Canada programs designed to promote francophone immigration into Canada’s official-language minority communities. • The Senate Transport and Communications Committee will meet to study Industry Canada’s User Fee Proposal for Fixed-Satellite Services and Broadcasting-Satellite Services Spectrum in Canada and will hear from Industry Canada before moving in camera to consider a draft report. • The Senate Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee will meet in camera to consider matters relating to the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators. • The Senate National Security and Defence Committee will meet to continue studying Bill C-51,the Anti-Terrorism Act, and will begin clause-by-clause consideration. • The Senate Fisheries and Oceans Committee will meet in camera to consider a draft report on the regulation of aquaculture and current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada. Wednesday, May 27 • The House will deal with deferred recorded divisions on NDP MP Niki Ashton’s private members’ motion M-444, on a National Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women. The House will also debate CPC MP Ben Lobb’s private members’ motion M-575 on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. • The Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee will meet to hear testimony from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada officials Carol McQueen, director of gulf states relations division, and Sabine Nolke, director general of non-proliferation and security threat reduction on current issues. Thursday, May 28 • The House will debate CPC MP Ed Komarnicki’s private members’ motion M-590 on free votes. • The House Public Safety and National Security Committee will meet at 8:45 a.m. to study the 2015 budget and at 11:00 a.m. will move in camera to meet with a delegation from the Czech Republic. • The House Procedure and House Affairs Committee will meet to study Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and will hear from Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre and Privy Council officials and then will study the 2015-16 main estimates and supplementary estimates ‘A’. It will hear from House Speaker Andrew Scheer and officials. • The Senate Human Rights Committee will meet in camera to consider a draft report on its study of the Hague Abductions Convention. • The Joint Scrutiny of Regulations Committee will meet to review statutory instruments. • The Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee will hear testimony from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada officials from the West and Central Africa Bureau on current issues. Friday, May 29 • The House will debate NDP MP Isabelle Morin’s private members’ bill C-592, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals) at second reading.

The Week Ahead in Parliament

The Week Ahead, March 7-11