Bill C-316
An Act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Court Challenges Program)
Bill C-316 — status: Report stage (House). This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
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Division Votes (1)
2nd reading of Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Court Challenges Program)
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Parliamentary Debates (17)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-316.
Routine Proceedings
… official languages, the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, in relation to Bill C-316, an act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act on the court challenges program. The committee studied the bill and decided to report it back to the House with amendments.
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…inister plenty of time to answer. The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is currently studying Bill C-316, which deals with a program that we want to create a framework for and that we hope will become permanent. The Bloc Québécois defended this program during the years of the Harper government, which wa…
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… report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage concerning the extension of time to consider Bill C-316, an act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act with regard to the court challenges program. Call in the members.
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… official languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in relation to Bill C-316, an act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act and the court challenges program. The committee has studied the bill and, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1(1), requests a 30-day extension to c…
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The House resumed from November 8 consideration of the motion that Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Court Challenges Program), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-316, under Private Members' Business. Call in the members.
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…oms of all people in Canada. I speak of the court challenges program and the legislation before us, Bill C-316, an act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act. Since its creation in 1978, the court challenges program has come to be seen as a unique feature of our constitutional democracy, helping peo…
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… best to represent not only Canada but also Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. We are here today to discuss Bill C-316, an act to amend the court challenges program. This is an interesting act when we think about it. In my research to prepare for my speech, I saw that the court challenges program has existed for a gr…
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…wever, has been on and off again over the years, and this is problematic. The purpose of this bill, Bill C-316, is to provide an enduring mechanism wired into legislation, administered by arm's-length, independent experts, to support the examination of nonfrivolous, nonvexatious questions that are significant…
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in support of Bill C-316 at second reading. This is a bill that would amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act to require the minister of heritage to maintain the court challenges program. In other words, it would simpl…
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