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S-6 — A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law
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S-6
A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law
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BILL S-6
A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law
Last activity : Senate bill awaiting first reading in the House of Commons
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Senate · 1st2026-02-23Senate · 2nd2026-04-16Senate · 3rd2026-06-17Commons · 1stCommons · 2ndCommons · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Establishes the Federal Law–Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 4, the fourth in a series prepared by the Department of Justice since the Civil Code of Québec came into force in 1994.
- Amends 51 federal statutes so that both the English and French versions of each one reflect the civil law (Quebec) and the common law (rest of Canada).
- Focuses first on the four laws governing financial institutions: the Bank Act, the Cooperative Credit Associations Act, the Insurance Companies Act and the Trust and Loan Companies Act.
- Inserts missing civil law wording, such as "mandatary" alongside "agent", "hypothec" alongside "mortgage", and "immovable" alongside "real property".
- Adjusts securities rules to Quebec realities, recognizing notarial wills, letters of verification, and a proxy that is simply signed rather than formally executed.
- Reaches broad statutes as well, including the Access to Information Act, the Financial Administration Act, the Interpretation Act and the Official Languages Act.
- Makes related changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1, plus coordinating provisions tied to Bill C-15.
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An account (email) is required — one request per person, no anonymous requests. 🔥 At 1,000 requests on the same bill, a public post is made, in the hope an MP agrees to sponsor a petition to the House.
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On the “who voted what” detail — the House of Commons publishes each member's name for every recorded (nominal) vote (Yea / Nay / paired). The by-member breakdown above (the "+" button on each row) comes directly from that official source (ourcommons.ca), not an estimate. The party shown next to each name is taken from the current House roster; people who have since left the House appear separately under "Former members".
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Recorded vote
Members vote one by one and each choice is entered in the public record. That is what lets us say exactly who voted what — no interpretation.
Passed is not law
A passed vote clears ONE stage. A bill must pass both chambers and then receive royal assent before it becomes law.
Paired is not absent
In the Commons, two members from opposing sides can agree not to vote: their voices cancel out. It is neither an absence nor an abstention.
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