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A busy Thursday on the committee front with many meetings being held throughout the day.
Canadian Heritage will hear from witnesses on the topic of Canada's 150th Anniversary in 2017.
Access to Information, Ethics, and Privacy Committee continues its study of the Access to information dispute and the
resulting court actions concerning CBC.
Foreign Affairs will receive a briefing on the Global Fund to Fight ADS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with testimony expected
from CDA and the Global Fund To Fight ADS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Among the list of witnesses that will appear before the Justice and Human Rights committee as part of its ongoing
deliberations on Bill C-10 (omnibus crime bill) are: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, Fredericton Police
Force, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers, Centre for srael and Jewish Affairs and the Canadian Centre for
Abuse Awareness.
The OfficiaI Languages Committee will hear testimony from the Quebec Community Groups Network as part of its study
called Evaluation of the Roadmap: mproving Programs and Service Delivery.
DND and DFAT officials will brief the Defence committee on the Situation in Libya.
AboriginaI Affairs will receive a departmental briefing on the treaty process
A mix of pharmaceutical and agricultural organizations are slated to appear at the InternationaI Trade committee
regarding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union.
PubIic Safety is holding another meeting on the topic of Drugs and Alcohol in Prisons with scheduled witnesses from
Correctional Service of Canada.
Citizenship and Immigration once again considers the issue of mmigration Application Backlogs in Light of the Action
Plan for Faster mmigration with the Canadian Construction Association and others slated to appear.
Canadian Environmental Assessment agency officials return to testify and will be joined by the Canadian Energy Pipeline
Association and the Canadian Environmental Law Association at the Environment committee as part of its Statutory
Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
AgricuIture continues the Growing Forward 2 (Science and nnovation) study and will meet with the Sustainable
Chemistry Alliance, Canadian Horticultural Council and others.
Human Resources meets again regarding the study entitled, A Framework for Success: Practical Recommendations to
Further Shorten the Foreign Qualification Recognition Process.
Fisheries and Oceans will hear from department officials again on the topic of Closed Containment Salmon Aquaculture.
More hearings are scheduled at the Status of Women committee on Abuse of Older Women.
Maria Barrados, President of the Public Service Commission of Canada appears before the Government Operations
committee regarding the Public Service Commission's 2010-2011 Annual Report and Various Reports and Studies
Produced in 2011
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Note: the Finance committee will be making a stop in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan today, as part of its pre-budget
consultations.
More information on schedule House of Commons committee meetings below:
Committee &
Topic of Debate
Location & Time Appearing
Veterans Affairs
1. Committee Business (n Camera) 8:45 am 10:45 am
Room 112-N, Centre Block
N/A
Canadian Heritage
1. Canada's 150th Anniversary in 2017 8:45 am 10:45 am
Room 268, La Promenade
Building
Environics Research Group Ltd.
Twentyten Group
As individual: Helen Davies, ndependent
Scholar
Access to Information, Ethics and Privacy
1. Access to information dispute and the
resulting court actions concerning
CBC
2. Committee Business
Notice of motion from Charlie
Angus
8:45 am 10:45 am
Room 237-C, Centre Block
Canadian Media Guild
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting

Foreign Affairs
1. Briefing on the the Global Fund to
Fight ADS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
8:45 am 10:45 am
Room 306, La Promenade
Building
Global Fund to Fight ADS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria
CDA officials
Justice & Human Rights
1. Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice
for Victims of Terrorism Act and to
amend the State mmunity Act, the
Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs
and Substances Act, the Corrections
and Conditional Release Act, the
Youth Criminal Justice Act, the
mmigration and Refugee Protection
Act and other Acts
8:45 am 10:45 am
Room 253-D, Centre Block
Canadian Council of Criminal Defence
Lawyers
Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
Centre for srael and Jewish Affairs
As individual: Joanne Jong
Fredericton Police Force
As individual: Steve Sullivan, Former
Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry
Societies
As individual: Justin Pich, Assistant
Professor
OfficiaI Languages
1. Evaluation of the Roadmap:
mproving Programs and Service
Delivery
8:45 am 10:45 am
Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street
Quebec Community Groups Network
Defence
1. Briefing on the Situation in Libya 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Room 362, East Block
Department of National Defence officials
Department of Foreign Affairs and
nternational Trade officials
Finance
1. Pre-budget consultations 2011 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan For a list of witnesses, click here.
