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Debate begins now on @jeneroux 's Private Members Bill C-220 is beginning now. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/Pow… #cdnpoli #SenCa #yeg

The report of the committee was adopted unanimously - and third reading begins now, with @jeneroux, the MP for Edmonton-Riverbend. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/Pow…

Matt Jeneroux begins by thanking Liberal MP @AHousefather for his championship of the bill, and then thanking many MPs from all parties for their support of this bill - which will grant workers under the Canada Labour Code an additional 5 days of bereavement leave. #cdnpoli #yeg

(I'm live-tweeting this, not just because @jeneroux is an Edmonton MP, but because I will be the sponsor of Bill C-220 once it reaches the Senate of Canada.) #SenCA #yeg #cdnpoli @ISGSenate

Now, @AHousefather, parliamentary secretary to the minister of labour is speaking in support of the bill and in passionate praise of @jeneroux and in praise of the non-partisan process that brought Bill C-220 to this point. #cdnpoli #SenCa

Housefather stresses that the Bill C-220 debate should demonstrate to Canadians that parliamentarians can work together, across party lines, to pass legislation. #cdnpoli #SenCa

Now, @AHousefather speaks movingly about losing his own father to Covid, and his own personal understanding of all the reponsibilities that fall on family members after the death of a loved one. Calls for C-220 to go to the Senate "ASAP". #SenCa #cdnpoli

Housefather adds that the process around C-220 has restored his own faith in how parliament is supposed to work. #cdnpoli #SenCA

Louise Chabot of the Bloc Quebecois is speaking now, saying that her party will support the bill. She says it's important for employeers who are taking compassionate leave and/or bereavement leave to maintain their attachment to the workplace. #cdnpoli

NDP MP Daniel Blaikie also speaks in support of the bill, and more generally in support of greater paid leave provisions - be they for bereavement and sick leave. Says he hopes the spirit of non-partisanship might inform other leave provisions. #cdnpoli