The Senate.

• Date: 22 September 2021
• Author: Hollins, Max

Legislation

On April 30, a message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of operations at the Port of Montreal, and with leave it was placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading later in the sitting. Following a Committee of the Whole on the subject matter of the bill, it was passed at second reading and at third reading, without amendment, and received Royal Assent by written declaration later that day.

On May 4, the Senate passed Bill S-223, An Act respecting Kindness Week, at third reading. Following the bill's adoption by the House of Commons later that month, it received Royal Assent by written declaration on June 3.

Bill C-14, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 30, 2020 and other measures, was adopted by the Senate at third reading, without amendment, on May 5.

On May 6, the Senate passed Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code, at third reading, without amendment. Also on May 6, the Senate passed Bill S-204, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs), and Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate), at third reading. Later that day, Bill C-3 and Bill C-14 received Royal Assent by written declaration.

On June 1 (st), Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, was read a third time and passed. On June 3, the Senate passed Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation), at third reading, without amendment, and it received Royal Assent by written declaration later that day.

Bill C-210, An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ and tissue donors), was passed by the Senate at third reading, without amendment, on June 8. On June 10, the Senate passed Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94), at third reading, without amendment. On June 16, Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, was adopted by the Senate at third reading, without amendment. On June 17, Bill S-211, An Act to establish International Mother Language Day, and Bill S-222, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (use of resources), were read a third time and passed.

The following bills were passed by the Senate at third reading, without amendment, on June 21: Bill C-33, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31,2022; Bill C-34, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022; Bill C-220, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave); Bill C-228, An Act to establish a federal framework to reduce recidivism; and Bill C-237, An Act to establish a national framework for diabetes. Later that day, the following bills received Royal Assent by written declaration: Bill C-8, Bill C-15, Bill C-33, Bill C-34 and Bill C-210.

On June 22, the Senate passed Bill C-208, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm or fishing corporation), and Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting), at third reading, without amendment.

On June 28, Bill S-203, An Act to restrict young persons' online access to sexually explicit material, was read a third time and passed. On June 29, the Senate passed Bill C-12, An Act respecting transparency and accountability in Canada's efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, and...