Bill C-421 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Canada Elections Act (fixed election dates)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2002.

Sponsor

Jim Pankiw  Canadian Alliance

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Dec. 12, 2001
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

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Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-421s:

C-421 (2024) National Food Cooperative Strategy Act
C-421 (2018) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec)
C-421 (2013) Nitrate Reduction Act
C-421 (2012) Nitrate Reduction Act
C-421 (2010) Emergency Services Appreciation Day Act
C-421 (2009) Emergency Services Appreciation Day Act

Parliament of Canada ActRoutine Proceedings

December 12th, 2001 / 3:15 p.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Jim Pankiw Canadian Alliance Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-421, an act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Canada Elections Act (fixed election dates).

Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to introduce this bill entitled an act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Canada Elections Act (fixed election dates).

The purpose of the bill is to fix federal elections to take place on the third Monday of June every four years. If the bill is passed, the next federal election would be held on June 16, 2003. What this bill would do is bring consistency and accountability to the election process and prevent the current Liberal practice of manipulating election dates for crass political opportunistic reasons by timing them with major government spending announcements for example.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)