Before Parliament
Thirty-five briefs to 26 committees of the House of Commons and the Senate · filed 29 August to 3 October 2026, updated 11 October 2026
35briefs filed
26committees
18answered by the clerk
2published by Parliament
17no answer
0bills introduced
Published by Parliament
On 5 October 2026 the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates distributed the brief to its members and published it: BR14240455. The Standing Committee on National Defence published the brief to its study of the Arctic on 8 September 2026 and the updated file on 1 October 2026: BR14222626.
The ledger
| Committee | Chamber | Brief | Filed | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Operations and Estimates · OGGO | House | Federal bodies pay for their own documented defects | 29 Aug 2026 | Distributed to the members and published, 5 Oct. |
| National Defence · NDDN | House | The Arctic and a Canadian nuclear deterrent | 29 Aug 2026 | Published, 8 Sept. Updated file published 1 Oct. |
| Public Safety and National Security · SECU | House | Emergency preparedness and the Emergency Management Act | 30 Aug 2026 | Entered as a brief to the study on national emergency preparedness, 6 Oct. |
| Public Safety and National Security · SECU | House | The National Risk Profile without the word war | 24 Sept 2026 | Entered as a brief to the same study, 6 Oct. |
| Justice and Human Rights · JUST | House | Equality of the sexes in sentencing | 29 Aug 2026 | No answer on the order of reference or the request to appear. |
| Justice and Human Rights · JUST | House | Age verification, Criminal Code s. 150.1(5) | 4 Sept 2026 | Being translated and circulated to the members. |
| Foreign Affairs and International Development · FAAE | House | No instrument obliges any state to defend Canada | 24 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Foreign Affairs and International Development · FAAE | House | Ukraine: a question to Global Affairs Canada | 26 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Canadian Heritage · CHPC | House | The Crown: an oath that runs one way | 29 Sept 2026 | To be translated and distributed to the members, 1 Oct. No date given. |
| Citizenship and Immigration · CIMM | House | The oath of citizenship | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Procedure and House Affairs · PROC | House | The oath of members, section 128 | 30 Sept 2026 | To be circulated to all members, 30 Sept. |
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs · INAN | House | The road from Nunavut to Manitoba: 0 km in 16 years | 30 Sept 2026 | To be translated and provided to the members, 1 Oct. |
| Transport, Infrastructure and Communities · TRAN | House | Hudson Bay: one port with rail, no wharf north of it | 30 Sept 2026 | In translation, then to the members, 2 Oct. |
| Finance · FINA | House | Bill C-31 and the North | 30 Sept 2026 | To be translated, circulated and published on the study page of Bill C-31, 1 Oct. |
| Fisheries and Oceans · FOPO | House | Hudson and James Bays: no small craft harbour | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Natural Resources · RNNR | House | 25 diesel plants and the Kivalliq power line | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Human Resources, Skills and Social Development · HUMA | House | Bill C-266: three trade certificates in Nunavut in 2024 | 30 Sept 2026 | Receipt confirmed, 1 Oct. |
| International Trade · CIIT | House | One market: 68.3% of exports to the United States | 3 Oct 2026 | No answer. |
| Industry and Technology · INDU | House | 54.5% of industrial jobs within 100 km of the United States | 3 Oct 2026 | To be translated and circulated to the members, 5 Oct. No date given. |
| National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs · SECD | Senate | A Canadian nuclear deterrent | 29 Aug 2026 | Distributed to the members, 22 Sept. |
| National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs · SECD | Senate | Bill C-22 and anonymity | 2 Sept 2026 | In translation. Publication held until Bill C-22 is referred, 1 Oct. |
| National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs · SECD | Senate | Bill C-31, Division 16: the North | 30 Sept 2026 | In translation, 1 Oct. |
| Legal and Constitutional Affairs · LCJC | Senate | Equality of the sexes in sentencing | 29 Aug 2026 | No answer. |
| Legal and Constitutional Affairs · LCJC | Senate | Bill C-22 and anonymity | 2 Sept 2026 | Receipt confirmed. Held until Bill C-22 is referred, 1 Oct. |
| Legal and Constitutional Affairs · LCJC | Senate | Age verification | 4 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| National Finance · NFFN | Senate | Federal bodies bear no cost for departing from their own standards | 29 Aug 2026 | Publication as a written brief offered by the clerk and accepted, 1 Oct. |
| National Finance · NFFN | Senate | Bill C-31 and the North | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Indigenous Peoples · APPA | Senate | Bill C-31, Division 14: the national interest named in the order | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Transport and Communications · TRCM | Senate | Roads promised in 2010: 0 km built | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Banking, Commerce and the Economy · BANC | Senate | Investment tax credit: 10% to the Atlantic, 0% to the North | 30 Sept 2026 | Sent to the steering subcommittee as a proposed study, 1 Oct. |
| Fisheries and Oceans · POFO | Senate | The Arctic fleet | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources · ENEV | Senate | Diesel, power and permafrost | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Foreign Affairs and International Trade · AEFA | Senate | No instrument obliges any state to defend Canada | 24 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Foreign Affairs and International Trade · AEFA | Senate | Ukraine: a question to Global Affairs Canada | 26 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
| Building Canada Act review · BCAN | Joint | Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act: empty | 30 Sept 2026 | No answer. |
Related
- 01BillPublic Accountability Bounty ActA federal body that breaks its own published standard pays.
- 02BillEquality of the sexes in sentencingFive years for the mother, life for the father.
- 03BillAn independent Canadian nuclear deterrentThe defence of Canada rests on a capability a foreign government owns.
- 04FindingNuclear attack on CanadaCanada rests its defence on the assurances of allies.