Bill C-581 (Historical)

Status of Women Canada Act

An Act respecting Status of Women Canada

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

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 Oct. 18, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment describes the mandate of the federal organisation known as Status of Women Canada.

Similar bills

C-284 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Status of Women Canada Act

C-406 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Status of Women Canada Act

C-406 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Status of Women Canada Act

C-284 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Status of Women Canada 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-581s:

C-581 (2014) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (physician-assisted death)

Status of Women CanadaPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

February 7th, 2011 / 3:10 p.m.

See context

NDP

Irene Mathyssen NDP London—Fanshawe, ON

Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from a group of Canadians concerned that Status of Women Canada is not enshrined in Canadian law and could be disbanded at any time and that the mandate of Status of Women Canada has been significantly altered in the past five years and is no longer addressing systemic women's equality issues.

The petitioners call upon the Parliament of Canada to support Bill C-581 because it would enshrine Status of Women Canada in law and ensure that its mandate would advance women's equality in Canada in the spirit of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.