Bill C-480 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (oath or solemn affirmation)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2002.

Sponsor

Eugène Bellemare  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of June 20, 2002
(This bill did not become law.)

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Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of 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-480s:

C-480 (2013) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (funeral arrangements)
C-480 (2010) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on poppies or poppy wreaths)
C-480 (2009) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on poppies or poppy wreaths)
C-480 (2007) Employment Insurance Act
C-480 (2004) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (length of benefit period)

Parliament of Canada ActRoutine Proceedings

June 20th, 2002 / 10:05 a.m.


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Liberal

Eugène Bellemare Liberal Ottawa—Orléans, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-480, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (oath or solemn affirmation).

Mr. Speaker, the bill being introduced at first reading today provides for a new condition to be added to the oath taking ceremony for each member of the House of Commons, as stated in the amendment to the Parliament of Canada Act I am now proposing. This new condition would be a solemn affirmation of loyalty to Canada.

The bill is an add on to the obligations of members of the House of Commons under the Constitution Act, 1867 where the fifth schedule stipulates that we must swear allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen.

I move today that an additionnal oath be taken by members of the House, an oath which is just as important as the existing one and which is the solemn affirmation of the loyalty we all owe to our country.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)