AboriginaI Affairs
1. Briefing on the Treaty Process
2. Committee Business (n Camera)
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room 362, East Block
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern
Development officials
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Committee &
Topic of Debate
Location & Time Appearing
InternationaI Trade
1. Comprehensive Economic and Trade
Agreement (CETA) with the European
Union
2. Committee Business (n Camera)
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room 306, La Promenade
Building
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical
Association
Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance
Association of Seafood Producers
Canada's Research-Based
Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx & D)
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Canadian Cattlemen's Association
PubIic Safety
1. Drugs and Alcohol in Prisons 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room 268, La Promenade
Building
Correctional Service of Canada
Citizenship and Immigration
1. mmigration Application Backlogs in
Light of the Action Plan for Faster
mmigration
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Room 253-D, Centre Block
Canadian Construction Association
As individuals:
Warren Creates, mmigration Lawyer
Katrina Parker
Ali Mokhtari, CanPars mmigration
Services nc.
Environment
1. Statutory Review of the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Act
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Room 228, La Promenade
Building
Canadian Environmental Assessment
Agency
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Procedures & House Affairs
1. (n Camera) Report of the Chief
Electoral Officer of Canada entitled
"Responding to Changing Needs
Recommendations from the Chief
Electoral Officer of Canada Following
the 40th General Election"
2. Committee Business
Second Report of the Subcommittee on
Private Members' Business
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Room 112-N, Centre Block
(n Camera) Elections Canada officials
AgricuIture
1. Growing Forward 2 (Science and
nnovation)
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Room 268, La Promenade
Building
Sustainable Chemistry Alliance
Canadian Horticultural Council
University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Peter
W.B. Phillips, Professor
As individuals:
Dr. Evan Fraser
Johnson-Shoyama
Status of Women
1. Abuse of Older Women 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Room 306, La Promenade
Building
Native Women's Association of Canada
As individuals:
Christine Walsh, Associate Professor
Marie Beaulieu, Tenured Professor
Silvia Straka, Assistant Professor
Fisheries & Oceans
1. Closed Containment Salmon
Aquaculture
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Room C-120, 1 Wellington
Street
DFO officials
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Committee &
Topic of Debate
Location & Time Appearing
Human Resources
1. A Framework for Success: Practical
Recommendations to Further Shorten
the Foreign Qualification Recognition
Process.
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Room 253-D, Centre Block
Canadian Council of Social Work
Regulators
National Association of Career Colleges
Canadian Home Builders' Association
Building and Construction Trades
Department, AFL-CO, Canadian Office
Government Operations & Estimates
1. Public Service Commission's 2010-
2011 Annual Report and Various
Reports and Studies Produced in
2011
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Room 237-C, Centre Block
Public Service Commission of Canada
President, Maria Barrados and officials
Committee Schedules/Agendas are subject to change without notice. All efforts will be taken to update information as it becomes available.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association and the Canadian Horticultural Council are set to appear before the
AgricuIture and Forestry committee on the topic of nnovation in the Agriculture and Agri-food Sector from the producers'
perspective
Another meeting is scheduled at the Energy, Environment and NaturaI Resources committe on the current state and
future of Canada's energy sector (including alternative energy), with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and
Sustainable Prosperity scheduled to appear.
The Honourable Tony Clement, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board will appear before the OfficiaI Languages
committee as it examines the use of the nternet, new media and social media and the respect for Canadians' language
rights, as part of the broader study of the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives
made under it.
