Bill C-21

2nd Session, 39th Parliament,

56 Elizabeth II, 2007

house of commons of canada

BILL C-21

An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

1. Section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act is repealed.

REVIEW AND REPORT

2. (1) Within five years after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, a comprehensive review of the effects of the repeal of section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act shall be undertaken by any committee of the Senate, the House of Commons or both Houses of Parliament that may be designated or established for that purpose.

(2) The committee shall, within a year after a review is undertaken under that subsection, or within any further time that may be authorized by the Senate, the House of Commons or both Houses of Parliament, as the case may be, submit a report on the review to that House or both Houses.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

3. Despite section 1, an act or omission by an aboriginal authority that was made in the exercise of powers or the performance of duties and functions conferred or imposed by or under the Indian Act shall not constitute the basis for a complaint under Part III of the Canadian Human Rights Act if it occurs within six months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.