Conservative House Leader Peter Van Loan: Copyright Bill

House Of Commons Dept: Conservative House leader Peter Van Loan says the long days and nights are necessary to deal with important pieces of legislation other than the budget implementation bill before MPs take off for the summer, according to CBC. Tuesday afternoon MPs voted to pass the pooled pension bill, and the government is also keen to pass the copyright bill and the Jordan free trade bill before the House of Commons finishes on June 22 and members of Parliament are in for two weeks of late nights thanks to the government's motion to extend their sitting hours in the House of Commons until midnight. MPs are already preparing to pull all-nighters to vote on amendments to the budget bill and Van Loan said they should also be prepared to "put in a little bit of overtime" to debate and vote on other bills. Bill C-31, a bill to reform the refugee and immigration system, passed a final vote on Monday night and it now goes to the Senate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.