Gender Equality Week Act

An Act to establish Gender Equality Week

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

Sponsor

Sven Spengemann  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 designates the fourth week in September in each and every year as “Gender Equality Week”.

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-309s:

C-309 (2022) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (public institutions)
C-309 (2021) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (Indigenous languages)
C-309 (2011) Law Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act
C-309 (2010) Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Region of Northern Ontario Act

Votes

Feb. 1, 2017 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

Sitting ResumedGender Equality Week ActPrivate Members' Business

January 30th, 2017 / noon

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

Sitting ResumedGender Equality Week ActPrivate Members' Business

January 30th, 2017 / noon

Some hon. members

Agreed.

Sitting ResumedGender Equality Week ActPrivate Members' Business

January 30th, 2017 / noon

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

(Motion agreed to)

The House resumed from January 30 consideration of the motion that Bill C-309, An Act to establish Gender Equality Week, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Gender Equality Week ActPrivate Members' Business

February 1st, 2017 / 5:55 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

Pursuant to order made on Tuesday, January 31 the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-309.

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

Vote #186

Gender Equality Week ActPrivate Members' Business

February 1st, 2017 / 6:05 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)