S-10 , 44th Parliament, 1st session November 22, 2021, to present
An Act to give effect to the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement, to amend the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act and the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
This bill received royal assent on June 23, 2022
Statutes of Canada 2022, c. 9
Progress
Senate
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Introduction and first reading, June 9, 2022
Chamber sittings
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June 9, 2022 |
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Second reading, June 14, 2022
Referral to committee, June 14, 2022
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June 14, 2022 |
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Committee report presented without amendment, June 16, 2022
Committee meetings
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June 15, 2022 |
Meeting 13 |
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June 16, 2022 |
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Third reading, June 16, 2022
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June 16, 2022 |
House of Commons
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First reading, June 17, 2022
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June 17, 2022 |
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Second reading and referral to committee, June 22, 2022
Chamber sittings
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June 22, 2022 |
Sitting 94
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(Journals 94)
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Committee report presented without an amendment, June 22, 2022
Committee of the Whole
Chamber sittings
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June 22, 2022 |
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Concurrence at report stage, June 22, 2022
Chamber sittings
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June 22, 2022 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, June 22, 2022
Chamber sittings
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June 22, 2022 |
Sitting 94
Agreed to
(Journals 94)
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Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
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Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | Senator |
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| June 14, 2022 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 53) | Patti LaBoucane-Benson (Non-affiliated) |
| June 14, 2022 | Response speech(Sitting 53) | Yonah Martin (Conservative) |
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Legislative summary
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On 9 June 2022, Sen. Marc Gold introduced Bill S-10, An Act to give effect to the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement, to amend the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act and the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act), and it was given first reading.
Part 1 enacts the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act and makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
Part 2 amends the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act to, among other things,
(a) include certain elements typically provided for in self-government agreements;
(b) specify elements that must be included in the shíshálh Nation’s constitution and set out an obligation to make publicly accessible amendments to the constitution as well as shíshálh laws and amendments to those laws;
(c) take into account changes to the names of the Indigenous collective and of certain entities referred to in that Act to better align with the Indigenous language of the collective;
(d) clarify that the council of the shíshálh Nation may make laws relating to child and family services;
(e) specify the manner in which and the conditions under which lands in British Columbia may become shíshálh lands;
(f) allow the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations to enter into an agreement with the Nation for the establishment of a shíshálh Lands Register;
(g) ensure that entering into funding agreements no longer requires the approval of the Governor in Council; and
(h) specify that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to the Council, the shíshálh Nation Government District Council and to any administrative bodies and agencies assisting in the administration of the affairs of the Nation.
It also amends transitional provisions and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Part 3 amends the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act to ensure that entering into funding agreements no longer requires the approval of the Governor in Council.
On 9 June 2022, Sen. Marc Gold introduced Bill S-10, An Act to give effect to the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement, to amend the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act and the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act), and it was given first reading.
Part 1 enacts the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act and makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
Part 2 amends the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act to, among other things,
(a) include certain elements typically provided for in self-government agreements;
(b) specify elements that must be included in the shíshálh Nation’s constitution and set out an obligation to make publicly accessible amendments to the constitution as well as shíshálh laws and amendments to those laws;
(c) take into account changes to the names of the Indigenous collective and of certain entities referred to in that Act to better align with the Indigenous language of the collective;
(d) clarify that the council of the shíshálh Nation may make laws relating to child and family services;
(e) specify the manner in which and the conditions under which lands in British Columbia may become shíshálh lands;
(f) allow the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations to enter into an agreement with the Nation for the establishment of a shíshálh Lands Register;
(g) ensure that entering into funding agreements no longer requires the approval of the Governor in Council; and
(h) specify that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to the Council, the shíshálh Nation Government District Council and to any administrative bodies and agencies assisting in the administration of the affairs of the Nation.
It also amends transitional provisions and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Part 3 amends the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act to ensure that entering into funding agreements no longer requires the approval of the Governor in Council.
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