Bill C-14 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Diane Finley  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to reduce the distinctions in eligibility for citizenship between adopted foreign children and children born abroad of Canadian parents.

Similar bills

C-76 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-14s:

C-14 (2022) Law Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act
C-14 (2020) Law Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020
C-14 (2020) Law COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2
C-14 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on June 19, 2006

  • Rose Kattackal, Director General, Integration Branch, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
  • Mark Davidson, Director, Citizenship (Registrar), Department of Citizenship and Immigration
  • Alain Laurencelle, Counsel, Integration and Admissibility Team, Legal Services, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
  • Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
  • Stephen Green, Executive Member, National Citizenship & Immigration Law Section, Canadian Bar Association
  • Wispinski, Committee Researcher

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on June 21, 2006

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on Sept. 28, 2006