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(1st Session, 37th Parliament)

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Thursday, June 13, 2002

GOVERNMENT BILLS
(SENATE)

No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
S-2	An Act respecting marine liability, and to validate certain by-laws and regulations	01/01/31	01/01/31	-	-	-	01/01/31	01/05/10	6/01
S-3	An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	01/01/31	01/02/07	Transport and Communications	01/05/03 amended 01/05/09	3	01/05/10	01/06/14	13/01
S-4	A First Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of the Province of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law	01/01/31	01/02/07	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/03/29	0 + 1 at 3rd	01/04/26	01/05/10	4/01
S-5	An Act to amend the Blue Water Bridge Authority Act	01/01/31	01/02/07	Transport and Communications	01/03/01	0	01/03/12	01/05/10	3/01
S-11	An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Cooperatives Act and to amend other Acts in consequence	01/02/06	01/02/21	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/04/05	17 + 1 at 3rd	01/05/02 Senate agreed to Commons amendments 01/06/12	01/06/14	14/01
S-16	An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime(Money Laundering) Act	01/02/20	01/03/01	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/03/22	0	01/04/04	01/06/14	12/01
S-17	An Act to amend the Patent Act	01/02/20	01/03/12	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/04/05	0	01/05/01	01/06/14	10/01
S-23	An Act to amend the Customs Act and to make related amendments to other Acts	01/03/22	01/05/03	National Finance	01/05/17	11 + 2 at 3rd 01/06/06	01/06/07	01/10/25	25/01
S-24	An Act to implement an agreement between the Mohawks of Kanesatake and Her Majesty in right of Canada respecting governance of certain lands by the Mohawks of Kanesatake and to amend an Act in consequence	01/03/27	01/04/05	Aboriginal Peoples	01/05/10	0	01/05/15	01/06/14	8/01
S-31	An Act to implement agreements, conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Slovenia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Senegal, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Germany for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income	01/09/19	01/10/17	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/10/25	0	01/11/01	01/12/18	30/01

S-33	An Act to amend the Carriage by Air Act	01/09/25	01/10/16	Transport and Communications	01/11/06	0	01/11/06	01/12/18	31/01
S-34	An Act respecting royal assent to bills passed by the Houses of Parliament	01/10/02	01/10/04	Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament	02/03/05	4 + 1 at 3rd	02/03/19	02/06/04	15/02
S-40	An Act to amend the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act	02/03/05	02/03/12	Banking, Trade and Commerce	02/03/14	0	02/03/19	02/06/04	14/02
S-41	An Act to re-enact legislative instruments enacted in only one official language	02/03/05	02/03/20	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	02/06/04	5 + 1 at 3rd	02/06/11	02/06/13	20/02

GOVERNMENT BILLS (HOUSE OF COMMONS)
No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
C-2	An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations	01/04/05	01/04/24	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	01/05/03	0	01/05/09	01/05/10	5/01
C-3	An Act to amend the Eldorado Nuclear Limited Reorganization and Divestiture Act and the Petro-Canada Public Participation Act	01/05/02	01/05/10	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	01/06/06	0	01/06/12	01/06/14	18/01
C-4	An Act to establish a foundation to fund sustainable development technology	01/04/24	01/05/02	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	01/06/06	0	01/06/14	01/06/14	23/01
C-5	An Act respecting the protection of wildlife species at risk in Canada	02/06/12	02/06/13	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
C-6	An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act	01/10/03	01/11/20	Foreign Affairs	01/12/12	0	01/12/18	01/12/18	40/01
C-7	An Act in respect of criminal justice for young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts	01/05/30	01/09/25	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/11/08 negatived 01/12/10	11 1 at 3rd 01/12/13	01/12/18	02/02/19	1/02
C-8	An Act to establish the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions	01/04/03	01/04/25	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/05/31	0	01/06/06	01/06/14	9/01
C-9	An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act	01/05/02	01/05/09	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/06/07	0	01/06/13	01/06/14	21/01
