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Bill C-37

Historical
Second reading (House)

An Act to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Employment Insurance Board of Appeal)

Bill C-37 is at second reading in the House. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Carla Qualtrough
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2022-12-14

Other Bills Numbered C-37

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 12 sessions:

44-1

An Act to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Employment Insurance Board of Appeal)

Second reading (House)
42-1

An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

Second reading (House)
40-2

An Act to amend the National Capital Act and other Acts

In committee (House)
39-2

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-1

An Act to amend the law governing financial institutions and to provide for related and consequential matters

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-3

A second Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of the Province of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law

Second reading (House)
37-2

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

An Act to facilitate the implementation of those provisions of first nations' claim settlements in the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan that relate to the creation of reserves or the addition of land to existing reserves, and to make related amendments to the Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act and the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (0)

No recorded division votes found for this bill.

Parliamentary Debates (118)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-37.

Hon. Bardish Chagger2024-09-17
Citizenship Act
0

Government Orders

…appreciated the member's insights at countering this false narrative by the Conservatives regarding Bill C-37, who then are intentionally choosing to forget that former prime minister Stephen Harper basically gave an ultimatum to members to either take this step that lost Canadians were fighting for or none …

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Mr. Tom Kmiec2024-09-17
Citizenship Act
0

Government Orders

…ded in 2009. Actually, those portions would not be amended here; that was done way before. In 2009, Bill C-37 introduced the first-generation limits. It was supported by all parties. It was supported twice by the Liberal Party of Canada, by the NDP and by the Bloc, and yes, it was a Conservative bill. It is …

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Ms. Jenny Kwan2024-09-17
Citizenship Act
0

Government Orders

…y the Conservatives. The Conservatives keep saying that the NDP and the Liberals voted with them on Bill C-37 15 years ago. Do members know why? It is because Stephen Harper, at that time, put out an edict and said that if the bill was not passed unanimously, it would mean that war veterans and war brides wo…

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2024-09-16
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from May 2 consideration of the motion that Bill C-379, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (motor vehicle theft), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-09-16
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act
0

Private Members' Business

…es are on a number of policy fronts, because they do send confusing messages. Let us take a look at Bill C-379 as an example. What we see is a bill that likely Stephen Harper would not have introduced. Why? If we look at his former legal adviser, Ben Perrin, he did not speak very positively about Conservativ…

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-09-16
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act
0

Private Members' Business

… during Private Members' Business as the NDP's public safety critic to share some of my thoughts on Bill C-379. I know that the member for Prince Albert, who introduced the bill, is coming at this issue with sincerity. I think every member in the House, no matter what political party we belong to, understand…

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Mr. Arnold Viersen2024-09-16
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act
0

Private Members' Business

…x, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime. This bill, which we are talking about today, Bill C-379, will be one step in the stop-the-crime initiatives that we have undertaken. I do not know if one remembers when one received one's driver's licence, but I do remember when I received my driver's li…

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Mr. Tom Kmiec2024-09-16
Citizenship Act
0

Government Orders

…he record, as I said in my question, on February 15 and February 7, 2008, in the original debate on Bill C-37 on the first-generation limit that introduced the rules that existed between 2009 and the end of 2023, when the Ontario Superior Court ruled that there were two charter violations, the Liberals voted…

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Mr. Tom Kmiec2024-09-16
Citizenship Act
0

Government Orders

… thoughtful answer, as best I can. Her own party voted for this legislation twice, back when it was Bill C-37, the first-generation limit—

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Mr. Tom Kmiec2024-09-16
Citizenship Act
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, to continue what I was saying, when we had Bill C-37, the first-generation limit was introduced, and the Liberal Party of Canada voted in favour of those changes, twice. The Liberals cannot now claim that it is a charter violation and that they have ch…

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