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    "Passed by Parliament" is equivalent to having been given Royal Assent. The material has been obtained from the Debates of the Senate and the House of Commons, from the Journals of both Houses, from the explanatory notes to the Bills, and from the Statutes. The information is presented by session in the following format: the title of the Act and chapter number, the date of Royal Assent, the sponsor, the bill number, and its purpose.


    Act Assented Sponsor Bill Purpose
    39th Parliament (2006.04.03 - )
    1st Session (2006.04.03 - )
    --None--
    38th Parliament (2004.10.04 - 2005.11.29)
    1st Session (2004.10.04 - 2005.11.29)
    An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (elimination of excise tax on jewellery)
    Chapter 55, 53-54 E II, 2005
    2005-11-25 Mr. John Duncan C-259 This enactment amends the Excise Tax Act to eliminate excise tax on jewellery.
    An Act to acknowledge that persons of Ukrainian origin were interned in Canada during the First World War and to provide for recognition of this event
    Chapter 52, 53-54 E II, 2005
    2005-11-25 Mr. Inky Mark C-331 This enactment acknowledges that persons of Ukrainian origin were interned in Canada during the First World War under the authority of an Act of Parliament and expresses the deep sorrow of Parliament for that event. The enactment provides for negotiations to take place between the Government of Canada and certain specified Ukrainian-Canadian organizations in respect of measures that may be taken to recognize the internment.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Battle River
    Chapter 5, 53-54 E II, 2005
    2005-02-24 Mr. John Reynolds C-304 This enactment changes the name of the electoral district of "Battle River" to "Westlock--St. Paul".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Kitchener--Wilmot--Wellesley--Woolwich
    Chapter 4, 53-54 E II, 2005
    2005-02-24 Mr. Lynn Myers C-302 This enactment changes the name of the electoral district of "Kitchener--Wilmot--Wellesley--Woolwich" to "Kitchener--Conestoga".
    37th Parliament (2001.01.29 - 2004.05.23)
    3rd Session (2004.02.02 - 2004.05.23)
    An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda)
    Chapter 14, 52 E II, 2004
    2004-04-29 Mr. Svend Robinson C-250 This enactment expands the definition "identifiable group" relating to the area of hate propaganda in the Criminal Code to include any section of the public distinguished by sexual orientation.
    An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (fire-safe cigarettes)
    Chapter 9, 52 E II, 2004
    2004-03-31 Mr. John McKay C-260 This enactment amends the Hazardous Products Act by adding to the list of prohibited products cigarettes that do not meet the flammability standard to be set out in the regulations.
    An Act respecting user fees
    Chapter 6, 52 E II, 2004
    2004-03-31 Mr. Roy Cullen C-212 The short title is the User Fees Act. This enactment provides for parliamentary scrutiny and approval of user fees set by regulating authorities. It also provides for greater transparency in the cost recovery and fee setting activities of those authorities, by requiring them to engage in a participatory consultation with clients and other service users before introducing or amending those fees.
    2nd Session (2002.09.30 - 2003.11.12)
    An Act to establish Holocaust Memorial Day
    Chapter 24, 51-52 E II, 2002-2003
    2003-11-07 Mr. Richard Marceau C-459 The short title is the Holocaust Memorial Day Act. This enactment proclaims an annual Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah.
    An Act to amend the Statutory Instruments Act (disallowance procedure for regulations)
    Chapter 18, 51-52 E II, 2002-2003
    2003-06-19 Mr. Gurmant Singh Grewal C-205 This enactment would establish a statutory disallowance procedure that would be applicable to all statutory instruments subject to review and scrutiny by the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations. In so doing, this enactment would ensure that Parliament will have the opportunity to disallow any statutory instrument made pursuant to authority delegated by Parliament or made by or under the authority of the Cabinet.
    An Act to establish Merchant Navy Veterans Day
    Chapter 17, 51-52 E II, 2002-2003
    2003-06-19 Mr. Paul Bonwick C-411 The short title is the Merchant Navy Veterans Day Act. This enactment proclaims September 3 of each year as "Merchant Navy Veterans Day".
    An Act respecting a National Acadian Day
    Chapter 11, 51-52 E II, 2002-2003
    2003-06-19 Hon. Senator Gerald J. Comeau S-5 The short title is the National Acadian Day Act. This enactment designates the 15th day of August in each and every year as "National Acadian Day".
    An Act respecting a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
    Chapter 6, 51-52 E II, 2002-2003
    2003-04-03 Mr. Brent St. Denis C-227 The short title is the Vimy Ridge Day Act. To designate April 9 as a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
    1st Session (2001.01.29 - 2002.09.16)
    An Act to provide for the recognition of the Canadian horse as the national horse of Canada
    Chapter 11, 49-50-51 E II, 2001-2002
    2002-04-30 Hon. Senator Lowell Murray S-22 The short title is the National Horse of Canada Act. This enactment recognizes the Canadian horse as the national horse of Canada.
