Today: June 15, 2022

Today: June 15, 2022




In the House

Watch question period:

Bill C-14 returns from the procedure committee for report-stage debate. 

The legislation would adjust Section 51 of the Constitution Act to ensure no province loses any seats in the 2022 redistribution process.

That would require Elections Canada to perform a new calculation after last October's initial count, based on population figures, eliminated a Quebec seat. Alberta would receive three new seats, with one new seat each for British Columbia and Ontario. 

MPs also vote on a number of private member's bills and motions.

Here's what Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen told caucus colleagues this morning as cameras were allowed into the meeting room:

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spoke with reporters after caucus meeting:


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