Bill C-99

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SUMMARY
Citizenship Act
Coming into Force
SCHEDULE

First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65-66-67-68 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-99
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act

FIRST READING, May 28, 2019

MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to include, in the Oath or Affirmation of Citizenship, a solemn promise to respect the Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65-66-67-68 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-99

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍‍S.‍‍, c. C-29

Citizenship Act

1 The schedule to the Citizenship Act is replaced by the schedule set out in the schedule to this Act.

Coming into Force

Day after royal assent

2 This Act comes into force on the day after the day on which it receives royal assent.

SCHEDULE

(Section 1)

SCHEDULE

(Section 24)

Oath or Affirmation of Citizenship

I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada, including the Constitution, which recognizes and affirms the Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.