    An Act respecting Sir John A. Macdonald Day and Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day
    Chapter 2, 49-50-51 E II, 2001-2002
    2002-03-21 Hon. Senator John Lynch-Staunton S-14 The short title is the Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act. This enactment designates the 11th day of January in each and every year as "Sir John A. Macdonald Day" and the 20th day of November in each and every year as "Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day".
    An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Poet Laureate)
    Chapter 36, 49-50 E II, 2001
    2001-12-18 Hon. Senator Jerahmiel S. (Jerry) Grafstein S-10 This enactment creates the position of Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
    36th Parliament (1997.09.22 - 2000.10.22)
    2nd Session (1999.10.12 - 2000.10.22)
    An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts
    Chapter 22, 48-49 E II, 1999-2000
    2000-06-29 Mr. Robert (Bob) Kilger C-473 A name change of 13 constituencies.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Rimouski - Mitis
    Chapter 21, 48-49 E II, 1999-2000
    2000-06-29 Mrs. Suzanne Tremblay C-445 A name change of constituency from "Rimouski - Mitis" to "Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis".
    An Act to amend the Criminal Code (flight)
    Chapter 2, 48-49 E II, 1999-2000
    2000-03-30 Mr. Dan McTeague C-202 Under this enactment, every one commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years who operates a motor vehicle while being pursued by a peace officer in order to evade the peace officer and fails to stop the vehicle as soon as is reasonable in the circumstances.
    Every one who commits the offence referred to above and thereby causes bodily harm to a person or the death of a person commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or life, respectively.
    1st Session (1997.09.22 - 1999.09.18)
    An Act to amend the Access to Information Act
    Chapter 16, 46-47-48 E II, 1997-98-99
    1999-03-25 Ms. Colleen Beaumier C-208 To provide sanctions against any person who improperly destroys or falsifies government records in an attempt to deny right of access to information under the Access to Information Act.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Sackville-Eastern Shore
    Chapter 8, 46-47-48 E II, 1997-98-99
    1999-03-11 Mr. Peter Arend Stoffer C-464 A name change of constituency from "Sackville-Eastern Shore" to "Sackville-Musquodoboit Valley-Eastern Shore".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Stormont-Dundas
    Chapter 7, 46-47-48 E II, 1997-98-99
    1999-03-11 Mr. Robert (Bob) Kilger C-445 A name change of constituency from "Stormont-Dundas" to "Stormont-Dundas-Charlottenburgh".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Argenteuil-Papineau
    Chapter 6, 46-47-48 E II, 1997-98-99
    1999-03-11 Mr. Maurice Dumas C-465 A name change of constituency from "Argenteuil-Papineau" to "Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel".
    An Act to change the name of certain electoral districts
    Chapter 27, 46-47 E II, 1997-98
    1998-06-18 Mrs. Marlene Catterall C-410 A name change of eighteen constituencies.
    An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act
    Chapter 18, 46-47 E II, 1997-98
    1998-06-11 Mr. George S. Baker C-411 To amend the Canada Elections Act to allow the Chief Electoral Officer to authorize:
    1. the late filing of a candidate's elections return and corrections of the return if filed within the prescribed time; and
    2. the presentation and payment of a claim after the prescribed time.
    35th Parliament (1994.01.17 - 1997.04.27)
    2nd Session (1996.02.27 - 1997.04.27)
    An Act respecting the establishment and award of a Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal for Canadians who have served with an international peacekeeping mission
    Chapter 31, 45-46 E II, 1996-97
    1997-04-25 Mr. John L. (Jack) Frazer C-300 The short title is the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal Act. To establish a medal to be awarded by Canada for service with a peacekeeping force under United Nations command or another international force.
    An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (session of Parliament)
    Chapter 5, 45-46 E II, 1996-97
    1997-02-19 Mr. Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken C-270 To ensure that special warrants of the Governor General being used to authorize payments out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund be issued only during a dissolution of Parliament.
    An Act respecting a National Organ Donor Week in Canada
    Chapter 4, 45-46 E II, 1996-97
    1997-02-19 Mr. Dan McTeague C-202 The short title is the National Organ Donor Week Act. To ensure that, in each and every year, the last full week of April is known as "National Organ Donor Week".
    An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts
    Chapter 36, 44-45 E II, 1996
    1996-12-18 Mr. François Langlois C-347 A name change of nineteen constituencies.
    An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (reimbursement of election expenses)
    Chapter 26, 44-45 E II, 1996
    1996-10-22 Mr. Ian G. McClelland C-243 To allow only those registered parties that have received 2 per cent or more of the valid votes cast in an election or five per cent of the valid votes cast in an election in an electoral district in which those parties endorsed a candidate to be eligible for a 22.5 per cent reimbursement of those expenses.
    An Act establishing the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians
    Chapter 13, 44-45 E II, 1996
    1996-05-29 Mr. Donald (Don) Boudria C-275 The short title is the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians Act. To establish a non-profit corporation to be known as the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians.
