Parliament Hill Calendar – March 18, 2019

8:30 a.m. – Ottawa, ON: The Honourable Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, will be in Ottawa to meet with small business owners and entrepreneurs and highlight the government supports that help small businesses start up, scale up and access new markets.

9:00 a.m. – Ottawa, ON: The Honorable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, will take part in the second of the cross-Canada forums on various themes related to the Official Languages Act. The forum, taking place in Ottawa, will focus on federal institutions that embody official languages. These discussions with community stakeholders will help Minister Joly identify key issues and actions to prioritize as part of the review to modernize the Official Languages Act.

9:00 a.m. – Boston, Massachusetts: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Sean Casey, will make an important announcement regarding funding provided to international organisations to protect our waters from oil spills. The Parliamentary Secretary will be accompanied by the Consul General of Canada in Boston, David Alward, and Dr. Collin Ward, Assistant Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

10:00 a.m. – Ottawa, ON: An important announcement with the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and the band council of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg.

1:15 p.m. – Ottawa, ON: The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will make an important announcement and hold a press conference.

2:00 p.m. – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL: Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament for Labrador, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will make a funding announcement related to community development in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Prime Minister’s Itinerary

Ottawa, Ontario

2:00 p.m. – The Prime Minister will attend Question Period.
3:00 p.m. – The Prime Minister will deliver a statement in the House of Commons on the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ottawa, Ontario

2:00 p.m. – The Prime Minister will attend Question Period.
3:00 p.m. – The Prime Minister will deliver a statement in the House of Commons on the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Private Members’ Business

Business of Supply

Opposition Motion – Resignation from Cabinet of the Member for Vancouver Granville
Estimates – Supplementary Estimates (B), 2018-19
Estimates – Interim Estimates 2019-20

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Bills (Commons) – C-83 (third reading) An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act

Committees

3:30 p.m. – ACVA – Medical Cannabis and Veterans’ Well-Being
3:30 p.m. – SECU – Cybersecurity in the Financial Sector as a National Economic Security Issue
3:30 p.m. – CHPC – Bill C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages
3:30 p.m. – NDDN – Canada’s Contributions to International Peacekeeping
3:30 p.m. – OGGO – Subject Matter of the Interim Estimates 2019-20; Subject Matter of the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2018-19; Departmental Results Reports 2017-18; Committee Business
3:30 p.m. – ENVI – Forestry, Agriculture and Waste
3:30 p.m. – FOPO – Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins)
3:30 p.m. – CIMM – Subject Matter of the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2018-19; Migration Challenges and Opportunities for Canada in the 21st Century8:30 a.m. – Ottawa, ON: The Honourable Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, will be in Ottawa to meet with small business owners and entrepreneurs and highlight the government supports that help small businesses start up, scale up and access new markets.

ACVA Veterans Affairs
AGRI Agriculture and Agri-Food
CHPC Canadian Heritage
CIIT International Trade
CIMM Citizenship and Immigration
ENVI Environment and Sustainable Development
ERRE Electoral Reform
ESPE Pay Equity
ETHI Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
FAAE Foreign Affairs and International Development
FEWO Status of Women
FINA Finance
FOPO Fisheries and Oceans
HESA Health
HUMA Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
INAN Indigenous and Northern Affairs
INDU Industry, Science and Technology
JUST Justice and Human Rights
LANG Official Languages
LIAI Liaison
NDDN National Defence
OGGO Government Operations and Estimates
PACP Public Accounts
PROC Procedure and House Affairs
RNNR Natural Resources
SECU Public Safety and National Security
TRAN Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Joint Committees
BILI Library of Parliament
PDAM Physician-Assisted Dying
REGS Scrutiny of Regulations

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