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An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)

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

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 creates the position of Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate. It also corrects a reference to the Canada Council for the Arts in the English version of the Parliament of Canada Act .

Similar bills

S-205 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)
S-210 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)
S-234 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)

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 S-202s:

S-202 (2025) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning label on alcoholic beverages)
S-202 (2020) An Act to amend the Assisted Human Reproduction Act
S-202 (2019) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)
S-202 (2015) Shared Parenting Act

Votes

Feb. 14, 2024 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)
Jan. 31, 2024 Passed Concurrence at report stage of Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)
June 7, 2023 Passed 2nd reading of Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)

Canadian Heritage Committee, on Sept. 28, 2023

Canadian Heritage Committee, on Oct. 5, 2023

  • Heather Lank, Parliamentary Librarian
  • Richard Davis, Director, Arts Policy & Federal-Provincial-Territorial Culture and Heritage Secretariat, Department of Canadian Heritage