    1st Session (1994.01.17 - 1996.02.02)
    An Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (jury service)
    Chapter 7, 43-44 E II
    1995-03-26 Mr. Guy H. Arseneault C-216 To ensure that persons serving as jurors are not regarded as disqualified from a benefit merely because of their participation in such an activity.
    An Act to amend the Auditor General Act (reports)
    Chapter 32, 42-43 E II
    1994-06-23 Mr. Jean-Robert Gauthier C-207 To allow the Auditor General to report to the House of Commons annually and as often as he deems necessary.
    An Act to recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada
    Chapter 16, 42-43 E II
    1994-05-12 Mr. Nelson Andrew Riis C-212 The short title is the National Sports of Canada Act. To recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada.
    34th Parliament (1988.12.12 - 1993.09.08)
    3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
    An Act respecting a national child day
    Chapter 18, 41-42 E II
    1993-05-06 Mr. Mac Harb C-371 The short title is the Child Day Act. To respect a national child day.
    An Act respecting National Public Service Week: Serving Canadians Better
    Chapter 15, 40-41 E II
    1992-06-04 Mrs. Marlene Catterall C-328 The short title is the National Public Service Week: Serving Canadians Better Act. To respect a national week of the Public Service.
    An Act respecting a national day of remembrance and action on violence against women
    Chapter 36, 39-40 E II
    1991-10-29 Ms. Dawn Whitty Black C-202 The short title is the National Day of Remembrance Act. To respect a national day of remembrance and action on violence against women.
    2nd Session (1989.04.03 - 1991.05.12)
    An Act respecting the establishment of the Centennial Flame Research Award to publicize the contributions to Canadian public life of persons with disabilities
    Chapter 17, 38-39-40 E II
    1991-03-27 Mr. Patrick Boyer C-258 The short title is the Centennial Flame Research Award Act. The purpose of the award is to provide an amount of money to a disabled person to enable that person to conduct research and prepare a report on the contribution to Canadian public life or to the activities of Parliament of one or more disabled persons.
    An Act respecting a Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace
    Chapter 15, 38-39-40 E II
    1991-02-01 Mr. Rodney Edward Murphy C-223 The short title is the Workers Mourning Day Act. Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 28th day of April shall be known under the name of "Day of Mourning for Persons Killed or Injured in the Workplace".
    An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (spousal agreement)
    Chapter 14, 38-39-40 E II
    1991-02-01 Mr. William James Kempling C-260 To enable the Minister of National Health and Welfare to take remedial action ... to place a person who was denied a division of pensionable earnings as a result of the terms of a spousal agreement entered into or a court order made before June 4, 1986 in the position that the person would be under the Act had the spousal agreement not been entered into or a Court order made.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Duvernay
    Chapter 32, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Vincent Della Noce C-312 A name change of constituency from "Duvernay" to "Laval East".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Langelier
    Chapter 31, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Charles DeBlois C-307 A name change of constituency from "Langelier" to "Quebec".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Gloucester
    Chapter 30, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Neil Young C-305 A name change of constituency from "Gloucester" to "Acadie-Bathurst".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Laval-des-Rapides
    Chapter 29, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Jacques Tétreault C-311 A name change of constituency from "Laval-des-Rapides to "Laval Centre".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of "Laval"
    Chapter 28, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Guy Ricard C-310 A name change of constituency from "Laval" to "Laval West".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Surrey-White Rock
    Chapter 27, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Benno Friesen C-309 A name change of constituency from "Surrey-White Rock" to "Surrey-White Rock-South Langley".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Selkirk
    Chapter 26, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. David Bjornson C-308 A name change of constituency from "Selkirk" to "Selkirk-Red River".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Elgin
    Chapter 25, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Ken Monteith C-298 A name change of constituency from "Elgin" to Elgin-Norfolk".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Montmorency-Orléans
    Chapter 24, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Charles DeBlois C-296 A name change of constituency from "Montmorency-Orléans" to "Beauport-Montmorency-Orléans".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Brampton-Malton
    Chapter 23, 38-39 E II
    1990-06-19 Mr. Harry Chadwick C-294 A name change of constituency from "Brampton-Malton" to "Bramalea-Gore-Malton".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Windsor--Lake St. Clair
    Chapter 15, 38 E II
    1989-06-29 Mr. Howard Douglas McCurdy C-254 A name change of constituency from "Windsor--Lake St. Clair" to "Windsor--St. Clair".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Restigouche
    Chapter 14, 38 E II
    1989-06-29 Mr. Guy H. Arsenault C-252 A name change of constituency from "Restigouche" to "Restigouche-Chaleur".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Renfrew
    Chapter 13, 38 E II
    1989-06-29 Mr. Leonard Donald Hopkins C-245 A name change of constituency from "Renfrew" to "Renfrew-Nipising-Pembroke".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Fredericton
    Chapter 12, 38 E II
    1989-06-29 Mr. John Williston (Bud) Bird C-241 A name change of constituency from "Fredericton" to "Fredericton--York-Sunbury".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Markham
    Chapter 11, 38 E II
    1989-06-29 Mr. Bill Attewell C-240 A name change of constituency from "Markham" to "Markham-- Whitchurch-Stouffville".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Saint-Laurent
    Chapter 10, 38 E II
    1989-06-29 Ms. Shirley Maheu C-239 A name change of constituency from "Saint-Laurent" to "Saint-Laurent--Cartierville".
