An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94)

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Marco Mendicino  Liberal

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 amends the Citizenship Act to include, in the Oath or Affirmation of Citizenship, a solemn promise to respect the Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, in order to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 94.

Similar bills

C-6 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94)
C-99 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act

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-8s:

C-8 (2021) Law Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021
C-8 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)
C-8 (2016) Law Appropriation Act No. 5, 2015-16
C-8 (2013) Law Combating Counterfeit Products Act

Votes

Dec. 10, 2020 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94)

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee, on Jan. 28, 2021

  • Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  • Marie Wilson, Former Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, As an Individual
  • Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Chair, Governing Circle, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
  • Natan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee, on Feb. 2, 2021

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee, on Feb. 4, 2021