C-6 , 37th Parliament, 3rd session Monday, February 2, 2004, to Sunday, May 23, 2004
An Act respecting assisted human reproduction and related research
Short title:
Assisted Human Reproduction Act
This bill received royal assent on Monday, March 29, 2004
Statutes of Canada 2004, c. 2
Note concerning the date of Royal Assent: When the date of a written declaration differs from that of Royal Assent, the date shown in LEGISInfo corresponds to the date on which the two Houses of Parliament have been notified of the written declaration. Section 5 of the Royal Assent Act, S.C. 2002, c. 15, states: “Where royal assent is signified by written declaration, the Act is deemed to be assented to on the day on which the two Houses of Parliament have been notified of the declaration.”
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
Second reading and referral to committee, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
Sitting 8
Agreed to
(Journals 8)
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Committee of the Whole
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, 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) |
|---|---|
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) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Friday, February 13, 2004
Referral to committee, Friday, February 13, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, February 13, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
Meeting 2 |
Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
Meeting 3 |
Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
Meeting 4 |
Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
Meeting 5 |
Wednesday, March 3, 2004 |
Meeting 6 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Thursday, March 11, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
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Thursday, March 11, 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-13 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 8) | |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | Response speech(Sitting 8) |
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Further reading
A constitutional analysis of the proposed ban on non-reproductive human cloning: an unjustified violation of freedom of expression?.
Billingsley, Barbara.
Health law review, 11:32-9
A constitutional defence of the federal ban on human cloning for research purposes.
Downie, Jocelyn, Llewellyn, Jennifer and Françoise Baylis.
Queen's law journal, 31:353-84
A plea for transparency in Canada's 'new government'.
Hébert, Paul C. and Amir Attaran.
CMAJ:Canadian Medical Association Journal, 176:601
Anne empowers herself..
Byfield, Joanne.
Report newsmagazine, 29:12-13
Betwixt and between human stem cell guidelines and legislation.
Baylis, Françoise.
Health law review, 11:44-50
Bill C-13 : death-dealing research.
Leishman, Rory.
Catholic insight, 11:8
Bill C-56 : not worthy.
Catholic insight, 10:17-18
Blood simple.
Silversides, Ann.
Walrus, 4:28-30
Brickbats and bouquets for the draft legislation on assisted human reproduction.
Baylis, Françoise.
Health law bulletin, 10:3-7
C-13, The Assisted Human Reproduction Act: examining the arguments against a regulatory approach.
Caulfield, Timothy.
Health law review, 11:20-5
Clonage et consensus: le projet de loi C-6.
CMAJ:Canadian Medical Association journal, 170:1071
Clones, controversy, and criminal law: a comment on the proposal for legislation governing assisted human reproduction.
Caulfield, Timothy A.
Alberta law review, 39:335-45
Cloning and consensus: Bill C-6.
CMAJ:Canadian Medical Association journal, 170:1069
Comparative perspectives on the regulation of assisted reproductive technologies in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Nelson, Erin L.
Alberta law review, 43:1023-48
Consistency and privacy : do these legal principles mandate gamete donor anonymity?.
Shields, Lisa.
Health law review, 12:39-45
Defining a policy rationale for the criminal regulation of reproductive technologies.
Campbell, Angela.
Health law review, 11:26-31
Donate a definition.
Herder, Matthew.
Health law review, 11:40-3
Filiation and assisted reproductive technology.
Corral, Hernán.
Revue générale de droit, 31:701-29 no 4
Gene patents, human clones, and biotechnology policy: the challenges created by globalization.
Caulfield, Timothy.
Alberta law review, 41:713-24
Giving away the 'gift of life': surrogacy and the Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act.
Ruparelia, Rakhi.
Canadian journal of family law, 23:11-54
International initiatives.
Régnier, Marie-Hélène and Bartha Maria Knoppers.
Health law review, 11:67-71
La compétence fédérale et le projet de loi sur la procréation assistée.
Tremblay, Guy.
Les cahiers de droit, 44:519-37
Le 'nouveau gouvernment' du Canada - Plaidoyer en faveur de la transparence.
Hébert, Paul C. and Amir Attaran.
CMAJ:Canadian Medical Association Journal, 176:603
Le clonage reproductif : l'homme à l'égal de Dieu?.
