Bill C-6 (Historical)

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act

An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

John Baird  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 implements Canada’s commitments under the Convention on Cluster Munitions. In particular, it establishes prohibitions and offences for certain activities involving cluster munitions, explosive submunitions and explosive bomblets.

Similar bills

S-10 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Prohibiting Cluster Munitions 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-6s:

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Votes

June 19, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
June 17, 2014 Passed That Bill C-6, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
June 17, 2014 Failed That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 4.
June 17, 2014 Failed That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting the short title.
June 16, 2014 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-6, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions, not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the Bill and five hours shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill; and that, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at report stage and the five hours provided for the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stages of the Bill then under consideration shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

All those opposed will please say nay.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Pursuant to an order made on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the division stands deferred until later this day at the expiry of the time provided for oral questions.

The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-6, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions, be read the third time and passed.

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 3:15 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at third reading stage of Bill C-6.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #224

Prohibiting Cluster Munitions ActGovernment Orders

June 19th, 2014 / 3:20 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried.

(Bill read the third time and passed)