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Canadian Legislation
This is an incomplete list of the continuing Acts of the Parliament of Canada. Many of these Acts have had one or more amending Acts. 1867 – 1899 * ''Aliens and Naturalization Act'', 1868 * ''Fisheries Act'', 1868 * ''Gradual Enfranchisement Act'', 1869 * ''Manitoba Act'', 1870 * ''Bank Act'', 1871 * ''Dominion Lands Act,'' 1872 * '' Supreme and Exchequer Courts Act,'' 1875 * ''Indian Act,'' 1876 * '' Canada Temperance Act,'' 1878 * ''Naturalization and Aliens Act,'' 1881 * ''Chinese Immigration Act,'' 1885 * ''Rocky Mountains Park Act'', 1887 * ''Criminal Code,'' 1892 * ''Canada Evidence Act'', 1893 * '' Quebec Boundary Extension Act,'' 1898 1900 – 1929 * ''Alberta Act,'' 1905 * ''Saskatchewan Act,'' 1905 * ''Juvenile Delinquents Act,'' 1908 * ''Immigration Act,'' 1910 * ''Naval Service Act'', 1910 * '' Quebec Boundaries Extension Act,'' 1912 * ''Finance Act,'' 1914 * ''Naturalization Act,'' 1914 * ''War Measures Act,'' 1914 * '' Military Service Act'', 1917 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts of law passed by the Legislature, legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of parliament begin as a Bill (law), bill, which the legislature votes on. Depending on the structure of government, this text may then be subject to assent or approval from the Executive (government), executive branch. Bills A draft act of parliament is known as a Bill (proposed law), bill. In other words, a bill is a proposed law that needs to be discussed in the parliament before it can become a law. In territories with a Westminster system, most bills that have any possibility of becoming law are introduced into parliament by the government. This will usually happen following the publication of a "white paper", setting out the issues and the way in which the proposed new law is intended to deal with them. A bill may also be introduced in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Service Act
The ''Naval Service Act'' was a statute of the Parliament of Canada, enacted in 1910. The Act was put forward by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier to establish a Canadian navy. Prior to the passage of the Act, Canada did not have a navy of its own, being dependent on the British Royal Navy for maritime defence. The Act intended to provide Canada with a separate naval force, but one that, if needed, could be placed under British control during a time of war. French-Canadian nationalists and British-Canadian imperialists both opposed the Act, although for different reasons. The controversy of the naval question eventually contributed to the defeat of Laurier's government in the federal election of 1911. The new Conservative government, led by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden, instead proposed building three battleships or cruisers, to be put at the service of the British Navy.Bercusion, David J. and J.L Granastein The Collins Dictionary of Canadian Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combines Investigation Act
The ''Combines Investigation Act'' was a Canadian Act of Parliament, implemented in 1910, passed in 1923 by MacKenzie King, which regulated certain corporate business practices that were anti-competitive. It prohibited monopolies, misleading advertising, bid-rigging, price fixing, and other means of limiting competition. It was revised in 1952 and amended in 1969 by the ''Criminal Law Amendment Act'', 1968–69.S.C. 1968-69 c. 38 sec. 116 It was a rather notorious piece of legislation in Canadian constitutional law for the powers it granted to non-police officers to enter private premises without a judicially issued search warrant and seize evidence that they suspected were in relation to a violation of the Act. This culminated in a raid of the offices of the Edmonton Journal and the ensuing Supreme Court decision in ''Hunter v Southam Inc'', where provisions of the Act were held to be inoperative in light of the recently enacted ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, known today as the Chinese Exclusion Act (the duration of which has been dubbed the Exclusion Era), was an act passed by the government of Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were completely prohibited from immigrating to Canada. History Before 1923, Chinese immigration was heavily controlled by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which imposed an onerous head tax on all immigrants from China. After various members of the federal and some provincial governments (especially British Columbia) put pressure on the federal government to discourage Chinese immigration, the Chinese Immigration Act was passed. It went into effect on 1 July 1923. The Act banned Chinese immigrants from entering Canada except those under the following titles: * Diplomat * Foreign student * "Special circumstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food And Drugs Act
The ''Food and Drugs Act'' (the ''Act'') (formal title ''An Act respecting food, drugs, cosmetics and therapeutic devices'') is an act of the Parliament of Canada regarding the production, import, export, transport across provinces and sale of food, drugs, contraceptive devices and cosmetics (including personal cleaning products such as soap and toothpaste). It was first passed in 1920 and most recently revised in 1985. It attempts to ensure that these products are safe, that their ingredients are disclosed and that drugs are effective and are not sold as food or cosmetics. It also states that cures for disease listed in Schedule A (including cancer, obesity, anxiety, asthma, depression, appendicitis, and sexually transmitted diseases), cannot be advertised to the general public. Background After the launch of the Federal Department of Health in 1919, the ''Food and Drugs Act'' was presented in late 1920. Rules and regulations developed under the ''Act'' established the require ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion Elections Act
The ''Dominion Elections Act'' was a bill passed by the House of Commons of Canada in 1920, under Robert Borden's Unionist Party (Canada), Unionist government. The Act allowed white women to run for the Parliament of Canada. However, women from most/all minorities, for example, Aboriginals and Asians, were not granted these rights. This bill was passed due in part to the advocacy of Nellie McClung, a women's rights activist from Manitoba. The law established the agency now known as ''Elections Canada'' with the position of Chief Electoral Officer (Canada), Chief Electoral Officer as head of the agency. Background During World War I, the country was split on the issue of conscription. Ahead of the 1917 Canadian federal election, 1917 election, the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party experienced splits among individual MPs. Protests erupted over the government's plan to introduce conscription in what became known as the Conscription Crisis of 1917, conscription crisis of 1917. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Highways Act
