Bill C-257 (Historical)

First Nations Governance Review Act

An Act to establish a First Nations Ombudsman and a First Nations Auditor to assist with administrative and financial problems

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

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 Feb. 2, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-257 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) First Nations Governance Review Act

C-399 (37th Parliament, 1st session) First Nations Governance Review Act

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-257s:

C-257 (2022) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting against discrimination based on political belief)

C-257 (2020) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)

C-257 (2016) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (sugar content labelling)

C-257 (2013) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)

C-257 (2011) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)

C-257 (2010) Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act

Other House mentions

First Nations Governance Review ActRoutine Proceedings

October 25th, 2002 / 12:10 p.m.

See context

Canadian Alliance

Myron Thompson Canadian Alliance Wild Rose, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-257, an act to establish a First Nations Ombudsman and a First Nations Auditor to assist with administrative and financial problems

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to reintroduce this private member's bill entitled an act to establish a first nations ombudsman and a first nations auditor to assist with administrative and financial problems.

The first purpose of the bill is to establish the office of an ombudsman to assist persons if they consider that they are being dealt with unfairly or unreasonably. This is something that all members and every Canadian have access to, but the aboriginal living on a reserve does not. In order to maintain some equality across the country, this bill would correct that situation.

The bill would also provide for an official from the Auditor General's Office to be appointed as a first nations auditor, to carry out audits to communities that are insolvent or where impropriety or mismanagement is alleged.

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