Mark Smich, 28, of Oakville, Ont., testified that he considered his co-accused Dellen Millard a brother and best friend.
Health Minister Dustin Duncan says Saskatchewan is the first Canadian province to welcome families around the clock.
Rev. Eduardo Cruz's report helped police solve a seven-year-old murder case involving an unidentified body found in a burning suitcase in an industrial parking lot north of Toronto in 1994.
Health Canada says it will fund two additional mental health workers and a case manager for youth in Attawapiskat to assist with the northern Ontario reserve's suicide crisis.
The BC Hemophiliac Society and the B.C. Health Coalition were also at the legislature to back the bill that is modelled after legislation banning payment in Ontario.
A motion to create the committee was placed on the House of Commons order paper late Tuesday evening.