C-486 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act respecting corporate practices relating to the extraction, processing, purchase, trade and use of conflict minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Short title:
Conflict Minerals Act
This bill was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Reinstated from previous session, Wednesday, October 16, 2013
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
Placed on the order of precedence on Thursday, January 30, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
|
Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
Sitting 115
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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
Vote 229 — Wednesday, September 24, 2014
- Result:
- Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-486, An Act respecting corporate practices relating to the extraction, processing, purchase, trade and use of conflict minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa
- Yeas:
- 127
- Nays:
- 146
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 273
Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, April 3, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 68) | Paul Dewar (NDP) |
| Thursday, April 3, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 68) | David Anderson (Conservative) |
| Thursday, April 3, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 68) | Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal) |
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Further reading
Coltan from Central Africa, international trade and implications for any certification.
Bleischwitz, Raimund, Monika Dittrich, and Chiara Pierdicca.
Contained in (manifestation) Resources Policy, 37(1): 19-29 (1 online resource)
Conflict mineral readiness: what companies need to know.
Easton, Charlene.
Contained in (manifestation): Canadian mining journal, Volume 133, number 1:12-13 (1 online resource)
Conflit armé et ressources naturelles en droit international : le cas de la République démocratique du Congo.
Goyette, Andréanne.
Mémoire. Université du Québec à Montréal, Maîtrise en droit international, 194 p. (1 ressource en ligne)
Forget diamonds : the new conflict minerals.
Dzinkowski, Ramona.
CGA magazine, 47:18-21
FSIN [Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation] lawsuit given green light.
Barnsley, Paul.
Windspeaker, 21:9
Is there blood on your hands-free device?: Examining legislative approaches to the conflict minerals problem in the democratic Republic of Congo.
Veale, Emily.
Containes in (manifestation): Cardozo Journal of International & Comparative Law, 21 (2): 503-544 (1 online resource)
Les minéraux des conflits sous la loupe.
Dzinkowski, Ramona.
CGA magazine, 47:19