C-37 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015

An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
Short title: Riding Name Change Act, 2014
This bill received royal assent on Thursday, June 19, 2014

Statutes of Canada 2014, c. 19

Progress

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Introduction and first reading, Friday, June 6, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, June 6, 2014
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Second reading and referral to committee, Friday, June 6, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, June 6, 2014
Sitting 98
Agreed to (Journals 98)
2nd reading and referral to committee - WHOL
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Committee report presented, Friday, June 6, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, June 6, 2014
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Concurrence at report stage, Friday, June 6, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, June 6, 2014
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Third reading, Friday, June 6, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, June 6, 2014
Sitting 98
Agreed to (Journals 98)
3rd reading
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First reading, Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
End of stage activities
Second reading, Thursday, June 12, 2014
Referral to committee, Thursday, June 12, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Sitting 70
Major speeches
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Committee report presented without amendment, Monday, June 16, 2014
Committee meetings
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Monday, June 16, 2014
Meeting 33
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, June 16, 2014
End of stage activity
Third reading, Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Major speeches at second reading

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
Thursday, June 12, 2014 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 70) Denise Batters (Conservative)
Thursday, June 12, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 70) Joan Fraser (Liberal)

About

Legislative summary

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On 6 June 2014, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons introduced Bill C-37, An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Riding Name Change Act, 2014) in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.

Bill C-37 changes the names of 30 electoral districts (in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia) and amends the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act to change the name of the electoral district of the Northwest Territories.

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