SociaI Affairs, Science and TechnoIogy hears from many more organizations for its comprehensive examination on the
progress in implementing the 2004, 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care.
Deloitte will give testimony at the Banking, Trade and Commerce committee on Financing Growth Capital for SMEs.
More information on schedule Senate committee meetings below:
Committee &
Topic of Debate
Location & Time Appearing
AgricuIture and Forestry
1. Examine and report on research and
innovation efforts in the agricultural
sector.
2. Topic: nnovation in the Agriculture
and Agri-food Sector from the
producers' perspective
8:00 am
Room 2, Victoria Building 140
Wellington Street
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
Canadian Horticultural Council
Energy, the Environment and NaturaI
Resources
1. The current state and future of
Canada's energy sector (including
alternative energy).
8:00 am
Room 257, East Block
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Sustainable Prosperity
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Committee &
Topic of Debate
Location & Time Appearing
OfficiaI Languages
1. Study on the application of the Official
Languages Act and of the regulations
and directives made under it.
Topic: Examination on the use of the
nternet, new media and social media
and the respect for Canadians'
language rights.
9:00 AM
Room 9, Victoria Building 140
Wellington Street
The Honourable Tony Clement, P.C.,
M.P., President of the Treasury Board
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
SociaI Affairs, Science & TechnoIogy
Examine the progress in
implementing the 2004, 10-Year Plan
to Strengthen Health Care.
10:30 AM
Room 2, Victoria Building 140
Wellington Street
Genome Canada
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Canadian nstitutes of Health Research
Canada Health nfoway
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Banking, Trade & Commerce
1. The present state of the domestic and
international financial system.
TOPIC: Financing Growth Capital for
SMEs
10:30 AM
Room 9, Victoria Building 140
Wellington Street
Deloitte
Committee Schedules/Agendas are subject to change without notice. All efforts will be taken to update information as it becomes available.
Government Orders
Members will resume 2nd reading debate of Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act
Short TitIe: Ending the Long-gun Registry Act
ntroduction and 1st reading : October 25, 2011 (The Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews)
2
nd
reading: October 26, 2011
Note: On October 26, 2011, the government gave notice of its intention to move a time allocation motion to limit 2
nd
reading debate on this bill
Private Members' Business
Debate on M-270 nfrastructure Sponsor: Ms. LeBlanc (MP for LaSallemard)
Text of Motion: That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( ) recognize that the construction and maintenance of
public infrastructure plays a vital role in the creation and protection of jobs, and that infrastructure is a strategic asset that supports
vibrant, prosperous and sustainable communities; ( ) act immediately to counter the crisis of crumbling infrastructure and the very
real risks it poses to the economy, security, and the quality of life of Canadians; ( ) develop a legislative framework, with clear
targets, to provide sustainable, predictable and long term infrastructure funding agreements with provinces, territories,
municipalities, First Nations, nuit and Mtis communities; ( ) cooperate with stakeholders to encourage the use of sustainable and
innovative infrastructure design models, and to develop sustainable building codes that favour energy and water conservation and
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and take into account changing demographics and evolving rural-urban linkages; ( )
index the Gas Tax Fund to economic and population growth and increase the existing gas tax transfer by one cent per litre, and
consider other alternative funding mechanisms to ensure municipalities, large and small, have the long-term capacity to build and
maintain public infrastructure; and () acknowledge its exclusive financial responsibility for, and immediately announce its intention
to replace, the Champlain Bridge.
Government Orders
At 6:30 pm there will be a take-note debate on the subject of the ongoing violence and vicious attacks against
Coptic Christians in Egypt
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The government has indicated it will introduce a bill entitled An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, the
EIectoraI Boundaries Readjustment Act and the Canada EIections Act.
The text of the bill will not be available until introduction
Private Members' Business
October 28, 2011; C-300 Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act
Sponsor: Mr. Albrecht (KitchenerConestoga)
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