House of Commons Hansard #59 of the 36th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was metis.
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-329, an act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (definitions of “infant” and “minor”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will change the definition of a child to anyone under the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-330, an act to amend the Divorce Act (definition of “child”).
Mr. Speaker, this will change the definition of a child from someone under the age of 16 to someone who is under the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-331, an act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (definition of “child”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill is similar to the bill that was introduced just a minute ago.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-332, an act to amend the Canada Health Act (definition of “child”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill also will ensure that a child is anyone who is under the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-333, an act to amend the Canada Shipping Act (definitions of “child” and “infant”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will ensure that this Canadian legislation is consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-334, an act to amend the Canada Student Loans Act (definition of “full age”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will ensure that the definition of full age as stated in this legislation is the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-335, an act to amend the Canada Cooperative Associations Act (definition of “infant”).
Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of this bill, the word infant would mean anybody under the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
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Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-336, an act to amend the Canada-United Kingdom Civil and Commercial Judgments Convention Act (definition of “infant” in matters originating in Canada).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will remove the contradiction between these different legislations so they will be consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-337, an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (definition of “child”) .
Mr. Speaker, this bill will ensure that the interpretation of the term child means anyone under the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-338, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act (definition of “adult”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will change the term adult in this legislation to mean anyone who is over the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-339, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act (definition of “child”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will ensure that this legislation is consistent with the UN convention on the rights of the child.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-340, an act to amend the Divorce Act (right of spouses' parents to access to or custody of child).
Mr. Speaker, this is something like the fifth attempt in this Parliament to change Canadian laws, in particular the Divorce Act, to ensure that grandparents have the right to find out about the well-being of their grandchild.
I would like to mention articles V, XVI and XIX of the convention on the rights of the child which was adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and accepted in Canada in 1991. The articles state specifically that the child is entitled to have access to his or her extended family, which includes grandparents. Presently in Canada our laws do not permit grandparents to have access.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-341, an act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (definition of “adult”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will ensure that anybody under the age of 18 is defined as a child.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-342, an act to amend the Criminal Code (definition of “child”).
Mr. Speaker, this bill will also ensure that the UN convention on the rights of the child is respected and the definition of a child will be changed to anyone who is under the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Ken Epp Reform Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, it is a rare occasion that I stand to defend the right of NDP members, but this is their supply day. I wonder whether we could have unanimous consent that all these bills be deemed introduced as if they would have been read in the House and printed in the record.
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The Deputy Speaker
That is an excellent suggestion.
Does the House give its consent that the remaining bills standing in the name of the hon. member for Ottawa Centre be deemed to have been given leave to be introduced, read for the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for second reading at the next sitting of the House?
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-343, an act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-344, an act entitled the Canadian child rights act.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-345, an act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Carriage by Air Act, the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, the Criminal Code, the Pension Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-346, an act to amend the Territorial Lands Act (definition of “adult”).
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-347, an act to amend the Interpretation Act (definition of “child”).
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-348, an act to amend the Extradition Act (definition of “child”).
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-349, an act to amend the Government Employees Compensation Act (definition of “infant”).
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Mac Harb Liberal Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-350, an act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (definition of “child”).
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)