Progress of Legislation

(indicates the status of a bill by showing the date on which each stage has been completed)

(1st Session, 38th Parliament)

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Government Bills introduced in the Senate are available on the Government Bills home page.

Friday, November 25, 2005

(*Where royal assent is signified by written declaration, the Act is deemed to be assented to on the day on which the
two Houses of Parliament have been notified of the declaration.)

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GOVERNMENT BILLS
(SENATE)

No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
S-10	A second 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	04/10/19	04/10/26	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	04/11/25	0 observations	04/12/02	04/12/15	25/04
S-17	An Act to implement an agreement, conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Gabon, Ireland, Armenia, Oman and Azerbaijan for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion	04/10/28	04/11/17	Banking, Trade and Commerce	04/11/25	0	04/12/08	05/03/23*	8/05
S-18	An Act to amend the Statistics Act	04/11/02	05/02/02	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/03/07	0	05/04/20	05/06/29*	31/05
S-31	An Act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge over the St. Lawrence River and a bridge over the Beauharnois Canal for the purpose of completing Highway 30	05/05/12	05/06/07	Transport and Communications	05/06/16	0	05/06/21	05/11/03	37/05
S-33	An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	05/05/16	Bill withdrawn pursuant to Speaker's Ruling 05/06/14
S-36	An Act to amend the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act	05/05/19	05/06/09	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	05/06/16	0	05/06/20	05/11/25*	51/05
S-37	An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Cultural Property Export and Import Act	05/05/19	05/06/15	Foreign Affairs	05/06/29	0	05/07/18	05/11/25*	40/05
S-38	An Act respecting the implementation of international trade commitments by Canada regarding spirit drinks of foreign countries	05/05/31	05/06/15	Agriculture and Forestry	05/06/23	3	05/07/18	05/11/03	39/05
S-39	An Act to amend the National Defence Act, the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the Criminal Records Act	05/06/07	05/06/15	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-40	An Act to amend the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act	05/06/09	05/06/30	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/09/29	0	05/10/20

GOVERNMENT BILLS
(HOUSE OF COMMONS)

