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Bill S-224

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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Parliament of Canada Act to require the Prime Minister, within 180 days after a vacancy happens in the Senate, to recommend to the Governor General a fit and qualified person for appointment to the Senate to fill the vacancy.
It also amends the Act to provide for the order in which by-elections are called when more than one vacancy occurs in the House of Commons.

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