EXPLANATORY NOTES

This bill would ensure that no member of the House of Commons shall sit therein and that no funds shall be made available to the member for the carrying out of parliamentary functions unless he or she takes an oath or makes a solemn affirmation of loyalty to Canada and to the Constitution of Canada.

Clause 2: Subsection 13(2) at present reads as follows:

      (2) Every oath and solemn affirmation and declaration under this Part shall be in the Forms 1 and 2 in the schedule.