    1st Session (1988.12.12 - 1989.02.28)
    --None--
    33rd Parliament (1984.11.05 - 1988.10.01)
    2nd Session (1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01)
    An Act to regulate smoking in the federal workplace and on common carriers and to amend the Hazardous Products Act in relation to cigarette advertising
    Chapter 21, 35-36-37 E II
    1989-06-28 Ms. Lynn McDonald C-204 The short title is the Non-smokers' Health Act. To control smoking at the workplace and on commons carriers under federal jurisdiction, as well as to declare tobacco products "hazardous" in order to ban cigarette promotion and advertising and to authorize regulations that would subject the sale of cigarettes to prescribed circumstances and conditions.
    An Act to protect Heritage Railway Stations
    Chapter 62, 35-36-37 E II
    1988-09-22 Mr. Gordon Edward Taylor C-205 The short title is the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act. To provide efficient mechanisms that would allow concerned citizens to make timely objections to the alteration, removal or demolition of railway stations of historical or cultural value and to ensure their conservation in the public interest.
    An Act to amend the Criminal Code (instruments and literature for illicit drug use)
    Chapter 60, 35-36-37 E II
    1988-09-13 Mr. Robert Nesbitt Horner C-264 To prohibit commerce in illicit drug paraphernalia.
    An Act to amend the Blue Water Bridge authority Act
    Chapter 59, 35-36-37 E II
    1988-09-13 Mr. Elliott William Hardey C-210 To exclude any personal liability of the members of the Blue Water Bridge Authority in the event of a tragedy caused by an act of terrorism or by any other wilful and wrongful act resulting in injury or loss suffered by users of the Bridge.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Chapleau
    Chapter 43, 35-36-37 E II
    1988-07-28 Mrs. Claudy Mailly C-308 A name change of constituency from "Chapleau" to "Gatineau- La Lièvre".
    An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (period of residence)
    Chapter 53, 35-36 E II
    1987-12-17 Mr. Robert Pennock C-254 To provide that each day during which a person not being a Canadian citizen, resides with his or her spouse while the later is or working outside of Canada, in or for the Canadian armed forces or the public service of Canada or of a province, shall be a day of residence in Canada for the purpose of that person being granted Canadian citizenship.
    1st Session (1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28)
    An Act to impose reporting requirements with respect to public pension plans and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof
    Chapter 16, 33-34-35 E II vol. 1
    1986-03-26 Mr. William Paul Joseph McCrossan C-255 The short title is the Public Pensions Reporting Act. This Act requires periodic actuarial valuations of pension plans established under the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Judges Act, the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act and the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act, at intervals and using standards required of private sector pension plans. This Act would also increase the frequency of actuarial valuations of pension plans established under the Canada Pension Plan and require cost estimates of benefits payable under the Old Age Security Act to be prepared with the same detail as estimates prepared under the Canada Pension Plan.
    32nd Parliament (1980.04.14 - 1984.07.09)
    2nd Session (1983.12.07 - 1984.07.09)
    An Act to grant access to records of the Special Committee on the Defence of Canada Regulations
    Chapter 36, 32-33 E II vol. 2
    1984-06-29 Mr. John Mercer Reid C-252 Access to records of the Special Committee on the Defence of Canada Regulations.
    An Act to establish standards for the manufacture of the national flag of Canada
    Chapter 28, 32-33 E II vol. 1
    1984-06-28 Mr. Allan Bruce McKinnon C-234 The short title is the National Flag of Canada Manufacturing Standards Act. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the quality of material, design and colour used in the Canadian flag for use within Canada in order to reduce fading and other signs of wear.
    An Act to amend the Senate and House of Commons Act
    Chapter 15, 32-33 E II vol. 1
    1984-06-07 Mr. Dave Nickerson C-241 To enable members of the House of Commons to enter agreements such as cottage lot or mineral leases where the consideration for such leases is from the member's private monies.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Hull
    Chapter 14, 32-33 E II vol. 1
    1984-06-07 Mr. Joseph Gaston Isabelle C-205 A name change of constituency from "Hull" to "Hull-Aylmer".
    1st Session (1980.04.14 - 1983.11.30)
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Dauphin
    Chapter 137, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 3
    1983-02-15 Mr. Laverne Lewycky C-672 A name change of constituency from "Dauphin" to "Dauphin-Swan River".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Saint-Michel
    Chapter 135, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 3
    1983-01-31 Mrs. Marie Thérèse Rollande Killens C-647 A name change of constituency from "Saint-Michel" to "Saint-Michel-Ahuntsic".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Missisquoi
    Chapter 134, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 3
    1983-01-31 Mr. André Bachand C-620 A name change of constituency from "Missisquoi" to "Brome-Missisquoi".