C-10	An Act respecting the national marine conservation areas of Canada	01/11/28	02/02/05	Energy, Environment and Natural Resources	02/06/05	0	02/06/12	02/06/13	18/02
C-11	An Act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in danger	01/06/14	01/09/27	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	01/10/23	0	01/10/31	01/11/01	27/01
C-12	An Act to amend the Judges Act and to amend another Act in consequence	01/04/24	01/05/09	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/05/17	0	01/05/29	01/06/14	7/01
C-13	An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act	01/04/24	01/05/01	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/06/07	0	01/06/12	01/06/14	15/01
C-14	An Act respecting shipping and navigation and to amend the Shipping Conferences Exemption Act, 1987 and other Acts	01/05/15	01/05/30	Transport and Communications	01/10/18	0	01/10/31	01/11/01	26/01
C-15 A	An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to amend other Acts	01/10/23	01/11/06	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	02/02/19	2 + 1 at 3rd 02/03/12	02/03/19 Message from Commons agreeing with two amends. and disagreeing with one 02/04/24; Referred to Legal Ctte 02/05/07; Report from Ctte (Senate does not insist) adopted 02/05/09	02/06/04	13/02
C-15 B	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act	02/06/04	02/06/13	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
C-17	An Act to amend the Budget Implementation Act, 1997 and the Financial Administration Act	01/05/15	01/05/30	National Finance	01/06/07	0	01/06/11	01/06/14	11/01
C-18	An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act	01/05/09	01/05/31	National Finance	01/06/12	0	01/06/12	01/06/14	19/01
C-20	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2001	01/03/21	01/03/27	-	-	-	01/03/28	01/03/30	1/01
C-21	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2002	01/03/21	01/03/27	-	-	-	01/03/28	01/03/30	2/01
C-22	An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules, certain Acts related to the Income Tax Act, the Canada Pension Plan, the Customs Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act and another Act related to the Excise Tax Act	01/05/15	01/05/30	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/06/07	0	01/06/12	01/06/14	17/01
C-23	An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act	01/12/11	02/02/05	Banking, Trade and Commerce	02/05/02	1	02/05/09	02/06/04	16/02
C-24	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (organized crime and law enforcement) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	01/06/14	01/09/26	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/12/04	0 + 1 at 3rd	01/12/05	01/12/18	32/01
C-25	An Act to amend the Farm Credit Corporation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	01/06/12	01/06/12	Agriculture and Forestry	01/06/13	0	01/06/14	01/06/14	22/01
C-26	An Act to amend the Customs Act, the Customs Tariff, the Excise Act, the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Act in respect of tobacco	01/05/15	01/05/17	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/06/07	0	01/06/12	01/06/14	16/01
C-27	An Act respecting the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste	02/03/05	02/03/20	Energy, Environment and Natural Resources	02/06/06	0	02/06/13	02/06/13	23/02
C-28	An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and the Salaries Act	01/06/11	01/06/12	-	-	-	01/06/13	01/06/14	20/01
C-29	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2002	01/06/13	01/06/14	-	-	-	01/06/14	01/06/14	24/01
C-30	An Act to establish a body that provides administrative services to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court and the Tax Court of Canada, to amend the Federal Court Act, the Tax Court of Canada Act and the Judges Act, and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts	02/03/05	02/03/12	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	02/03/21	0	02/03/27	02/03/27	8/02
C-31	An Act to amend the Export Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	01/10/30	01/11/20	Banking, Trade and Commerce	01/11/27	0	01/12/06	01/12/18	33/01
C-32	An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica	01/10/30	01/11/07	Foreign Affairs	01/11/21	0	01/11/22	01/12/18	28/01
C-33	An Act respecting the water resources of Nunavut and the Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	01/11/06 (withdrawn 01/11/21) 01/11/22 (reintroduc ed)	01/11/27	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	02/03/21	1	02/03/26	02/04/30	10/02