No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
C-2	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act	05/06/14	05/06/20	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/07/18	0 observations	05/07/19	05/07/20*	32/05
C-3	An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act and the Oceans Act	05/03/21	05/04/14	Transport and Communications	05/06/09	0 observations	05/06/22	05/06/23*	29/05
C-4	An Act to implement the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment	04/11/16	04/12/09	Transport and Communications	05/02/15	0	05/02/22	05/02/24*	3/05
C-5	An Act to provide financial assistance for post-secondary education savings	04/12/07	04/12/08	Banking, Trade and Commerce	04/12/09	0 observations	04/12/13	04/12/15	26/04
C-6	An Act to establish the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and to amend or repeal certain Acts	04/11/18	04/12/07	National Security and Defence	05/02/22	0	05/03/21	05/03/23*	10/05
C-7	An Act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act and the Parks Canada Agency Act and to make related amendments to other Acts	04/11/30	04/12/09	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	05/02/10	0	05/02/16	05/02/24*	2/05
C-8	An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act, the Canada School of Public Service Act and the Official Languages Act	05/03/07	05/03/21	National Finance	05/04/14	0	05/04/19	05/04/21*	15/05
C-9	An Act to establish the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec	05/06/02	05/06/08	National Finance	05/06/16	0	05/06/21	05/06/23*	26/05
C-10	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mental disorder) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	05/02/08	05/02/22	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/05/12	0 observations	05/05/16	05/05/19*	22/05
C-11	An Act to establish a procedure for the disclosure of wrongdoings in the public sector, including the protection of persons who disclose the wrongdoings	05/10/18	05/10/27	National Finance	05/11/24	0	05/11/25	05/11/25*	46/05
C-12	An Act to prevent the introduction and spread of communicable diseases	05/02/10	05/03/09	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/04/12	2	05/04/14	05/05/13*	20/05
C-13	An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the DNA Identification Act and the National Defence Act	05/05/12	05/05/16	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/05/18	0	05/05/19	05/05/19*	25/05
C-14	An Act to give effect to a land claims and self-government agreement among the Tlicho, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada, to make related amendments to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	04/12/07	04/12/13	Aboriginal Peoples	05/02/10	0	05/02/10	05/02/15*	1/05
C-15	An Act to amend the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999	04/12/14	05/02/02	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	05/05/17	0 observations	05/05/18	05/05/19*	23/05
C-18	An Act to amend the Telefilm Canada Act and another Act	04/12/13	05/02/23	Transport and Communications	05/03/22	0 observations	05/03/23	05/03/23*	14/05
C-20	An Act to provide for real property taxation powers of first nations, to create a First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, First Nations Finance Authority and First Nations Statistical Institute and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	04/12/13	05/02/16	Aboriginal Peoples	05/03/10	0	05/03/21	05/03/23*	9/05
C-22	An Act to establish the Department of Social Development and to amend and repeal certain related Acts	05/06/09	05/06/21	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/07/18	0	05/07/20	05/07/20*	35/05
C-23	An Act to establish the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development and to amend and repeal certain related Acts	05/06/02	05/06/14	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/07/18	0	05/07/20	05/07/20*	34/05
C-24	An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (fiscal equalization payments to the provinces and funding to the territories)	05/02/16	05/02/22	National Finance	05/03/08	0	05/03/09	05/03/10*	7/05
C-25	An Act governing the operation of remote sensing space systems	05/10/18	05/11/01	Foreign Affairs	05/11/24	0 observations	05/11/25	05/11/25*	45/05
C-26	An Act to establish the Canada Border Services Agency	05/06/14	05/06/29	National Security and Defence	05/11/01	0 observations	05/11/02	05/11/03	38/05
C-28	An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act	05/10/19	05/11/01	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/11/22	0	05/11/23	05/11/25*	42/05
C-29	An Act to amend the Patent Act	05/02/15	05/03/07	Banking, Trade and Commerce	05/04/12	2	05/04/14	05/05/05*	18/05
C-30	An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Salaries Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	05/04/13	05/04/14	National Finance	05/04/21	0	05/04/21	05/04/21*	16/05
C-33	A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 23, 2004	05/03/07	05/04/20	National Finance	05/05/03	0	05/05/10	05/05/13*	19/05
C-34	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2005 (Appropriation Act No. 2, 2004-2005)	04/12/13	04/12/14	-	-	-	04/12/15	04/12/15	27/04
C-35	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2005 (Appropriation Act No. 3, 2004-2005)	04/12/13	04/12/14	-	-	-	04/12/15	04/12/15	28/04
C-36	An Act to change the boundaries of the Acadie-Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts	04/12/13	05/02/01	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/02/22	0 observations	05/02/23	05/02/24*	6/05
C-37	An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act	05/10/25	05/11/02	Transport and Communications	05/11/22	2 observations	05/11/24	05/11/25*	50/05
C-38	An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes	05/06/29	05/07/06	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/07/18	0	05/07/19	05/07/20*	33/05
C-39	An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and to enact An Act respecting the provision of funding for diagnostic and medical equipment	05/02/22	05/03/08	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/03/10	0	05/03/22	05/03/23*	11/05
C-40	An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act and the Canada Transportation Act	05/05/12	05/05/16	Agriculture and Forestry	05/05/18	0	05/05/19	05/05/19*	24/05
C-41	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2005 (Appropriation Act No. 4, 2004-2005)	05/03/22	05/03/23	-	-	-	05/03/23	05/03/23*	12/05
C-42	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2006 (Appropriation Act No. 1, 2005-2006)	05/03/22	05/03/23	-	-	-	05/03/23	05/03/23*	13/05
C-43	An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 23, 2005	05/06/16	05/06/21	National Finance	05/06/28	0	05/06/28	05/06/29*	30/05
C-45	An Act to provide services, assistance and compensation to or in respect of Canadian Forces members and veterans and to make amendments to certain Acts	05/05/10	05/05/10	National Finance	05/05/12	0	05/05/12	05/05/13*	21/05
C-48	An Act to authorize the Minister of Finance to make certain payments	05/06/28	05/07/06	National Finance	05/07/18	0 observations	05/07/20	05/07/20*	36/05
C-49	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)	05/10/18	05/11/01	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/11/24	0	05/11/25	05/11/25*	43/05
C-53	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (proceeds of crime) and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act	05/11/22	05/11/22	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/11/24	0	05/11/25	05/11/25*	44/05
C-54	An Act to provide first nations with the option of managing and regulating oil and gas exploration and exploitation and of receiving moneys otherwise held for them by Canada.	05/11/22	05/11/22	Aboriginal Peoples	05/11/24	0 observations	05/11/25	05/11/25*	48/05
C-55	An Act to establish the Wage Earner Protection Program Act, to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	05/11/22	05/11/23	Banking, Trade and Commerce	05/11/24	0 observations	05/11/25	05/11/25*	47/05
C-56	An Act to give effect to the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and the Labrador Inuit Tax Treatment Agreement	05/06/16	05/06/20	Aboriginal Peoples	05/06/21	0	05/06/22	05/06/23*	27/05
C-57	An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions	05/11/23	05/11/25	-	-	-	05/11/25	05/11/25*	54/05
C-58	An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2006 (Appropriation Act No. 2, 2005-2006)	05/06/15	05/06/21	-	-	-	05/06/22	05/06/23*	28/05
C-66	An Act to authorize payments to provide assistance in relation to energy costs, housing energy consumption and public transit infrastructure, and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts	05/11/22	05/11/22	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	05/11/24	0	05/11/25	05/11/25*	49/05
C-71	An Act respecting the regulation of commercial and industrial undertakings on reserve lands	05/11/23	05/11/25	-	-	-	05/11/25	05/11/25*	53/05

COMMONS PUBLIC BILLS

No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
C-259	An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (elimination of excise tax on jewellery)	05/06/16	05/11/23	Banking, Trade and Commerce	05/11/25	0	05/11/25	05/11/25*	55/05
C-302	An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Kitchener-Wilmot-Wellesley- Woolwich	04/12/02	04/12/07	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/02/17	0 observations	05/02/22	05/02/24*	4/05
C-304	An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Battle River	04/12/02	04/12/07	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/02/17	0 observations	05/02/22	05/02/24*	5/05
C-331	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	05/11/23	05/11/25	-	-	-	05/11/25	05/11/25*	52/05

