C-4 , 37th Parliament, 3rd session Monday, February 2, 2004, to Sunday, May 23, 2004
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer) and other Acts in consequence
Bill type
House Government Bill
This bill received royal assent on Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Statutes of Canada 2004, c. 7
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Referral to committee before second reading, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Committee of the Whole
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage and second reading, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
Sitting 8
Agreed to
(Journals 8)
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Senate
End of stage activity
First reading, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Thursday, February 26, 2004
Referral to committee, Thursday, February 26, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Monday, February 23, 2004 |
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
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Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
Meeting 6 |
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
Meeting 7 |
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
Meeting 8 |
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
Meeting 9 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, March 24, 2004 |
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Thursday, March 25, 2004 |
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Friday, March 26, 2004 |
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Monday, March 29, 2004 |
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Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
Notes
Pursuant to Order made by the House of Commons on February 10, 2004, the Bill was deemed approved at all stages completed in the previous session (previously Bill C-34 in the 2nd Session of the 37th Parliament).
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
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, February 23, 2004 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 14) | |
| Monday, February 23, 2004 | Response speech(Sitting 14) |
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Further reading
A different pair of solitudes : mass and elite attitudes toward political ethics.
Mancuso, Maureen.
Legislative studies, 14:7-25
Code d'éthique parlementaire : développements récents au Canada.
Bosc, Marc.
Informations constitutionelles et parlementaires, 56:13-26
Conduct unbecoming : the regulation of legislative ethics in Britain and the United States.
Williams, Robert.
Parliamentary affairs, 55:611-25
Ethics and government - the Canadian experience.
Wilson, Howard.
House magazine for senators and members of the House of Representatives, 18:4-7
Ethics in government.
Foster, Gregory D..
Vital speeches of the day, 65:583-6
Keeping them honest : public and elite perceptions of ethical conduct among Australian legislators.
McAllister, Ian.
Political studies, 48:22-37
Parliamentary codes of ethics; recent developments in Canada.
Bosc, Marc.
Constitutional and parliamentary information, 56:13-26
Should the federal ethics counsellor become an independent officer of Parliament?.
Saint-Martin, Denis.
Canadian public policy, 29:197-212
Visible and invisible cultures of parliamentary ethics : the ' sports rorts' affair revisited.
Smith, Rodney.
Australian journal of political science, 34:47-62