Bill S-219

Second reading (Senate)

An Act to establish Judicial Independence Day

Bill S-219 has passed the House and is being considered in the Senate.

Sponsor:Unknown
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-05-28

Other Bills Numbered S-219

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:

45-1

An Act to establish Judicial Independence Day

Second reading (Senate)
44-1

An Act respecting a National Ribbon Skirt Day

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims)

Second reading (Senate)
43-1

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum (voting age)

Second reading (Senate)
42-1

An Act to deter Iran-sponsored terrorism, incitement to hatred, and human rights violations

Defeated
41-2

An Act respecting a national day of commemoration of the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to establish the Canadian Commission on Mental Health and Justice

Second reading (Senate)
40-3

An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (rural postal services and the Canada Post Ombudsman)

In committee (Senate)
40-2

An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (student loans)

Dead
39-2

An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (elimination of bureaucratic patronage and establishment of national area of selection)

Senate bill, now waiting to be considered in the House
39-1

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act

In committee (Senate)

Division Votes (0)

No recorded division votes found for this bill.

Parliamentary Debates (20)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill S-219.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker2026-06-11
Message from the Senate
Procedural

Government Orders

…e that the Senate has passed the following bills, to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-219, an act to establish judicial independence day, and Bill S-221, an act to provide for the recognition of the Canada jay as the national bird of Canada.

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Mel Arnold2026-02-27
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ank the Hon. Lisa Raitt, who tabled Bill C-466 in the 42nd Parliament; Senator Boisvenu, who tabled Bill S-219 in the 43rd Parliament; and Dr. Colin Carrie, who tabled Bill C-320 in the 44th Parliament. I thank them all for their efforts to improve Canadian law. It is good to see that the government has forma…

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Mel Arnold2026-01-29
Protecting Victims Act
0

Government Orders

…ame proposal. Those bills were Bill C-466, sponsored by the Hon. Lisa Raitt in the 42nd Parliament, Bill S-219, sponsored by Senator Boisvenu in the 43rd Parliament, and Bill C-320, sponsored by Dr. Colin Carrie in the 44th Parliament. The legislative proposals of our bills are now included in a government bi…

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Mr. Colin Carrie2023-06-06
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ne 2019 and then again in the Senate by the Hon. Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu in December 2020 as Bill S-219. I want to thank Ms. Raitt and Senator Boisvenu for their work on this file. Now, I am hoping that I am three times lucky, and that this bill will finally make it through our process and become the l…

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Mrs. Jenica Atwin2023-05-02
Red Dress Day
0

Government Orders

…to be on the same page and to address this issue. I was also really fortunate to be able to sponsor Bill S-219, an act respecting a national ribbon skirt day on January 4, in this House. This was done in the name of Senator Jane McCallum for Isabella Kulak and her community in Saskatchewan. These are concrete…

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Ms. Rachel Blaney2022-12-09
National Ribbon Skirt Day Act
0

Private Members' Business

…d, so that nothing was ever really lost. That had a really significant impact on me. When I look at Bill S-219, a bill to make January 4 national ribbon skirt day, it makes me think of how, in spite of everything, in spite of such a targeted effort to destroy the first peoples of this land, they are still her…

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Mrs. Jenica Atwin2022-12-09
National Ribbon Skirt Day Act
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill S-219, be read the third time and passed. Madam Speaker, as always, I want to first begin by acknowledging that I am addressing the House from the unceded territory of the Anishinabe people. At the core of…

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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2022-12-09
National Ribbon Skirt Day Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, Bill S-219, an act respecting a national ribbon skirt day, was introduced in the Senate by the Hon. Mary Jane McCallum on November 24, 2021. I was blessed to have the opportunity to attend and participate in th…

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Ms. Sylvie Bérubé2022-12-09
National Ribbon Skirt Day Act
0

Private Members' Business

…da, Mélanie, Jenny, Nancy and Éric. It is an honour to rise in the House this afternoon to speak to Bill S-219, which creates a national ribbon skirt day to be held every year on January 4. The Bloc Québécois is obviously in favour of the bill, given that it aligns with our party's general position and our co…

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Hon. Marc Garneau2022-12-05
Committees of the House
0

Routine Proceedings

…uages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs in relation to Bill S-219, an act respecting a national ribbon skirt day. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House. I would add that the committee's constructive approach to stud…

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