Bills for the 37th Parliament, 3rd session

Respecting assisted human reproduction and related research

Amend certain Acts of Canada, and to enact measures for implementing the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, in order to enhance public safety

Establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence

Give effect to the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement

Implement treaties and administrative arrangements on the international transfer of persons found guilty of criminal offences

Respecting the registration of information relating to sex offenders, to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Amend certain Acts

Provide for real property taxation powers of first nations, to create a First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, First Nations Finance Authority and First Nations Statistical Institute and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Establish a procedure for the disclosure of wrongdoings in the public sector, including the protection of persons who disclose the wrongdoings

For granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2004

For granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2005

Implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 23, 2004

Give effect to a land claims and self-government agreement among the Tlicho, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada, to make related amendments to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Prevent the introduction and spread of communicable diseases

A second Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of the Province of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law

Prevent unsolicited messages on the Internet

Protect heritage lighthouses

Concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters

Honour Louis Riel and the Metis People

Amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and the Interpretation Act in order to affirm the meaning of marriage

Repeal legislation that has not come into force within ten years of receiving royal assent

Provide for increased transparency and objectivity in the selection of suitable individuals to be named to certain high public positions

Respecting the protection of employees in the public service who make allegations in good faith respecting wrongdoing in the public service

Respecting user fees

Amend the Criminal Code (dangerous child sexual predators)

Respecting Terry Fox Day

Respecting a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge

Amend the Divorce Act (limits on rights of child access by sex offenders)

Prevent the use of the Internet to distribute pornographic material involving children

Establish the rights of patients in relation to health, treatment and records

Establishing A Day for Hearts: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day

Assist in the prevention of wrongdoing in the Public Service by establishing a framework for education on ethical practices in the workplace, for dealing with allegations of wrongdoing and for protecting whistleblowers

Provide for a referendum to determine whether Canadians wish medically unnecessary abortions to be insured services under the Canada Health Act and to amend the Referendum

Requiring the national flag of Canada to be flown at half-mast on Remembrance Day

Respecting the commercialization of VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Establish a First Nations Ombudsman and a First Nations Auditor to assist with administrative and financial problems

Ensure the necessary supply of patented drugs in cases of domestic emergency or to deal with crises in countries that receive assistance from Canada

Establish the office of Pension Ombudsman to investigate administrative difficulties encountered by persons in their dealings with government in respect of benefits under the Canada Pension Plan or the Old Age Security Act or tax liability on such benefits and to review the policies and practices applied in the administration and adjudication of such benefits and liabilities

Provide cost of production protection for the family farm

Provide for a House of Commons Committee to study proportional representation in federal elections

Establish the office of Credit Ombudsman to be an advocate for the interests of consumers and small business in credit matters and to investigate and report on the provision by financial institutions of consumer and small business credit by community and by industry in order to ensure equity in the distribution of credit resources

Amend the Witness Protection Program Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (protection of spouses whose life is in danger)

Amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of property taxes paid in respect of a principal residence)

Provide for the establishment of national standards for labour market training, apprenticeship and certification

Prohibit the export of water by interbasin transfers

Provide that persons who commit a sexual offence involving a child serve the entire sentence imposed without early release or parole and be found to be child predators, and to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Criminal Code

Ensure coordination in the delivery of programs by governments in the case of agricultural losses or disasters

Establish the rights of fishers including the right to be involved in the process of fisheries stock assessment, fish conservation, setting of fishing quotas, fishing licensing and the public right to fish and establish the right of fishers to be informed of decisions affecting fishing as a livelihood in advance and the right to compensation if other rights are abrogated unfairly

Protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of their health information

Provide for the settlement of labour disputes affecting west coast ports by final offer arbitration

Promote a national wave of silence on Remembrance Day

Establish Verbal Abuse Prevention Week

Respecting Louis Riel

Recognize the injustice that was done to persons of Ukrainian descent and other Europeans who were interned at the time of the First World War and to provide for public commemoration and for restitution which is to be devoted to education and the promotion of tolerance

