C-7 , 41st Parliament, 1st session Thursday, June 2, 2011, to Friday, September 13, 2013
An Act respecting the selection of senators and amending the Constitution Act, 1867 in respect of Senate term limits
Short title:
Senate Reform Act
Summary
Current status
At second reading in the House of Commons
Latest activity
Debate at second reading on Monday, February 27, 2012 (House of Commons)
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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Monday, October 3, 2011 |
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Monday, February 27, 2012 |
Consideration in committee
Not reached
Report stage
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
First reading
Not reached
Second reading
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
There are currently no recorded votes for this bill.
Senate
To view the complete list of standing votes that have taken place in the Senate, please refer to the Votes page of the Senate of Canada website.Speaker's rulings and statements
There are currently no Speaker's rulings and statements.
Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 30, 2011 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 24) | Tim Uppal (Conservative) |
| Friday, September 30, 2011 | Response speech(Sitting 24) | David Christopherson (NDP) |
| Friday, September 30, 2011 | Response speech(Sitting 24) | Stéphane Dion (Liberal) |
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Departmental information
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Further reading
A more representative chamber [electronic resource] : representation in the House of Lords.
Bochel, Hugh.
Journal of legislative studies, 18:82-97
A reformed Senate or the status quo in the 42nd Parliament?.
Hays, Dan.
Journal of parliamentary and political law, 7:31-36
Beyond scandal and patronage : a rationale and strategy for Senate reform.
Crowley, Brian L.
Inside policy : the magazine of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 3:34-49
Breaking the bargain: comment on the constitutional validity of Bill C-7, The Proposed Senate Reform Act.
Sarro, Douglas.
University of Toronto Faculty of Law review, 70:115-40
Canada's Senate : reform or death?.
Economist, 408:xx
Committee performance in the Senate of Canada : some sobering analysis for the chamber of "sober second thought".
Lawlor, Andrea.
Commonwealth & comparative politics, 51:549-68
Constitutional reform [electronic resource] : lording it.
Economist, 404:11
Critics accuse Tories of dragging feet on Senate reforms : PM's appointed 46 senators so far.
Ryckewaert, Laura.
Hill Times, no. 1120:1, 4
Does it matter if the House of Lords isn’t reformed? [electronic resource] : perspectives from a symposium at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Farrington, Conor.
Political quarterly, 83:599-608
Don't throw the Senate out with the bath water.
Paré, Jean-Rodrigue.
Canadian parliamentary review, 36:31-3
Elected second chambers and their powers [electronic resource] : an international survey.
Russell, Meg.
Political quarterly, 83:117-29
Elected Senate would give it legitimacy, but could create legislative gridlock, say experts [Bill C-7].
Ryckewaert, Laura.
Hill Times, no. 1122:1,28
Fix : don't axe the Senate.
Savoie, Donald J.
Policy options, 34:7-9
From an aristocratic anachronism to a democratic dilemma : an elected House of Lords and the lessons from Australia.
Archer, Robin.
Commonwealth & comparative politics, 51:267-82
Here's how to save our Senate (Opinion) [electronic resource].
Forsey, Helen.
Hill Times, 1081:14
Il est temps d'envisager l'abolition du Sénat.
Wall, Brad.
Revue parlementaire canadienne, 36:6-9
La réforme du Sénat au Canada.
Roussy, Alain.
Ottawa law review, 45:93-136 no. 1
La représentation au Parlement fédéral des communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire : étude sur la réforme du Sénat et sa validité constitutionnelle.
Power, Mark C.
Revue générale de droit, 42(2):497-559
Ne jetons pas le Sénat avec l’eau de ses égaré.
Paré, Jean-Rodrigue.
Revue parlementaire canadienne, 36:17-20
Public attitudes towards the House of Lords and House of Lords reform [electronic resource].
Cruse, Ian..
House of Lords Library, 24 p.
Quebec Senate decision may impact SCC reference.
Schmitz, Cristin.
Lawyers weekly, 33:11
Regional representation in the House of Lords [electronic resource].
Purvis, Matthew.
House of Lords Library, 10 p.
Repenser la réforme de la Chambre des lords [ressource électronique].
Haselhurst, Alan.
Revue parlementaire canadienne, 35:12-17
Rethinking House of Lords reform [electronic resource].
Haselhurst, Alan.
Canadian parliamentary review, 35:12-16
Securing political success by repetition : can the Parliament Act 1911 be used by the House of Commons to insist on reform of the House of Lords.
Pannick, David.
Public Law, pp. 230-6
Special report (dossier) : the Senators and the elephant.
Chodos, Bob.
Inroads, no. 34:96-109
The architectural metaphor and the decline of political conventions in the Supreme Court of Canada's senate reform reference.
Christa Sieglinde Scholtz.
University of Toronto law journal, 68(4):661-693
The changing type of minor party elected to parliament [electronic resource] : the case of the Australian Senate from 1949 to 2010.
Ghazarian, Zareh.
Australian journal of political science, 47:441-54
The constitutional form and reform of the Senate : thoughts on the constitutionality of Bill C-7.
Walters, Mark D.
Journal of parliamentary and political law, 7:37-61
The Senate.
Inside Ottawa, 20:1-4
The Senate and self-parody.
Wells, Paul.
Maclean's, 126:18-20
The Senate reform bill : a constitutional danger for Canada.
Dion, Stéphane.
Inroads, 31:71-81
Time to consider abolition of the Senate.
Wall, Brad.
Canadian parliamentary review, 36:6-9
What the Senate might look like in 2015 (Opinion).
LeMay, Paul H.
Hill Times, no. 1096:13
Yep (Opinion) [electronic resource] : salvaging the Senate could really be so simple.
Forsey, Helen.
Hill Times, no. 1082:13