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In this edition:

! Featured committees House of Commons Decisions made today will impact your organization.

! Featured committees Senate Find out as they happen.

! In the House Chamber

! Items of Interest in the Days Ahead

The Alpheus Group. Monitoring Parliament for you.

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No House committees scheduled.

! A rare Friday meeting for the Agriculture and Forestry committee concludes a week of multiple meetings on BillC-18, Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act.

Committee &Topic of Debate

Location & Time Appearing

Agriculture & Forestry1. Bill C-18, An Act to reorganize the

Canadian Wheat Board and to makeconsequential and relatedamendments to certain Acts.

9:00 AMRoom 2, Victoria Building 140Wellington Street

As Individuals:- Drew Baker- Andrew Dennis- Brendan Sigurdson- Kenneth Larsen

- Laurence Nicholson

Western Grain Elevator AssociationMalting Industry Association of CanadaOmnitraxThunder Bay Port Authority

Committee Schedules/Agendas are subject to change without notice. All efforts will be taken to update information as it becomes available.

Government Orders! Report stage debate ofBill C-20, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, the Electoral Boundaries

Readjustment Act and the Canada Elections Act is scheduled for today.

Short Title: Fair Representation ActIntroduction and 1st reading: October 27, 2011(Minister of State for Democratic Reform, Tim Uppal)2nd reading debate: November 2, 2011, November 3, 2011November 3, 2011: time allocation motion passed to limit 2nd reading debate to no more than one further sitting day.November 3, 2011: 2nd reading passed and bill referred to the Standing Committee on Procedures & House Affairs.Committee consideration: November 15, 2011; November 17, 2011; November 22, 2011; November 24, 2011;November 29, 2011Report stage debate: December 6, 2011; December 9, 2011Note: a motion passed on December 7, 2011 limiting debate on report stage and 3rd reading stage to no more than 1further sitting day.

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The Alpheus Daily Watch | December 9, 20111

Featured Committees Senate

In the House Chamber

The Alpheus Daily WatchFriday December 9, 2011

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Private Members' Business (Friday)

! 2nd reading debate resumes on C-314, An Act respecting the awareness of screening among women withdense breast tissue *

Short Title: Breast Density Awareness Act

! Sponsor: Patrick Brown, MP for Barrie

! Introduction and 1st reading: October 3, 2011! 2nd reading: October 24, 2011; December 9, 2011

! Wednesday December 14, 2011; Vote on Bill C-308, An Act respecting a Commission of Inquiry into thedevelopment and implementation of a national fishery rebuilding strategy for fish stocks off the coast ofNewfoundland and Labrador, to send the bill to the Fisheries and Oceans committee.

Bills that may be debated next week (subject to change)

In what is being called "Free Trade & Jobs Week", the government has indicated that the following bills will be debated:

! Monday December 12, 2011; start of 2nd reading debate on Bill C-24, Canada-Panama Economic Growth andProsperity Act

! Tuesday December 13, 2011; 3rd reading debate on Bill C-20, Fair Representation Act. Vote on bill is also expectedon Tuesday, which if passed, will send Bill to the Senate.

! Wednesday December 14, 2011 - Bill C-23, CanadaJordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act

! other bills that may be debated include: C-14, Improving Trade Within Canada Act; C-11 Copyright ModernizationAct; C-26 Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act; C-28 Financial Literacy Leader Act

Of interest at committee next week:

! President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, Avrim Lazar, is expected to appear at the NaturalResources committee on the topic of the State of the Forestry Sector in Canada on Monday December 12, 2011

! clause by clause consideration is scheduled on Bill C-18, Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act at the SenateAgriculture and Forestry committee on Monday December 12, 2011

! Statutory Review of the Lobbying Act is scheduled to begin on Tuesday December 13, 2011 and Commissioner ofLobbying, Karen E. Shepherd, and other officials from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying are slated toappear at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics committee.

! LGen Andr Deschamps, Commander Royal Canadian Air Force will appear before the Defence committee on thesubject of Maintaining the Readiness of the Canadian Forces Tuesday December 13, 2011

! Officials from the Office of the Auditor General will be providing testimony at the Senate Aboriginal Peoplescommittee on on the federal governments constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations,Inuit and Metis peoples and on other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, on December13, 2011

! VAdm Bruce Donaldson, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff will appear before the Defence committee on the subject ofMaintaining the Readiness of the Canadian Forces Thursday December 15, 2011

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Private Members' Business looking ahead to next week

MondayDecember 12;continued 2nd reading debate on C-310, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons

Sponsor: Mrs. Smith (KildonanSt. Paul)

TuesdayDecember 13; 2nd reading debate (first time) on C-307, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (pregnant or nursingemployees)

Sponsor: Mr. Boulerice (RosemontLa Petite-Patrie)

WednesdayDecember 14; continued debate on M-270 Infrastructure

Sponsor: Ms. LeBlanc (LaSallemard)

Thursday

December 15; continued 2nd reading debate on C-288, National Flag of Canada ActSponsor: Mr. Carmichael (Don Valley West)

FridayDecember 16; continued 2nd reading debate on C-313 An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (non-corrective cosmeticcontact lenses)

Sponsor: Mrs. Davidson (SarniaLambton)

Other information

* Bill C-314, Breast Density Awareness Act

This bill would require the Government of Canada to encourage the use of existing initiatives in order to increase awarenessamong women about the implications of heterogeneous or dense breast tissue for breast cancer screening.

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