What is C-409? – Fairness for Flight Attendants Act
C-409 changes how work hours are calculated for flight attendants.
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What is C-410? – Reducing taxes on campgrounds
C-410 changes how campgrounds are taxed, resulting in less taxes on them.
What is C-411? – Arson, wildfires, and places of worship
C-411 creates a new criminal offence for arson that results in a wildfire or the destruction of a place of worship.
What is C-404? – National Conversion Therapy Awareness Day Act
C-404 makes January 7th National Conversion Therapy Awareness Day.
What is C-232? – The Arab Heritage Month Act
C-232 – The Arab Heritage Month Act – would declare April as Arab Heritage Month in recognition of the Arab community’s contributions to the country.
What is C-326? – Mining rights and the Territorial Lands Act
C-326 makes some small changes to how mining rights are handled in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Commons Updates – March 6 to 10
Opposition Motions First Opposition Motion of the week comes from Don Davies (NDP, British Columbia, Vancouver Kingsway) Party For Against Paired Liberal 0 153 1 Conservative 0 112 1 Bloc Quebecois 0 32 0 NDP 23 0 0 Green Party 2 0 0 Independent 1 1 0 Vote record The Motion failed with 26 For and 298 Against. The general opinion from the Liberals, Conservatives, and Bloc is that healthcare is Provincial jurisdiction and as such the Federal government shouldn’t get involved. Old Bills C-295 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code (neglect of vulnerable adults) went up for...
What is C-295? – The Criminal Code and neglect of vulnerable adults
C-295 makes makes it so the owners and managers of LTCs can be punished for poor care of their residents, and prevents them from being responsible for vulnerable adults again.
What is C-278? – Prevention of Government-imposed Vaccination Mandates Act
C-278 makes it so the federal government can’t make mandates or regulations that would restrict people based on their vaccination status against COVID-19.
What is C-285? – Medical Freedom Act
C-285 is fairly simple, it makes changes to the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Canada Labour Code, and the Employment Insurance Act to prevent discrimination based on medical history or conscientious belief.
What is S-251? – Truth and Reconciliation call to action #6
S-251 amends the Criminal Code to address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 6th Call to Action.
What is C-315 – Canada Pension Plan investments
C-315 – An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act (investments) makes a few changes to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act to add some new conditions to how the CPP invests its funds. The CPP will no longer be allowed to invest its money in anything that it has reason to believe has:
What is C-259? – Aeronautics collision avoidance systems
C-259 – An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system) is a short and simple Bill. It amends the Aeronautics Act to require that any gliders that have an enclosed cockpit and weigh more than 200kg, as well as anything used to tow these gliders, need to have a GPS-based collision avoidance system.
Commons Updates – Feb. 13 to 17
The big news from last week were votes on Motions involving the Notwithstanding Clause and Inflation measures!