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Bill C-210 (Historical)

An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Mauril Bélanger  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the National Anthem Act to substitute the words “of us” for the words “thy sons” in the English version of the national anthem, thus making it gender neutral.

Similar bills

C-624 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender)
C-626 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender neutral)
S-3 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the National Anthem Act to include all Canadians
S-39 (37th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the National Anthem Act to include all Canadians

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-210s:

C-210 (2025) An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (oath of office)
C-210 (2021) Right to Vote at 16 Act
C-210 (2021) Law An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ and tissue donors)
C-210 (2020) An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ and tissue donors)

Votes

June 15, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
June 1, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Canadian Heritage Committee, on June 2, 2016