Confirm the rights of taxpayers and establish the Office for Taxpayer Protection

Recognize the injustices done to Chinese immigrants by head taxes and exclusion legislation, to provide for recognition of the extraordinary contribution they made to Canada, and to provide for restitution which is to be applied to education on Chinese Canadian history and the promotion of racial harmony

Confirm the rights of taxpayers and establish the Office for Taxpayer Protection

Decriminalize activities related to prostitution and to implement measures to assist sex workers and persons with a drug addiction

Respecting the use of dairy terms

Ensure safe drinking water throughout Canada

Establish Samuel de Champlain Day

Amend the Canada Labour Code, the Public Service Employment Act and the Public Service Staff Relations Act (trade union membership to be optional)

Establish the Energy Price Commission

Establish national literacy standards across Canada

Provide for alternate dispute resolution

Require Crown corporations and departments of government to have annual internal audits the reports of which are to be submitted to the Auditor General of Canada

Provide for the harmonization of environmental standards throughout Canada

Respecting the rights of children

Respecting the National Conference on Guaranteed Annual Income

Establish national standards across Canada for education provided by the provinces

Establish the office of Oil and Gas Ombudsman to investigate complaints relating to the business practices of suppliers of oil or gas

Provide for the use of a maximum speed control device for use on motor vehicles and to prohibit the manufacture and sale of motor vehicles that are not equipped with a maximum speed control device

Respecting the release of credit information

Prevent deficit budgets

Amend certain statutes to standardize the definition "child" in conformity with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Protect personal privacy by restricting the use of social insurance numbers

Respecting seat belts in federal vehicles and school buses

Establish and maintain a national registry of medical devices

Establish a National Civil Defence Force

Establish National Day Against Impaired Driving

Establish a national registry of sex offenders and to amend the Criminal Code (sex offences against persons under the age of fourteen years)

Provide compensation to First Nations veterans on a comparable basis to that given to other war veterans

Establish the Canadian Foreign Intelligence Agency

Establish Merchant Navy Veterans Day

Establish a National Organ Donor Registry and to coordinate and promote organ donation throughout Canada

Respecting the establishment of the Office of the Chief Actuary of Canada and to amend other Acts in consequence thereof

Require a referendum on the restoration of the death penalty as a sentencing option and to amend the Referendum Act and the Criminal Code in consequence

Provide for the establishment and implementation of a national program to prevent school computers being used to make contacts or access material that is potentially harmful to students

Provide for evaluations of statutory programs

Initiate cooperation among the provinces in order to achieve affordable and timely access to civil justice across Canada

Establish the office of the Ombudsman for Older Adult Justice and the Canadian Older Adult Justice Agency and to amend the Criminal Code

Respecting the provision of compensation to public safety officers who lost their lives while on duty

Protect the institution of marriage

Amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Nuclear Safety and Control

Prevent psychological harassment in the workplace and to amend the Canada Labour Code

Provide for a program giving financial assistance to high school students visiting overseas military memorial sites

Respecting the protection of whistle blowers and to amend the Auditor General Act, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Staff Relations

Establish Holocaust Memorial Day

Recognize Canada's recreational hunting and fishing heritage and to establish the National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission

Designate the month of November as Canadian Farm-Raised Deer and Elk Month

Eliminate racial profiling

Amend the Constitution Act, 1867

Amend the Criminal Code (dangerous child sexual predators)

Designate the month of September as National Ovarian Cancer Month

Respecting funeral honours to veterans

Establish and maintain a national Breast Implant Registry

Provide for secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians

Provide fixed dates for the election of members to the House of Commons and to amend the Constitution Act, 1867

Respecting the establishment and award of a Special Service Medal for Domestic Operations (SSM-DO)

Establish and maintain a national Do-Not-Call Registry

Respecting the replacement of agricultural pest control products

Establish Mathieu Da Costa Day

Respecting the motto of Canada