    An Act to amend the Holdiays Act
    Chapter 124, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 3
    1982-10-27 Mr. Harold Thomas Herbert C-201 A name change of holiday for July 1, from Dominion Day to Canada Day.
    An Act to amend the Railway Act
    Chapter 117, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 3
    1982-08-04 Hon. Senator Royce Herbert Frith S-29 The amendment to section 86 would permit instruments affecting railway rolling stock located, moving or running on or over the lines or tracks of a railway company to be deposited with the Registrar General of Canada, whether or not the rolling stock is owned by or leased by a railway company.
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Laprairie
    Chapter 34, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Pierre Deniger C-609 A name change of constituency from "Laprairie" to "La Prairie".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Montmorency
    Chapter 33, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Louis Duclos C-608 A name change of constituency from "Montmorency" to "Montmorency-Orléans".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Richmond
    Chapter 32, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Alain Tardif C-606 A name change of constituency from "Richmond" to "Richmond-Wolfe".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Mercier
    Chapter 31, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mrs. Céline Hervieux-Payette C-605 A name change of constituency from "Mercier" to "Montreal-Mercier".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Sainte-Marie
    Chapter 30, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Jean-Claude Malépart C-604 A name change of constituency from "Sainte-Marie" to "Montreal-Sainte Marie".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Verdun
    Chapter 29, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Pierre Raymond Savard C-602 A name change of constituency from "Verdun" to "Verdun-Saint-Paul".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Argenteuil
    Chapter 28, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Robert Gourd C-601 A name change of constituency from "Argenteuil" to "Argenteuil-Papineau".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Cochrane
    Chapter 27, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. B. Keith Penner C-600 A name change of constituency from "Cochrane" to "Cochrane-Superior".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Berthier-Maskinongé
    Chapter 26, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Antonio Yanakis C-599 A name change of constituency from "Berthier-Maskinongé" to "Berthier-Maskinongé-Lanaudière".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
    Chapter 25, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. William Warren Allmand C-565 A name change of constituency from "Notre-Dame-de-Grâce" to "Notre Dame de Grace-Lachine East".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Hastings-Frontenac
    Chapter 24, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. William John Vankoughnet C-529 A name change of constituency from "Hastings-Frontenac" to "Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Rimouski
    Chapter 23, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mrs. Eva Lachance Côté C-488 A name change of constituency from "Rimouski" to "Rimouski-Temiscouata".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Sarnia
    Chapter 22, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Jack Sydney George (Bud) Cullen C-402 A name change of constituency from "Sarnia" to "Sarnia-Lambton".
    An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe
    Chapter 21, 29-30-31-32 E II vol. 1
    1980-07-17 Mr. Marcel Ostiguy C-268 A name change of constituency from "Saint-Hyacinthe" to "Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot".
    31st Parliament (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
    1st Session (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
    --None--
    30th Parliament (1974.09.30 - 1979.03.26)
    4th Session (1978.10.11 - 1979.03.26)
    --None--
    3rd Session (1977.10.18 - 1978.10.10)
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Sainte-Marie)
    Chapter 19, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Serge Joyal C-417 A name change of constituency from "Hochelaga" to "Sainte-Marie".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Saint-Henri-Westmount)
    Chapter 18, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Gérard Loiselle C-415 A name change of constituency from "Westmount" to "Saint-Henri-Westmount".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Prince George-Peace River)
    Chapter 17, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Frank Oberle C-267 A name change of constituency from "Fort Nelson-Peace River" to "Prince George-Peace River".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Prince Edward-Hastings)
    Chapter 16, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. John Raymond Ellis C-414 A name change of constituency from "Prince Edward" to "Prince Edward-Hastings".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle)
    Chapter 15, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Thomas Lefebvre C-358 A name change of constituency from "Pontiac" to "Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead)
    Chapter 14, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Claude Tessier C-423 A name change of constituency from "Compton" to "Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Humber-Port-au-Port-St. Barbe)
    Chapter 13, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Jack Marshall C-412 A name change of constituency from "Humber-St. Barbe" to "Humber-Port-au-Port-St. Barbe".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)
    Chapter 12, 26-27 E II
    1978-03-22 Mr. Serge Joyal C-418 A name change of constituency from "Maisonneuve" to "Hochelaga-Maisonneuve".
