Bill S-245
National Blanket Ceremony Day Act
Bill S-245 has passed the House and is being considered in the Senate.
Other Bills Numbered S-245
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 4 sessions:
National Blanket Ceremony Day Act
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)
Trans Mountain Pipeline Project Act
An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and other Acts (unfunded pension plan liabilities)
Division Votes (1)
2nd reading of Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)
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Parliamentary Debates (80)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill S-245.
Private Members' Business
…e. As always, every single day it is an honour to represent my community. I am thrilled to speak on Bill S-245. I heard the comments of members who spoke on it and I too speak in support of the bill. I am a proud Canadian and very much like my friend from Calgary Shepard, I was not born in Canada. I came from…
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Madam Speaker, today I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill S-245. I want to extend my thanks to my hon. colleague from the Bloc Québécois who just spoke. The New Democrats vote in favour of policies that are good for Canadians and will, of course, oppose those tha…
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…volving Quebec citizenship. That will happen one day, I guarantee it. The matter before us today is Bill S-245. An injustice occurred. IRCC is in the process of correcting it, but is this not proof once again that IRCC is taking far too long to correct the injustices? Is this not proof that IRCC has grown far…
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moved that Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill S-245, an act to am…
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…t for people to apply to retain their citizenship when they turned 28. In fact, the main message of Bill S-245 is that we should be giving citizenship back to all of the people who lost it because of provisions in previous Canadian laws that were overly complex, unfair, sexist or even racist. At the risk of r…
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to speak to Bill S-245, seeking to make amendments to the Citizenship Act and address concerns raised on past citizenship. I would first like to extend my thanks to Senator Yonah Martin for her advocacy and for bringing fo…
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…nd this important bill that is being sponsored by my colleague, the member for Calgary Forest Lawn. Bill S-245 is one key step towards ensuring the inclusion of Canadians as citizens who have fallen through the cracks due to a gap in legislation. This group, commonly called the lost Canadians, is actually one…
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…nged; she had to shame the government to give her a special grant and to give her citizenship back. Bill S-245 would fix this age 28 rule, and that is a good thing. However, this bill does not address the other issues for lost Canadians. Through Bill C-37, the Conservatives ended the extension of citizenship …
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moved that Bill S-245, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians), be read the first time. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to move first reading of Bill S-245, an act to amend th…
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…se that the Senate has passed the following bill, to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-245, an act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians).
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