An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Mark Holland  Liberal

Status

Second reading (House), as of Dec. 10, 2021
(This bill did not become 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 Parliament of Canada Act and makes consequential and related amendments to other Acts to, among other things,
(a) change the additional annual allowances that are paid to senators who occupy certain positions so that the government’s representatives and the Opposition in the Senate are eligible for the allowances for five positions each and the three other recognized parties or parliamentary groups in the Senate with the greatest number of members are eligible for the allowances for four positions each;
(b) provide that the Leader of the Government in the Senate or Government Representative in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and the Leader or Facilitator of every other recognized party or parliamentary group in the Senate are to be consulted on the appointment of certain officers and agents of Parliament; and
(c) provide that the Leader of the Government in the Senate or Government Representative in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and the Leader or Facilitator of every other recognized party or parliamentary group in the Senate may change the membership of the Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration.

Similar bills

S-2 (44th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
S-4 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

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-7s:

C-7 (2025) Law Appropriation Act No. 2, 2025-26
C-7 (2020) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
C-7 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
C-7 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures

Medical Assistance in DyingPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

December 16th, 2021 / 10:30 a.m.


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Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Mr. Speaker, the next petition I am tabling is in respect to Bill C-7, which was passed in the last Parliament, particularly the government's decision to support a Senate amendment that would allow euthanasia or assisted suicide for those who have been—