The ''Canada Highways Act'' was a 1919 act of the Dominion Parliament of Canada. The Act established a fund to support the construction of provincial highways as part of the post-World War I reconstruction program of Robert Borden's Union government. Background In the mid-nineteenth century, the primary modes of transportation were rail and waterways, and authority over them was granted to the federal government under Canada's Constitution; roads were thought of as a local concern and were delegated to the provinces. As the automobile rose in prominence in the early 20th century, organizations such as the Good Roads Movement and local motor clubs put pressure on governments to provide improved roads. Several provinces established their own highway authorities to coordinate the development of regional road networks. The federal government's first effort to fund highway construction came with the Railway Grade Crossing Fund in 1907. Robert Borden's Conservative government f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Service Act 1918
The ''Civil Service Act, 1918'' was an Act of the Parliament of Canada that following the First World War. The Act initiated a number of reforms to be made to the Civil Service of Canada and had implications on how Canadian public administration unfolded over the following decades. The Act was amended in 1938 and 1961. In 1967, the Act was replaced by the ''Public Service Employment Act 1967'' and ''Public Service Staff Relations Act''. The two Acts were amended by the ''Public Service Reform Act'' 1992. The ''Public Service Employment Act'' 1967 was itself replaced by the ''Public Service Employment Act'' 2003. Background In 1911, a number of members of the Ontario business community made a proposal to the then leader of the opposition, Robert Borden. In the proposal, they agreed to support Borden in the upcoming election if he instituted reforms in the civil service. Those who lobbied for the reforms made the argument that until then the Civil Service of Canada had been in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistics Act
The ''Statistics Act'' (the ''Act'') is an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1918 which created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, now called Statistics Canada since 1971. The ''Statistics Act'' gives Statistics Canada the authority to "collect, compile, analyze, abstract, and publish information on the economic, social and general conditions of the country and its citizens." To balance Statistics Canada's extensive powers to collect information, the ''Act'' establishes the legal requirement for the agency to protect the confidentiality of respondents to Statistics Canada surveys. The legislation makes a formal commitment to respondents that the information they provide will never be released to anyone in a form that will identify them without their authorization. Legal requirement Citizens who refuse to participate in providing information, or who provide false information, have committed an offence under the ''Act'' under c. S-19: ''...information collected under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wartime Elections Act
The Canadian ''Wartime Elections Act'' was a bill passed on September 20, 1917 by the Conservative government of Robert Borden during the Conscription Crisis of 1917 and was instrumental in pushing Liberals to join the Conservatives in the formation of the Canada, Canadian Unionist Party (Canada), Unionist government. While the bill was an explicit attempt to get more votes for the government, it was also the first act giving women the vote in federal elections. The Act gave the vote to the wives, widows, mothers, and sisters of soldiers serving overseas. They were the first women ever to be able to vote in Canadian federal elections and were also a group that was strongly in favour of conscription. The act also disenfranchised "enemy-alien" citizens naturalized after March 31, 1902 (unless they had relatives serving in the armed forces); this meaning primarily German Canadian, German, Ukrainian Canadian, Ukrainian, and Polish Canadians (former subjects of the German Empire, German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Voters Act
The ''Military Voters Act'' was a World War I piece of Canada, Canadian legislation passed in 1917, giving the right to vote to all Canadian soldiers. The act was significant for swinging the newly enlarged military vote in the Unionist Party (Canada), Union Party's favour, and in that it gave a large number of Women's suffrage in Canada, Canadian women the right to vote for the first time. Background With the Conscription Crisis of 1917 in full swing, Prime Minister Robert Borden was anxious to produce a solution to the manpower problem that Canada had been experiencing as the war drew on. With the main opposition to conscription coming from his French-speaking ministers, the Prime Minister favoured the creation of a coalition government of Conservatives and Liberals. It was believed that this was the best means to introduce mandatory service in the military. Although Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Liberal party leader, understood the need for a coalition government in order to withs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Service Act (Canada)
The ''Military Service Act, 1917'' was an act passed by the Parliament of Canada in an effort to recruit more soldiers. Background The First World War was going badly, casualties were enormous, and Canada's contribution in manpower compared unfavourably with that of other countries. Voluntary enlistment had been uneven, and the military believed they could not maintain the Canadian Corps at full strength without conscription. Encouraged by English Canadians and the British, Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden introduced the ''Military Service Act''. Riots broke out in Quebec. The ''Militia Act'' of 1904 already provided for military service for all male British subjects between the ages of 18 and 60, but the calling-up was by '' levée en masse'', which would have caused massive disruption through the pulling of skilled workers from agriculture and industry. Administration Under the 1917 act, the male population of Canada was divided into several classes for the purpose of bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
