Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 13, 2006
Minister's Statement and Mrs. Witmer and Mr. Tabuns

Second Reading

Debate
April 20, 2006
Principal Debaters:
Mr. Smitherman, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Wynne, Mr. Klees, Mr. Hudak, Mr. Tabuns

Questions and Comments:
Mr. Chudleigh, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Fonseca, Mr. Qaadri, Mr. Prue, Mr. Kular

April 25, 2006
Principal Debaters:
Mr. Flynn, Mr. Hudak, Mrs. Witmer, Ms. Martel

Questions and Comments:
Mr. Ramal, Mr. Tascona, Mr. Peterson, Ms. MacLeod, Mr. Bisson, Mr. Miller

April 27, 2006
Principal Debaters:
Mrs. Witmer, Mr. Prue, Mr. Fonseca, Mr. Ouellette

Questions and Comments:
Mr. Peterson, Mr. Chudleigh, Mr. Zimmer, Ms. Scott, Mr. Marchese, Mr. Kular, Mr. Rinaldi, Mr. Wilkinson

Time Allocation
May 9, 2006
Mr. Bradley, Mr. Runciman, Mr. Kormos, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Fonseca, Ms. MacLeod, Mr. Ramal, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Leal, Mr. Martiniuk, Mr. Bisson, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Miller, Mr. Peterson

Carried on division.

May 10, 2006
Carried on division. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

May 29, 2006
May 30, 2006
June 5, 2006
June 6, 2006

June 7, 2006
Reported to the House as amended. Carried on division. Ordered for third reading.

Third Reading

Debate
June 15, 2006
Principal Debaters:
Mr. Peterson, Mrs. Witmer, Ms. Martel, Ms. Wynne

Vote deferred.

June 19, 2006
Carried on division.

Royal Assent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Coming into force:
29. (1) Subsections 5 (2) and (5), subsection 27 (23), this section and section 30 come into force on the day this Act receives Royal Assent.

Same

(2) Sections 1, 2 and 4, subsections 5 (1), (3) and (4), sections 6 to 26, subsections 27 (1) to (22) and section 28 come into force on October 1, 2006.