    2nd Session (1976.10.12 - 1977.10.17)
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Wellington-Dufferin-Simcoe)
    Chapter 51, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. William Ross Milne C-393 A name change of constituency from "Dufferin-Wellington" to "Wellington-Dufferin-Simcoe".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Saint-Léonard-Anjou)
    Chapter 50, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Fernand-E. LeBlanc C-429 A name change of constituency from "Saint-Léonard" to "Saint-Léonard-Anjou".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Saint-Jacques)
    Chapter 49, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Gérard Loiselle C-428 A name change of constituency from "Saint-Henri" to "Saint-Jacques".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (London-Middlesex)
    Chapter 48, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Joseph Lawrence (Larry) Condon C-422 A name change of constituency from "Middlesex East" to "London-Middlesex".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Lethbridge-Foothills)
    Chapter 47, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Kenneth Earl Hurlburt C-405 A name change of constituency from "Lethbridge" to "Lethbridge-Foothills".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Laval)
    Chapter 46, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Marcel-Claude Roy C-418 A name change of constituency from "Mille-Iles" to "Laval".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Kootenay East-Revelstoke)
    Chapter 45, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Howard Earl Johnston C-406 A name change of constituency from "Kootenay East" to "Kootenay East-Revelstoke".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Huron-Bruce)
    Chapter 44, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Robert Elgin McKinley C-394 A name change of constituency from "Huron" to "Huron-Bruce".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Cochrane)
    Chapter 43, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Ralph Wesley Stewart C-433 A name change of constituency from "Cochrane North" to "Cochrane".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Brampton-Georgetown)
    Chapter 42, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. William Ross Milne C-392 A name change of constituency from "Brampton-Halton Hills" to "Brampton-Georgetown".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Blainville-Deux-Montagnes)
    Chapter 41, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Joseph-Roland Comtois C-427 A name change of constituency from "Deux-Montagnes" to "Blainville-Deux-Montagnes".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Beauharnois-Salaberry)
    Chapter 40, 25-26 E II vol. 2
    1977-07-14 Mr. Gérald Laniel C-283 A name change of constituency from "Beauharnois" to "Beauharnois-Salaberry".
    An Act to amend the Railway Act
    Chapter 21, 25-26 E II vol. 1
    1977-06-16 Mr. Alan Gray Martin C-207 Railway companies are required to submit expansion plans to the Canadian Transport Commission for approval and give four weeks notice in the community directly involved so residents can have the opportunity to voice their objections.
    1st Session (1974.09.30 - 1976.10.12)
    An Act to amend the Fort-Falls Bridge Authority Act
    Chapter 46, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1975-05-08 Mr. John Mercer Reid C-367 Changes the date of construction and requires certain agreements to be made with the authorities in Minnesota.
    An Act to provide for the recognition of the Beaver (Castor canadensis) as a symbol of the sovereignty of Canada
    Chapter 35, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1975-03-24 Mr. Sean Patrick O'Sullivan C-373 The short title is the National Symbol of Canada Act. This Act makes the Beaver Canada's national symbol.
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 31, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1975-03-13 Mr. Antonio Yanakis C-365 A name change of constituency from "Berthier" to "Berthier-Maskinongé".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 30, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1975-03-13 Mr. Claude-André Lachance C-229 A name change of constituency from "Lafontaine" to "Lafontaine-Rosemont".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 29, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1975-03-13 Mr. Crawford Douglas C-228 A name change of constituency from "Bruce" to "Bruce-Grey".
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 25, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1975-02-27 Mr. John Mercer Reid C-370 Subparagraph 13(c)(i) of the Act is repealed; "relative rate of growth" of the constituency as a factor determining its size was removed from this subparagraph.
    An Act to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 10, 23-24-25 E II vol. 1
    1974-12-13 Hon. Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert C-214 An Electoral Boundaries Commission must support, with reasons, its recommendations concerning the division of a province into electoral districts.
    29th Parliament (1973.01.04 - 1974.05.09)
    2nd Session (1974.02.27 - 1974.05.09)
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 8, 23 E II
    1974-05-07 Mr. William Charles Frank C-281 A name change of constituency from "Middlesex" to "Middlesex-London-Lambton".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 7, 23 E II
    1974-05-07 Mr. Robert Elgin McKinley C-277 A name change of constituency from "Huron" to "Huron-Middlesex".
    1st Session (1973.01.04 - 1974.02.26)
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 43, 21-22-23 E II
    1973-12-12 Mr. Jean-Robert Gauthier C-232 A name change of constituency from "Ottawa East" to "Ottawa Vanier".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 42, 21-22-23 E II
    1973-12-12 Mr. John Campbell C-228 A name change of constituency from "Lasalle" to "Lasalle-Emard-Côte Saint Paul".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 40, 21-22-23 E II
    1973-12-05 Mr. Donald Alex Blenkarn C-222 A name change of constituency from "Peel South" to "Mississauga".
    An Act to amend the Harbour Commissions Act (Nanaimo Harbour Commission)
    Chapter 26, 21-22-23 E II
    1973-07-27 Mr. Thomas Clement (Tommy) Douglas C-21 Paragraph 4(1)(c) of the Harbour Commissions Act is repealed and replaced by a provision to ensure the number of members of the Nanaimo Harbour Commission shall not be less than five. Subsection 5(1) of the Act is amended to provide for a representative (one each) from the Nanaimo City Council and the Nanaimo Regional District Board on the Nanaimo Harbour Commission.
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 7, 21-22-23 E II
    1973-03-29 Mr. Max Saltsman C-156 A name change of constituency from "Waterloo" to "Waterloo-Cambridge".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 6, 21-22-23 E II
    1973-03-29 Mr. Roderick Blaker C-31 A name change of constituency from "Lachine" to "Lachine-Lakeshore".
