By Andrew Thomson | UPDATED October 3, 2022 2:12pmET
In the House
Watch question period:
MPs return to the government bill on dental care and the one-time rental housing benefit (C-31).
Second-reading debate continues on Bill C-244.
Last week's Conservative motion seeking a "moratorium on new taxes" faces a vote in the House of Commons.
In Committee
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland faces questions on Bill C-30 and the government's affordability plan when she goes before the Standing Committee on Finance. 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT
Also:
- Members of the ethics committee have called an emergency meeting to consider studying the "use of public funds" relating to Roxham Road, the unofficial Quebec port of entry for asylum seekers entering Canada away from official border crossings. 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT
- The status of women committee hears a number of witnesses on the mental health of young women and girls. That includes Carol Todd, the mother of Amanda Todd, the B.C. teen and cyberbullying victim who died by suicide in 2012. 11am ET / 8am PT
- Senior RCMP officers brief the industry committee on fraudulent telephone calls. 11am ET / 8am PT
- The Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs hears more testimony on emergency preparedness, security, and Arctic sovereignty. 11am ET / 8am PT
- The National Farmers Union, Agriculture Carbon Alliance, and Canadian Federation of Independent Business go before the agriculture committee on Bill C-234, which adjusts the federal carbon pricing program to "expand the definition of eligible farming machinery and extend the exemption for qualifying farming fuel to marketable natural gas and propane." 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT
And, former Supreme Court justice Michel Bastarache dicsusses Bill C-13 at the Senate official languages committee. 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT
WATCH: Fiona Response
Federal ministers Seamus O’Regan (labour) and Gudie Hutchings (rural economic development) provide an update on the response to Hurricane Fiona. The storm, which made landfall in Nova Scotia on the morning of Sept. 24, brought damaging winds and flooding to much of Atlantic Canada.
Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King is joined by Tanya Mullally (director responsible for the P.E.I. Emergency Measures Organization), Bill Lawlor (a director with the Canadian Red Cross), and Kim Griffin (sustainability and corporate communications manager for Maritime Electric).
