C-205
An Act respecting the labelling of food products 

C-206
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on books or pamphlets)

C-207
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (appointments and meetings)

C-297
An Act to ensure accountability in respect of Canada’s obligations under international treaties

C-298
An Act respecting Corporate Social Responsibility for the Activities of Canadian Mining Corporations in Developing Countries 

C-299
An Act to prohibit the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in specified products and to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 

C-367
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park) 

C-425
An Act respecting the recognition of foreign credentials

C-570
An Act respecting the labelling of food products containing sodium

C-571
An Act respecting corporate practices relating to the purchase of minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa

C-572
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Budget Officer)

Private Member Motions:

Unanimous Consent Motion — April 23, 2010 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That in the opinion of the House, April 23, which coincides with the birthday of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, be recognized as the national day of remembrance and action on mass atrocities, in tribute to his commitment to peace and international co-operation to end crimes against humanity. Adopted Unanimously by the House of Commons

M-178 — January 26, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should commit to setting regulations to protect and preserve the integrity and natural environment of the Ottawa River.

M-179 — January 26, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should develop a clear and consistent model and standard for integrating internationally trained professionals into the workforce by establishing and supporting specific training, mentoring and bridging programs aimed at helping newcomers integrate into the workplace; and by creating a federal government initiative, similar to an internship program, for foreign trained professionals to work in the Public Service.

M-337 — March 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That the House express its concern over the release of radioactive tritium into the Ottawa River from the Chalk River nuclear facility and call on the government to strengthen guidelines for tritium exposure in drinking water by reducing the limit of tritium exposure to 100 becquerels per litre (Bq/L) immediately and to 20 Bq/L after five years.

M-352 — April 16, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act to make it easier to manufacture and export pharmaceutical products to address public health problems resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics in many developing and least-developed countries.

M-368 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should undertake the following actions to improve the situation for the spouses of all federal departments and agencies employees who are and have been posted overseas on government assignments by: (a) allowing those spouses who work overseas to claim the Overseas Employment Tax Credit whether they be working as Locally Engaged Staff, are self-employed, or employed by a local company in the host country; (b) allowing those spouses who end their employment in Canada in order to be with their partner at an overseas posting to be able to collect Employment Insurance benefits while overseas and immediately after repatriation to Canada, if the spouses paid Employment Insurance premiums prior to and during their overseas posting; (c) allowing those spouses who had to end careers or contracts in Canada in order to join their partner on overseas postings to gain priority status when applying for internal job postings within the federal public service, or at Crown agencies, either while overseas or after repatriation to Canada; (d) instituting a permanent pre and post-relocation program of skills and academic improvement, career counselling and job search support for spouses, including support for language training and cultural training where necessary that is at a comparable level to what federal employees receive for such postings; (e) allowing all non-reimbursable education, professional certification training and academic improvement undertaken overseas by spouses to be tax deductable; (f) immediately reviewing and instituting improvements to the Foreign Service Directives, especially those involving salary equalization payments; (g) reviewing and improving immediately the amounts of tax-free income that federal employees receive during overseas postings in order to ensure no decrease in total household income; (h) immediately improving and updating the definitions of ―residency‖, including ―deemed resident‖ and ―factual resident‖ so that the definitions are more reflective and accurate of the overseas employment circumstances of federal employees and their spouses, especially when considering the short-term and long-term tax implications for these individuals; (i) immediately harmonizing the definitions of ―residency‖, used by all federal departments, acts, statutes and regulations, especially these definitions that are found in the Income Tax Act and the Employment Insurance Act; (j) instituting a review of its international tax conventions and policies of their enforcement, to ensure equal benefit of the law to spouses who have waived their diplomatic immunity for the purposes of overseas employment, and to ensure an improved process of reviewing the tax consequences prior to a posting and during the posting to avoid unexpected punitive retroactive reassessments after returning to Canada and to avoid unnecessary legal proceedings; (k) allowing spouses, while posted overseas, to continue to make recorded contributions to the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan and to make tax deductable contributions to their Registered Retirement Savings Plans and Tax Free Savings Plans, regardless of whether they have been successful at securing overseas employment; and (l) creating an Ombudsperson for spouses and their families who would serve as an independent voice and watch person on all spousal matters and would be granted authority to investigate and provide Parliament with recommendations for resolving issues, including the award of compensation for damages, for all spouses of government employees who have been posted overseas.

M-411 — June 17, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That in recognition of the Standing Joint Committee on Library of Parliament‘s recommendation for the review of the effectiveness of the position of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the House recognizes the importance of the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer in ensuring accountability and to that end calls on the government to enact legislation that ensures the office of Parliamentary Budget Officer is independent of the Library of Parliament, the executive or any other branch, is answerable to Parliament only and receives adequate and sustained resources to continue its important work.

M-425 — September 14, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize its constitutional duty to protect Canadian citizens abroad; (b) enact legislation to ensure the consistent and non-discriminatorily provision of consular services to all Canadians in distress; and (c) create an independent ombudsperson’s office responsible for monitoring the government’s performance and ordering the Minister of Foreign Affairs to give protection to a Canadian in distress if the Minister otherwise refuses protection.

M-440 — September 28, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should prioritize the retrofitting of its buildings to invest in creating green-collar jobs, lowering Canada's carbon footprint and realizing savings on energy costs.

M-556 — June 16, 2010 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should enact UN Security Council Resolution 1896 to require companies under Canadian jurisdiction to practice due diligence with regards to sourcing minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region of Africa by: (a) tracking the origin of imported minerals; (b) tracking the supply chain from extraction to consumption; (c) monitoring any financial contribution to armed groups from the supply chain; (d) desisting completely from purchasing materials from which rents have been collected by illegal armed groups; and (e) devising strategies to eliminate payments to armed groups collecting rents from the supply chain.

M-557 — June 16, 2010 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should work with the provinces and territories to provide universal dental health coverage to Canadians under the age of 18 in order to: (a) close the gap between those who presently have dental coverage and those who do not; (b) help contain rising costs for emergency dental care; (c) promote primary health by preventing dental diseases; and (d) make dental health care and oral health the right of citizenship, similar to health care.