Parliament Hill Calendar – October 17, 2017

9:30 a.m. – Ottawa, ON: The Prime Minister will attend the Cabinet meeting.
10:15 a.m. – Montreal, QC: Minister of Finance Bill Morneau will discuss the Government’s proposals to improve tax fairness while fulfilling a commitment to lower the small business tax rate.
2:30 p.m. – Toronto, ON: The Prime Minister will make an announcement.
3:00 p.m. – Washington DC: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will join Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, and Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative, to deliver a statement at the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations on the modernization of NAFTA.
6:45 p.m. – Toronto, ON: The Prime Minister and the Minister of International Trade, François-Philippe Champagne, will attend the Canada-India Business Council Diwali dinner and deliver brief remarks.

Chamber Business

Chamber Business starts at 10:00 a.m. today

Opposition Motions

Minister of Finance’s documents submitted to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Implementation of a universal pharmacare program

Government Bills (Commons)

C-55 (second reading) – An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act

Private Members’ Business

C-348 (second reading) – An Act to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act (persons with disabilities)

8:45 a.m. – PACP: Public Accounts of Canada 2017
8:45 a.m. – CIMM: M-39, Immigration to Atlantic Canada
8:45 a.m. – ENVI: Bill C-323; Committee Business
8:45 a.m. – SECU: Bill C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act
11:00 a.m. – FEWO: Committee Business
11:00 a.m. – PROC: Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing)
11:00 a.m. – INAN: Specific Claims and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements
11:00 a.m. – FAAE: Bill C-47
11:00 a.m. – INDU: Statutory Review of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
11:00 a.m. – OGGO: Briefing on Government Information Technology Transformation; Committee Business
1:00 p.m. – SDIR: Briefing on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Mexico; Committee Business
1:15 p.m. – SLCO: Subcommittee Business
3:30 p.m. – HESA: Development of a National Pharmacare Program
3:30 p.m. – AGRI: Food Policy for Canada; Committee Business
3:30 p.m. – LANG: Air Canada’s Implementation of the Official Languages Act
3:30 p.m. – TRAN: Bill S-2
3:30 p.m. – HUMA: Advancing Inclusion and Quality of Life for Canadian Seniors
7:00 p.m. – CIMM: M-39, Immigration to Atlantic Canada

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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