    28th Parliament (1968.09.12 - 1972.09.01)
    4th Session (1972.02.17 - 1972.09.01)
    An Act respecting the use of the expression "Parliament Hill"
    Chapter 11, 21 E II
    1972-05-19 Hon. George James McIlraith C-78 The words "Parliament Hill" shall not be used to identify any commercial product, nor land site in the National Capital Region except the location of the parliamentary buildings.
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 7, 21 E II
    1972-03-29 Mr. Claude G. Lajoie C-167 A name change of constituency from "Trois-Rivières" to "Trois-Rivières Métropolitain".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 6, 21 E II
    1972-03-29 Mr. Rosaire Gendron C-172 A name change of constituency from "Témiscouata" to "Rivière-du-Loup - Témiscouata".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 5, 21 E II
    1972-03-29 Mr. Leonard Donald Hopkins C-92 A name change of constituency from "Renfrew North" to "Renfrew North-Nipissing East".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 4, 21 E II
    1972-03-29 Mr. Walter Cyril Deakon C-74 A name change of constituency from "High Park" to "High Park Humber Valley".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 3, 21 E II
    1972-03-29 Mr. Eugene Francis Whelan C-55 A name change of constituency from "Essex" to "Essex-Windsor".
    3rd Session (1970.10.08 - 1972.02.16)
    An Act respecting the Canadian Environment Week Act
    Chapter 28, 19-20-21 E II vol. 1
    1971-03-30 Mr. Tom Goode C-25 The short title is the Canadian Environment Week Act. The second week in October shall be observed as Canadian Environment Week, each and every year throughout Canada from the date of the Act.
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 22, 19-20-21 E II vol. 1
    1971-03-11 Mr. Jacques L. Trudel C-223 A name change of constituency from "Bourassa" to "Montreal-Bourassa".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 21, 19-20-21 E II vol. 1
    1971-03-11 Mr. Gérald Laniel C-178 A name change of constituency from "Beauharnois" to "Beauharnois-Salaberry".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 20, 19-20-21 E II vol. 1
    1971-03-11 Mr. Barry Mather C-88 A name change of constituency from "Surrey" to "Surrey-White Rock".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 19, 19-20-21 E II vol. 1
    1971-03-11 Mr. Albert Béchard C-83 A name change of constituency from "Bonaventure" to "Bonaventure-Iles de la Madeleine".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 18, 19-20-21 E II vol. 1
    1971-03-11 Mr. William Kenneth Robinson C-21 A name change of constituency from "Lakeshore" to "Toronto-Lakeshore".
    2nd Session (1969.10.23 - 1970.10.07)
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 61, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. Murray Arndell McBride C-213 A name change of constituency from "Lanark and Renfrew" to "Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 60, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. Robert Benoit Major C-178 A name change of constituency from "Argenteuil" to "Argenteuil-Deux-Montagnes".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 59, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. J. Antonio Thomas C-177 A name change of constituency from "Maisonneuve" to "Maisonneuve-Rosemont".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 58, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. William Marvin Howe C-168 A name change of constituency from "Wellington-Grey" to "Wellington-Grey-Dufferin-Waterloo".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 57, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. Yves Forest C-162 A name change of constituency from "Missisquoi" to "Brome-Missisquoi".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 56, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. Viateur Éthier C-153 A name change of constituency from "Glengarry-Prescott" to "Glengarry-Prescott-Russell".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 55, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. Thomas Henry Goode C-130 A name change of constituency from "Burnaby-Richmond" to "Burnaby-Richmond-Delta".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 54, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Mr. Jack Sydney George (Bud) Cullen C-75 A name change of constituency from "Sarnia" to "Sarnia Lambton".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 53, 18-19 E II vol. 2
    1970-06-26 Hon. Jay Waldo Monteith C-62 A name change of constituency from "Perth" to "Perth-Wilmot".
    An Act to amend Schedule A of the Bank Act
    Chapter 11, 18-19 E II vol. 1
    1969-12-19 Hon. Senator Maurice Bourget S-13 To change the alternate name of the Banque Canadienne Nationale in Schedule A from "National Canadian Bank" to "Bank Canadian National".
    1st Session (1968.09.12 - 1969.10.22)
    --None--
    27th Parliament (1966.01.18 - 1968.04.23)
    2nd Session (1967.05.08 - 1968.04.23)
    An Act to amend the Immigration Act
    Chapter 37, 16-17 E II
    1968-03-27 Mr. Hubert Badanai C-30 Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) section 5 is repealed; its substitute provides for the granting of permanent status to an immigrant (when admission is authorized by the Governor in Council) who has been insane if, for the seven years preceding the date of application, he has not been a patient in a hospital for treatment of insanity, and if symptoms of insanity are unlikely to recur.
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 11, 16-17 E II
    1967-11-06 Hon. Michael Starr C-165 A name change of constituency from "Oshawa" to "OshawaWhitby".
