Bill C-443 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Canada Elections Act

This bill is from the 38th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in November 2005.

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 Nov. 14, 2005
(This bill did not become law.)

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-443s:

C-443 (2019) Indigenous Language Act

C-443 (2013) National Health and Fitness Day Act

C-443 (2012) National Health and Fitness Day Act

C-443 (2010) Citizenship Act

C-443 (2009) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (exception to the rule of inapplicability after the first generation)

C-443 (2007) Republic of Macedonia Recognition Act

Other House mentions

Parliament of Canada ActRoutine Proceedings

November 14th, 2005 / 3:10 p.m.

See context

Conservative

Loyola Hearn Conservative St. John's South, NL

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-443, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Canada Elections Act.

Mr. Speaker, this bill would require the holding of a byelection within 90 days of a vacancy occurring in the membership of the House of Commons through a resignation or the death of a member.

Section 3 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees that every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in the election of members of the House of Commons. That right, however, can be held in abeyance by the Prime Minister's ability to delay calling a byelection for as long as a year. Many thousands of Canadians are thus left with no representation in Parliament. This bill would put the democratic right of Canadians ahead of prime ministerial game playing.

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