SENATE PUBLIC BILLS

No.	Title	1st	2nd	Committee	Report	Amend	3rd	R.A.	Chap.
S-2	An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Sen. Kinsella)	04/10/06	04/10/20	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	04/10/28	0	04/11/02	05/05/05*	17/05
S-3	An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (promotion of English and French) (Sen. Gauthier)	04/10/06	04/10/07	Official Languages	04/10/21	0	04/10/26 Senate agreed to Commons amendments 05/11/22	05/11/25*	41/05
S-4	An Act to amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and the Interpretation Act in order to affirm the meaning of marriage (Sen. Cools)	04/10/06	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/02/22
S-5	An Act to repeal legislation that has not come into force within ten years of receiving royal assent (Sen. Banks)	04/10/07	04/10/26	Transport and Communications (withdrawn) 04/10/28 Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-6	An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (running rights for carriage of grain) (Sen. Banks)	04/10/07
S-7	An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (references by Governor in Council) (Sen. Cools)	04/10/07	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/02/22
S-8	An Act to amend the Judges Act (Sen. Cools)	04/10/07	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/06/16
S-9	An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Sen. Day)	04/10/07	04/10/20	Social Affairs, Science and Technology
S-11	An Act to amend the Criminal Code  (lottery schemes) (Sen. Lapointe)	04/10/19	04/10/26	Legal and Constitutional Affairs	05/04/12	2 observations	05/05/17
S-12	An Act concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters (Sen. Spivak)	04/10/19	05/06/01	Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources	05/06/29	0	05/11/23
S-13	An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Parliament of Canada Act (Speakership of the Senate) (Sen. Oliver)	04/10/19	04/11/17	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-14	An Act to protect heritage lighthouses (Sen. Forrestall)	04/10/20	04/11/02	Social Affairs, Science and Technology	05/03/21	0	05/03/23
S-15	An Act to prevent unsolicited messages on the Internet (Sen. Oliver)	04/10/20		Subject matter 05/02/10 Transport and Communications
S-16	An Act providing for the Crown's recognition of self-governing First Nations of Canada (Sen. St. Germain, P.C.)	04/10/27		Subject matter 05/02/22 Aboriginal Peoples
S-19	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate) (Sen. Plamondon)	04/11/04	04/12/07	Banking, Trade and Commerce	05/06/23	1	05/06/28
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)	04/11/30		Subject matter 05/02/02 Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-21	An Act to amend the criminal Code (protection of children) (Sen. Hervieux-Payette, P.C.)	04/12/02	05/03/10	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-22	An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (mandatory voting) (Sen. Harb)	04/12/09	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/10/18
S-23	An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (modernization of employment and labour relations) (Sen. Nolin)	05/02/01	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/11/25	Subject matter 05/07/18 Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-24	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals) (Sen. Bryden)	05/02/03	05/03/10	Legal and Constitutional Affairs
S-26	An Act to provide for a national cancer strategy (Sen. Forrestall)	05/02/16	05/06/01	Social Affairs, Science and Technology
S-28	An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (student loan) (Sen. Moore)	05/03/23	05/06/01	Banking, Trade and Commerce
S-29	An Act respecting a National Blood Donor Week (Sen. Mercer)	05/05/05	05/06/01	Social Affairs, Science and Technology
S-30	An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (RRSP and RESP) (Sen. Biron)	05/05/10
S-32	An Act to amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and the Interpretation Act in order to affirm the meaning of marriage (Sen. Cools)	05/05/12	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/11/03
S-34	An Act to amend the Department of Justice Act and the Supreme Court Act to remove certain doubts with respect to the constitutional role of the Attorney General of Canada and to clarify the constitutional relationship between the Attorney General of Canada and Parliament (Sen. Cools)	05/05/16
S-35	An Act to amend the State Immunity Act and the Criminal Code (terrorist activity) (Sen. Tkachuk)	05/05/18	Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) 05/11/25
S-41	An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Act (human rights reports) (Sen. Kinsella)	05/06/21	05/11/22	Human Rights
S-42	An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (clean drinking water) (Sen. Grafstein)	05/07/20
S-43	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings) (Sen. Grafstein)	05/09/28
S-44	An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (Sen. Ringuette)	05/09/28
S-45	An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (Sen. Kinsella)	05/10/25		Subject matter 05/11/24 Human Rights
S-46	An Act respecting a National Philanthropy Day (Sen. Grafstein)	05/11/03
S-47	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (impaired driving) and other Acts (Sen. LeBreton)	05/11/22

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 General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada (Sen. Rompkey, P.C.)	05/02/10	05/03/23	Banking, Trade and Commerce	05/05/05	0 observations	05/05/10	05/05/19*	56/05
S-27	An Act respecting Scouts Canada (Sen. Di Nino)	05/02/17	05/04/19	Legal and Constitutional Affairs

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