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What’s new in the House? – Nov 3 to 7, 2025
Bill Updates C-3 – An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) A number of amendments had been proposed to the version of C-3 that came back from committee, which pretty much revert it back to what it was before it went to committee. A vote was held on the amendments and they passed with 170 in favour and 163 opposed. Party For Against Paired Liberal 163 0 1 Conservative 0 141 1 Bloc Quebecois 0 22 0 NDP 6 0 0 Green 1 0 0 Vote Record The reverted version of C-3 was then accepted with a similar vote,...
What’s in the 2025 Budget? – Part 1
Starting coverage of the 2025 federal budget. It’s a pretty hefty document so it’ll take a bit to get through everything.
S-211 Dealing with the endless sports gambling ads
S-211 creates a framework to control sports gambling ads in the country.
What’s new in the House? – Oct 27 to 31
Not a lot from last week. Lots of debate around C-3 but not much else. We’ve got a Committee Report back on the Conflict of Interest Act that got some attention though, so we’ll be looking at that!
C-220 – No more changing sentencing based on immigration status
C-220 makes it so immigration status has no impact on sentencing for a crime.
C-245 – Keeping the feds out of Quebec’s culture
C-245 exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.
What’s new in the House? – Oct 20 to 24
Last week there was a vote on an Opposition Motion as well as some movement on C-3 and C-12.
C-222 – Continuing new parent benefits in the event of death
C-222 allows new parents to continue collecting benefits in the event of their child dying.
C-223 – New protections from family violence for children
C-223 makes some changes to how divorce courts make decisions on child custody.
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C-12 – A second attempt at new border protections
C-12 is a second attempt to change our border policy after the negative backlash over C-2.
What’s new in the House? – Oct 6 to 10
Another short one, with just two Opposition Motions to cover.
C-228 – More transparency for new international treaties
C-228 creates new requirements for the government before they can ratify any international agreements.
What’s new in the House? – Oct 1 to Oct 3
Short week last week, just a vote on one Motion and a new Motion that will be voted on this week.