Bill C-61
An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands
Bill C-61 — status: Report stage (House). This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-61
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 10 sessions:
An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands
An Act to give effect to the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
An Act to amend the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act
An Act to amend the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures
An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of the property of officials and former officials of foreign states and of their family members
An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of railway operations
An Act to amend the Copyright Act
An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act
An Act to amend the Canada Marine Act and other Acts
An Act respecting leadership selection, administration and accountability of Indian bands, and to make related amendments to other Acts
Division Votes (0)
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Parliamentary Debates (51)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-61.
Government Orders
…, I imagine that millions of hours of work went into those 25 bills, many of them so close, such as Bill C-61 on first nations water sovereignty or Bill C-33 on rail safety and ports. Let us celebrate this: The deceased Bill C-71 is back as Bill C-3. Let us hope we can have collaboration now. The Liberals he…
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…hance to substitute onto the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs for the study of Bill C-61 and I appreciated sitting with the hon. member, whose interventions were quite thoughtful. In his speech, he mentioned the need to improve the competitive environment, to improve competition. That is…
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…peaker, I appreciate the words from the member opposite. We did have a good working relationship on Bill C-61. I thought there was a lot of good discussion as we moved through that piece of legislation. It was good to see the member come from a different committee and add a bit of a different perspective. Th…
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…e Conservative Party voted to refuse to send that bill to the Senate. They stood against us sending Bill C-61 to the Senate. Shame on them. We need to solve drinking water for generations to come.
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…uages, the 19th report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, in relation to Bill C-61, an act respecting water, source water, drinking water, waste water and related infrastructure on first nation lands. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the…
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…I had the privilege of sitting with my hon. colleague on the INAN committee during the revisions of Bill C-61. Today we are not here to talk about that; we are here to talk about, certainly, the member for Edmonton Centre and what is looking like identity fraud, and about the Conservatives' using the whole s…
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… thank the member opposite and hope that she will work with her party to ensure the safe passage of Bill C-61, a clean drinking water act for first nations, which was co-developed with first nations in this country. There are many opportunities for the party opposite to support indigenous priorities, and tha…
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…adding the following: “(iii) given priority to this study, subject only to its order of referencing Bill C-61, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands; and (iv) have the first priority for the use of House resources for committee meet…
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…I thank her for her efforts. I want to assure the member that we are absolutely committed to seeing Bill C-61 passed in the House, reflecting the wishes of our partners. We are working collaboratively with all parties of the House. I would hope that the NDP would join us in that. We are working to ensure tha…
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…hey will not give first nations their autonomy and proper funding. They are rejecting amendments to Bill C-61 that came directly from first nations. When will the government stop working with Conservatives against first nations? [English]
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