    An Act respecting the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
    Chapter 10, 16-17 E II
    1967-11-06 Mr. John Ellwood Madill C-159 A name change of constituency from "Peel-Dufferin" to "Peel-Dufferin-Simcoe".
    1st Session (1966.01.18 - 1967.05.08)
    --None--
    26th Parliament (1963.05.16 - 1965.09.08)
    3rd Session (1965.04.05 - 1965.09.08)
    --None--
    2nd Session (1964.02.18 - 1965.04.03)
    An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Habeas Corpus)
    Chapter 53, 13-14 E II
    1965-04-03 Mr. John Ross Matheson C-35 Subsection (1), section 691 is repealed and replaced by a provision to allow an appeal to the Court of Appeal, and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court of Canada, when an application for a writ of habeas corpus and subjiciendum is refused by a judge.
    An Act respecting the Trans-Canada Air Lines Act
    Chapter 2, 13-14 E II
    1964-03-30 Mr. Jean Joseph Jacques Chrétien C-2 The Act changes the name of the Trans-Canada Airlines, Lignes Aériennes Trans-Canada, to Air Canada; the words "Air Canada", "Trans-Canada Air Lines", "Lignes aériennes Trans- Canada", or abbreviations of same may not be used by any other person or company.
    1st Session (1963.05.16 - 1963.12.21)
    An Act to amend the Quebec Savings Banks Act
    Chapter 27, 12 E II
    1963-12-12 Hon. Senator Thomas Vien S-46 The Act concerns the Montreal City and District Savings Bank, and the Quebec Savings Bank. The purpose of the Act is to make it easier for the two savings banks concerned to appoint directors, and to authorize the two banks to make loans on the security of the first mortgages up to 60% instead of 40%.
    An Act authorizing the Senate of Canada to Dissolve or Annul Marriages
    Chapter 10, 12 E II
    1963-08-02 Mr. J. Nicholas (Nick) Mandziuk C-93 The short title is the Dissolution and Annulment of Marriages Act. On the petition of either party to a marriage, the Senate may declare a marriage dissolved or annulled; this may be done only after an officer of the Senate has heard evidence and reported to the Senate. If either party of the marriage, within 30 days of the Senate's proclamation, petitions the Parliament of Canada to make void the Senate's resolution, this resolution is suspended until an Act based on the petition receives Royal Assent.
    25th Parliament (1962.09.27 - 1963.02.06)
    1st Session (1962.09.27 - 1963.02.06)
    --None--
    24th Parliament (1958.05.12 - 1962.04.19)
    5th Session (1962.01.18 - 1962.04.19)
    An Act to amend the Representation Act
    Chapter 28, 10-11 E II
    1962-04-18 Mr. Walter Franklyn Matthews C-46 A name change of constituency from "Nanaimo" to "Nanaimo-Cowichan-The Islands".
    An Act to amend the Representation Act
    Chapter 17, 10-11 E II
    1962-03-23 Mr. Erik Nielsen C-14 To provide two electoral districts in the Northwest Territories - Mackenzie River and Keewatin-Franklin electoral districts.
    4th Session (1960.11.17 - 1961.09.29)
    An Act to amend the Transport Act
    Chapter 63, 9-10 E II
    1961-09-29 Mr. John Ferguson Browne C-33 Subsection (1) of section 33 is repealed; a new provision allows representatives of the trucking industry to complain to the Minister when they feel an agreed charge discriminates against a motor vehicle operator.
    An Act to amend the Representation Act
    Chapter 25, 9-10 E II
    1961-06-01 Mr. Reynold Rapp C-29 A name change of constituency from "Humboldt-Melfort" to "Humboldt-Melfort-Tisdale".
    3rd Session (1960.01.14 - 1960.08.10)
    --None--
    2nd Session (1959.01.15 - 1959.07.18)
    An Act to amend the Representation Act
    Chapter 16, 7-8 E II
    1959-06-04 Mr. Antoine Fréchette C-21 A name change of constituency from "Témiscouata" to "Rivière-du-Loup - Témiscouata".
    1st Session (1958.05.12 - 1958.09.06)
    --None--
    23rd Parliament (1957.10.14 - 1958.02.01)
    1st Session (1957.10.14 - 1958.02.01)
    --None--
    22nd Parliament (1953.11.12 - 1957.04.12)
    5th Session (1957.01.08 - 1957.04.12)
    --None--
    4th (Special) Session (1956.11.26 - 1957.01.08)
    --None--
    3rd Session (1956.01.10 - 1956.08.14)
    --None--
    2nd Session (1955.01.07 - 1955.07.28)
    An Act to amend the Representation Act
    Chapter 5, 3-4 E II
    1955-03-24 Mr. George Roy McWilliam 194 A name change of constituency from "Northumberland" to "Northumberland-Miramichi".
    1st Session (1953.11.12 - 1954.11.20)
    An Act to amend the Representation Act
    Chapter 32, 2-3 E II
    1954-05-27 Mr. Irvin William Studer 420 A name change of constituency from "Swift Current" to "Swift Current-Maple Creek".

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