Moinet, Marie-Laure.
Science & vie, no 1028:108-23
Le point sur ... le clonage reproductif (dossier).
Moinet, Marie-Laure.
Science & vie, no 1028:108-23
Les discours religieux dans l'espace public de la bioéthique.
Jobin, Guy.
Éthique publique, 8:91-102
Let's try again ... this time with feeling: Bill C-6 and new reproductive technologies.
Young, Alison Harvison.
University of British Columbia law review, 38:123-45
Mum's the word: donor anonymity is assisted reproduction.
Johnston, Josephine.
Health law review, 11:51-5
Nouvelle loi sur les technologies de reproduction : accouchement prévu en 2002..
Richer, Isabelle.
National, 10:15-19
Path dependence and value-driven issues: the comparative politics of stem cell research.
Banchoff, Thomas.
World politics, 57:200-30
Privacy and assisted human reproduction: a discussion paper.
Foster, Jennifer and Barbara Slater.
Health law review, 11:56-61
Proceeding with insufficient care: a comment on the susceptibility of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act to challenge under Section 7 of the Charter.
Hnatiuk, Dana.
University of Toronto Faculty of Law review, 65:39-62
Promotion versus precaution: the evolution of biotechnology policy in the United States.
Sheingate, Adam D.
British journal of political science, 36:243-68
Public meets private: challenges for informed consent and umbilical cord blood banking in Canada.
Sheremeta, Lorraine.
Health law review, 15:23-8
Réflexions sur le clonage humain dans une perspective éthico-juridique et de droit comparé.
Andorno, Roberto.
Les cahiers de droit, 42:129-45
Regulating the creation of novel beings.
Robert, Jason Scott.
Health law review, 11:14-19
Regulation of human stem cell research in Japan and Canada: a comparative analysis.
Ries, Nola M.
UNB law journal, 54:62-74
Reproductive technologies and human experimentation : a Jewish perspective.
Honke, Dina.
Health law in Canada, 21:103-16
Science, religion, and the politics of stem cells.
Hurlbut, William B.
Social research, 73:819-34
Spare embryos and stem cell research: consent issues.
Régnier, Marie-Hélène and Bartha Maria Knoppers.
Health law review, 11:3-12
Stem cell research.
Clemmitt, Marcia.
CQ researcher, 16:697-719
Stem cell technology: practical, theological and ethical implications.
Shanner, Laura.
Health law review, 11:62-6
Stem cells, politics and the progress paradigm.
DeBow, Suzanne, Tania Bubela and Timothy Caulfield.
Health law review, 15:50-2
The baby ban:Ottawa would turn me into a criminal just because I paid for a woman's eggs.
Hunter, Sylvia.
Maclean's, 115:43
The future of cord blood banking in Canada.
Sheremeta, Lorraine, Margo Plant and Bartha Maria Knoppers.
Health law review, 14:51-6
The Human Tissue Act 2004.
Price, David.
The Modern law review, 68:798-821
The issues involved in cloning: sociology and bioethics.
Pulman, Bertrand.
Revue française de sociologie, 48:129-56
The NAC's organizational practices and the politics of assisted reproductive technologies in Canada.
Scala, Francesca, Éric Montpetit and Isabelle Fortier.
Canadian journal of political science, 38:581-604
The regulation of science and the Charter of Rights: would a ban on non-reproductive human cloning unjustifiably violate freedom of expression?.
Billingsley, Barbara and Timothy Caulfield.
Queen's law journal, 29:647-79
The Research Involving Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Bill 2002: procedure and practice issues in its passage throught the House of Representatives.
Sherd, Jason.
Australasian parliamentary review, 22:184-94
The science of stem cells: some implications for law and policy.
Daar, Abdallah S. and Lorraine Sheremeta.
Health law review, 11:5-13
Un embryon de loi pour l'industrie du vivant.
Vandelac, Louise.
Relations, no 670:5-6
Un embryon de loi pour l'industrie du vivant.
Vandelac, Louise.
Relations, no 670:5-6
Vers un eugénisme libéral?.
Habermas, Jurgen.
Esprit, no 289:126-38
Who's my birth father?.
McClelland, Susan.
Maclean's, 115:20-6
Wombs for rent : an examination of prohibitory and regulatory approaches to governing preconception arrangements.
Chen, Melody.
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