C-442 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease
Short title:
Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Act
This bill received royal assent on Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Statutes of Canada 2014, c. 37
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Reinstated from previous session, Wednesday, October 16, 2013
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Placed on the order of precedence on Thursday, January 30, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Monday, March 3, 2014 |
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
Sitting 76
Agreed to
(Journals 76)
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Minutes |
|---|---|
Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
Meeting 30 |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
Meeting 31 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
Sitting 101
Agreed to
(Journals 101)
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Senate
End of stage activity
First reading, Thursday, June 12, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Referral to committee, Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 |
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, Thursday, December 11, 2014
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
Meeting 54 |
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
Meeting 55 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Friday, December 12, 2014
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, December 12, 2014 |
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
There are currently no recorded votes for this bill.
Senate
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There are currently no Speaker's rulings and statements.
Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, March 3, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 55) | Elizabeth May (Green Party) |
| Monday, March 3, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 55) | Gerald Keddy (Conservative) |
| Monday, March 3, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 55) | Murray Rankin (NDP) |
| Monday, March 3, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 55) | Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal) |
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | Senator |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 76) | Janis G. Johnson (Conservative) |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 81) | Larry W. Campbell (Liberal) |
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Further reading
Annals of medicine: the Lyme wars.
Specter, Michael.
New Yorker, 89:24-9
Ending denial : the Lyme Disease epidemic : a Canadian public health disaster : a call for action from patients, doctors, researchers, and politicians.
Ferrie, Helke, ed..
Caledon, Ont. : Kos Pub., 448 p.
Lyme disease : can the tick-borne illness be controlled?.
Weeks, Jennifer.
CQ researcher, 23:957-80
Lyme Disease: Call for a “Manhattan Project” to Combat the Epidemic.
Stricker, Raphael B ; Johnson, Lorraine ; Rall, Glenn F.
PLoS Pathogens, Vol.10(1)
Lyme law uses "junk science" says expert.
Brown, Carolyn.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal, 186(18):1354
Review of methods to prevent and reduce the risk of Lyme disease.
Lindsay, L R ; Ogden, N H ; Schofield, S W.
Canada Communicable Disease Report, Vol.41(6), pp.146-153
TickNET - a collaborative public health approach to tickborne disease surveillance and research.
Paul Mead et al..
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 21 (9), p. 1574 (4)
Ticks-tack-Brock : the (non) treatment of CF (Canadian Forces) members with Lyme disease.
Drapeau, Michel W.
Esprit de corps, 19:38, 40, 42