C-34	An Act to establish the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	01/10/30	01/11/06	Transport and Communications	01/11/27	0	01/11/28	01/12/18	29/01
C-35	An Act to amend the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act	01/12/05	01/12/14	Foreign Affairs	02/03/13	0	02/04/25	02/04/30	12/02
C-36	An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other Acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities in order to combat terrorism	01/11/29	01/11/29	Special Committee on Bill C-36	01/12/10	0	01/12/18	01/12/18	41/01
C-37	An Act to facilitate the implementation of those provisions of first nations' claim settlements in the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan that relate to the creation of reserves or the addition of land to existing reserves, and to make related amendments to the Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act and the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Act	01/12/04	01/12/17	Aboriginal Peoples	02/02/19	0	02/02/20	02/03/21	3/02
C-38	An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act	01/11/20	01/11/28	Transport and Communications	01/12/06	0	01/12/11	01/12/18	35/01
C-39	An Act to replace the Yukon Act in order to modernize it and to implement certain provisions of the Yukon Northern Affairs Program Devolution Transfer Agreement, and to repeal and make amendments to other Acts	01/12/04	01/12/12	Energy,the Environment and Natural Resources	02/03/07	0	02/03/27	02/03/27	7/02
C-40	An Act to correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies and errors and to deal with other matters of a non-controversial and uncomplicated nature in the Statutes of Canada and to repeal certain provisions that have expired, lapsed, or otherwise ceased to have effect	01/11/06	01/11/20	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/12/06	0	01/12/10	01/12/18	34/01
C-41	An Act to amend the Canadian Commercial Corporation Act	01/12/06	01/12/14	Banking, Trade and Commerce	02/02/07	0	02/02/21	02/03/21	4/02
C-43	An Act to amend certain Acts and instruments and to repeal the Fisheries Prices Support Act	02/04/16	02/04/25	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	02/06/06	0	02/06/11	02/06/13	17/02
C-44	An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act	01/12/06	01/12/10	Transport and Communications	01/12/13	0	01/12/14	01/12/18	38/01
C-45	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2002	01/12/05	01/12/17	-	-	-	01/12/18	01/12/18	39/01
C-46	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (alcohol ignition interlock device programs)	01/12/10	01/12/12	Committee of the Whole	01/12/12	0	01/12/13	01/12/18	37/01
C-47	An Act respecting the taxation of spirits, wine and tobacco and the treatment of ships' stores	02/05/28	02/05/30	Banking, Trade and Commerce	02/06/06	0	02/06/13	02/06/13	22/02
C-49	An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on December 10, 2001	02/03/19	02/03/20	National Finance	02/03/25	0	02/03/27	02/03/27	9/02
C-50	An Act to amend certain Acts as a result of the accession of the People's Republic of China to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization	02/04/30	02/05/09	Foreign Affairs	02/06/06	0	02/06/12	02/06/13	19/02
C-51	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2002	02/03/20	02/03/25	--	--	--	02/03/26	02/03/27	5/02
C-52	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2003	02/03/20	02/03/26	--	--	--	02/03/27	02/03/27	6/02
C-53	An Act to protect human health and safety and the environment by regulating products used for the control of pests	02/06/13
C-59	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2003	02/06/11	02/06/12	--	--	--	02/06/13	02/06/13	21/02

COMMONS PUBLIC BILLS
No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
C-441	An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts	02/04/23	02/06/06	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
SENATE PUBLIC BILLS
No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
S-6	An Act to assist in the prevention of wrongdoing in the Public Service by establishing a framework for education on ethical practices in the workplace, for dealing with allegations of wrongdoing and for protecting whistleblowers (Sen. Kinsella)	01/01/31	01/01/31	National Finance	01/03/28	5	referred back to Committee 01/10/23
S-7	An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act(Sen. Finestone, P.C.)	01/01/31	01/02/07	Transport and Communications	01/06/05	0	01/06/07
S-8	An Act to maintain the principles relating to the role of the Senate as established by the Constitution of Canada (Sen. Joyal, P.C.)	01/01/31	01/05/09	Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
