Bill C-1

An Act respecting the administration of oaths of office

This bill, the first introduced in any session, is a formal tradition rather than proposed legislation. (It has nothing to do with oaths of office. The Senate equivalent is called An Act relating to Railways and—you guessed it!—in no way relates to railways.)

Sponsor

Mark Carney Liberal

Status

Not a real bill (bills C-1 and S-1 are weird procedural relics), as of May 27, 2025

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Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-1s:

C-1 (2021) An Act respecting the administration of oaths of office

C-1 (2020) An Act respecting the administration of oaths of office

C-1 (2019) An Act respecting the administration of oaths of office

C-1 (2015) An Act respecting the administration of oaths of office

Other House mentions

Strong Borders ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2025 / 12:50 p.m.

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Liberal

Tim Louis Liberal Kitchener—Conestoga, ON

Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for Chatham–Kent—Leamington. We have worked well together on the agriculture committee for years. He is just down the road from me. I appreciate the question and that he cares about the security of Canadians.

A secure Canada starts with secure borders. As far as moving fast on this bill, Bill C-2, other than the ways and means committee motion, which is Bill C-1, this is as fast as we can move. We heard a clear mandate from Canadians to make sure that we are secure and safe, and Bill C-2 is doing that.

As far as auto theft, this is going to give CBSA more of the tools it needs to combat auto theft, specifically at our ports, so I look forward to that conversation.