C-22 , 41st Parliament, 1st session Thursday, June 2, 2011, to Friday, September 13, 2013

An Act to give effect to the Agreement between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada concerning the Eeyou Marine Region
Short title: Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement Act
This bill received royal assent on Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Statutes of Canada 2011, c. 20

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Introduction and first reading, Friday, November 4, 2011
Chamber sittings
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Friday, November 4, 2011
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Second reading and referral to committee, Friday, November 4, 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011
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2nd reading and referral to committee - WHOL
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Committee report presented, Friday, November 4, 2011
Committee of the Whole
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Friday, November 4, 2011
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Concurrence at report stage, Friday, November 4, 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011
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Third reading, Friday, November 4, 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Sitting 44
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First reading, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Second reading, Thursday, November 17, 2011
Referral to committee, Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Sitting 30
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Committee report presented, Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Committee meetings
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Meeting 14
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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Third reading, Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Chamber sittings
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Major speeches at second reading

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Speech date Speech Senator
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 30) Dennis Glen Patterson (Conservative)
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Response speech(Sitting 30) Nick G. Sibbeston (Liberal)

About

Legislative summary

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On 4 November 2011, the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development introduced Bill C-22, An Act to give effect to the agreement between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada concerning the Eeyou Marine region) (Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.

Bill C-22 enacts the Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement, an agreement between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and the Government of Canada which covers an area of approximately 61,270 square kilometers off the Quebec shore in the eastern James Bay and southern Hudson Bay. The Agreement settles the land and resource rights, including those of Canada and the Crees, over the islands and the marine waters in this area.

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