This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.
This bill was previously introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session.
Devinder Shory Conservative
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Report stage (House), as of June 18, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to require the Minister, on application, to reduce by one year the required years of residence in Canada to grant citizenship to any permanent resident who is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces who has signed a minimum three-year contract and who has completed basic training.
It also amends section 9 of the Act to provide that an individual is deemed to have made an application for renunciation of their Canadian citizenship or is deemed to have withdrawn their application for Canadian citizenship, if they engage in an act of war against the Canadian Armed Forces.
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.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-425.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I declare the motion carried. Accordingly the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)