S-9	An Act to remove certain doubts regarding the meaning of marriage (Sen. Cools)	01/01/31
S-10	An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Poet Laureate) (Sen. Grafstein)	01/01/31	01/02/08	-	-	-	01/02/08 Senate agreed to Commons amendment 01/12/12	01/12/18	36/01
S-12	An Act to amend the Statistics Act and the National Archives of Canada Act (census records)(Sen. Milne)	01/02/07	01/03/27	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	01/12/14	0	referred back to Committee 02/03/25
S-13	An Act respecting the declaration of royal assent by the Governor General in the Queen's name to bills passed by the Houses of Parliament(Sen. Lynch-Staunton)	01/02/07	01/05/02	Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (Committee discharged from consideration-Bill withdrawn 01/10/02)
S-14	An Act respecting Sir John A. Macdonald Day and Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day (Sen. Lynch-Staunton)	01/02/07	01/02/20	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	01/04/26	0	01/05/01	02/03/21	2/02
S-15	An Act to enable and assist the Canadian tobacco industry in attaining its objective of preventing the use of tobacco products by young persons in Canada (Sen. Kenny)	01/02/07	01/03/01	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	01/05/10	0	01/05/15	Bill withdrawn pursuant to Commons Speaker's Ruling 01/06/12
S-18	An Act to Amend the Food and Drugs Act (clean drinking water) (Sen. Grafstein)	01/02/20	01/04/24	Social Affairs, Science and Technology (withdrawn) 01/05/10 Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	01/11/27	0	Sent to Legal and Constitutiona l Affairs 02/06/13
S-19	An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (Sen. Kirby)	01/02/21	01/05/17	Transport and Communications
S-20	An Act to provide for increased transparency and objectivity in the selection of suitable individuals to be named to certain high public positions(Sen. Stratton)	01/03/12
S-21	An Act to guarantee the human right to privacy (Sen. Finestone, P.C.)	01/03/13	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 02/04/16	(Subject-matter 01/04/26 Social Affairs, Science and Technology)	(01/12/14)
S-22	An Act to provide for the recognition of the Canadian horse as the national horse of Canada (Sen. Murray, P.C.)	01/03/21	01/06/11	Agriculture and Forestry	01/10/31	4	01/11/08	02/04/30	11/02
S-26	An Act concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters (Sen. Spivak)	01/05/02	01/06/05	Transport and Communications
S-29	An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (review of decisions) (Sen. Gauthier)	01/06/11	01/10/31	Transport and Communications
S-30	An Act to amend the Canada Corporations Act (corporations sole) (Sen. Atkins)	01/06/12	01/11/08	Banking, Trade and Commerce
S-32	An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (fostering of English and French) (Sen. Gauthier)	01/09/19	01/11/20	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-35	An Act to honour Louis Riel and the Metis People (Sen. Chalifoux)	01/12/04
S-36	An Act respecting Canadian citizenship (Sen. Kinsella)	01/12/04		(Subject-matter 02/04/16 Social Affairs, Science and Technology)
S-37	An Act respecting a National Acadian Day (Sen. Comeau)	01/12/13	02/03/27	Social Affairs, Science and Technology
S-38	An Act declaring the Crown's recognition of self-government for the First Nations of Canada (Sen. St. Germain, P.C.)	02/02/06
S-39	An Act to amend the National Anthem Act to include all Canadians (Sen. Poy)	02/02/19
S-42	An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (householder mailings) (Sen. Taylor)	02/03/26
S-43	An Act to protect heritage lighthouses (Sen. Forrestall)	02/05/02
S-44	An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Sen. Kinsella)	02/06/06
PRIVATE BILLS
No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
S-25	An Act to amend the Act of incorporation of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (Sen. Kroft)	01/03/29	01/04/04	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/04/26	1	01/05/02	01/06/14	42/01
S-27	An Act to authorize The Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada to apply to be continued as a company under the laws of the Province of Quebec (Sen. Joyal, P.C.)	01/05/17	01/05/29	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/05/31	0	01/05/31	01/06/14	43/01
S-28	An Act to authorize Certas Direct Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a company under the laws of the Province of Quebec(Sen. Joyal, P.C.)	01/05/17	01/05/29	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	01/05/31	0	01/05/31	01/06/14	44/01