House Of Commons

Committee Stage Dept: The House of Commons voted Thursday to impose time allocation on C-38, requiring it to be done second reading and ready to head to committee stage by May 14. That leaves seven sitting days for debate, according to CBC. Meanwhile, senators voted to start their study of the bill before it officially arrives in the chamber. The Senate finance committee will start examining C-38 next week, with other committees discussing how they will work on the bill, as well and conservative MPs used their majority to limit debate on the government's 400-page budget implementation bill, which includes measures as varied as changing the eligibility rules for old age security, killing some environmental regulations and eliminating a backlog of immigration applications. The bill would then return to the House for report stage and third reading vote before heading to the Senate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.