Bill C-16 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act

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

Sponsor

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 Canada Elections Act to provide that, subject to an earlier dissolution of Parliament, a general election must be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year following polling day for the last general election, with the first general election after this enactment comes into force being held on Monday, October 19, 2009.
The enactment also provides that the Chief Electoral Officer may recommend an alternate day if the day set for polling is not suitable.

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-16s:

C-16 (2022) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2022-23

C-16 (2020) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2020-21

C-16 (2020) Law An Act to amend the Canadian Dairy Commission Act

C-16 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code

C-16 (2013) Law Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Governance Act

C-16 (2011) Law Security of Tenure of Military Judges Act

Votes

April 24, 2007 Passed That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House disagrees with the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act.