S-219 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session October 16, 2013, to August 2, 2015

An Act respecting a national day of commemoration of the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War
Short title: Journey to Freedom Day Act
Bill type
Senate Public Bill
This bill received royal assent on April 23, 2015

Statutes of Canada 2015, c. 14

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, April 10, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 10, 2014
End of stage activities
Second reading, October 29, 2014
Referral to committee, October 29, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 30, 2014
Sitting 54
Major speeches
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May 7, 2014
Sitting 57
Major speeches
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June 19, 2014
October 29, 2014
End of stage activity
Committee report presented with amendments, November 20, 2014
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
October 30, 2014
Meeting 20
November 20, 2014
Meeting 22
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
November 20, 2014
End of stage activity
Committee report adopted, November 27, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
November 25, 2014
November 27, 2014
End of stage activity
Third reading, December 8, 2014
Bill passed by the Senate with amendments
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 2, 2014
December 4, 2014
December 8, 2014
End of stage activity
First reading, December 10, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 10, 2014
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, March 25, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
February 5, 2015
Sitting 170
Major speeches
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March 23, 2015
March 25, 2015
Sitting 189
Agreed to (Vote 365)
2nd reading and referral to committee - CHPC
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without an amendment, April 2, 2015
Committee meetings
Meeting date Minutes
April 1, 2015
Meeting 39
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 2, 2015
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, April 22, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 22, 2015
End of stage activity
Third reading, April 22, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 22, 2015
Sitting 198
Agreed to (Journals 198)
3rd reading

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 365 — March 25, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill S-219, An Act respecting a national day of commemoration of the exodus of Vietnamese refugees and their acceptance in Canada after the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War
Yeas:
266
Nays:
0
Paired:
0
Total:
266

Senate

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Major speeches at second reading

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
April 30, 2014 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 54) Thanh Hai Ngo (Conservative)
May 7, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 57) Mobina S.B. Jaffer (Liberal)

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
February 5, 2015 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 170) Mark Adler (Conservative)
February 5, 2015 Response speech(Sitting 170) Anne Minh-Thu Quach (NDP)
February 5, 2015 Response speech(Sitting 170) Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal)

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