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Sections 2-4 form the key provisions of the bill, and read in full as follows: Marriage - certain aspects of capacity 2 Marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others. Religious officials 3 It is recognized that officials of religious groups are free to refuse to perform marriages that are not in accordance with their religious beliefs. Marriage not void or voidable 4 For greater certainty, a marriage is not void or voidable by reason only that the spouses are of the same sex. The remaining sections are "consequential amendments" that simply adjust the wording of existing acts to conform to this one. At the committee stage, the bill was amended with addition of section 31 : Freedom of conscience and religion and expression of beliefs 31 For greater certainty, no person or organization shall be deprived of any benefit, or be subject to any obligation or sanction, under any law of the Parliament of Canada solely by reason of their exercise, in respect of marriage between persons of the same sex, of the freedom of conscience and religion guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the expression of their beliefs in respect of marriage as the union of a man and woman to the exclusion of all others based on that guaranteed freedom.
Desjerlais opposed an d suffered abasement to a lower position. Conservatives tend to vote aga inst C-38, while Bloquistes tend to vote in favour. At least two House c abinet ministers stepped down to vote against the bill.
members of the 38th Canadian Parliamen t and same-sex marriage). Although there was some challenge to it, this opinion was verified with a 158-133 vote at third reading in House on Ju ne 28. The bill passed in the Senate on July 19, with a 46-22 vote.
motion of confid ence through the budget bills, causing the bill to die on the order pape r It would then have been up to a new post-election government to re-in troduce the bill affirming same-sex marriage (or to introduce a bill, of uncertain constitutionality, defining marriage as one man and one woman ).
minority government surv ives no fewer than 16 confidence votes in the House of Commons. But in the end, there was no repeat of the single-vote squeaker win of May 19. Gurmant Grewal on stress leave over the tape scandal and 2 MPs sick with cancer, and Thibault from the BQ away due to the passing away of her father. As well, a series of public opinion polls released just days earlier all showed the Liberals in the lead, one of them released just a week ago showing the Liberals have a 14% lead over the Tories. The Tories seem themselves to not be wanting an election now, either.
The Government can invoke closure and force a vote on C-38 immediately, but it seems unlikely to happen since even the Liberal Government has disgruntled MPs against C-38 that want more debate now that the committee has reported. Weeks ago, Pat O'Brien left the Liberal caucus over the same-sex marriage legislation, that he felt was being rushed through the Commons. Cotler says the Government is where they expected to be which is now at Report Stage and that although he wants to see the legislation passed by the summer, he's only the Minister of Justice.
But with Bill C-38 in the process, MPs of the Liberal, Bloc and NDP parties vote to extend the sitting time through the following week to pass Bill C-38 in third and final reading. The same night, the budget bill (Bill C-48) passes after a late night snap vote is called, ending the threat by Bill C-38 opponents to derail the bill by defeating the budget thereby bringing down the government and forcing a general election.
time allocatio n is passed 163 to 106 limiting further debate on Bill C-38 to nine hours: one before concurrence on the report and eight thereafter. The sitting, which extended until the early morning hours of the next day, ends with a series of votes on proposed amendments in which nine amendments proposed by same-sex marriage opponents are defeated.
An attempt to delay third reading of the bill by six months was defeated 19 to 52, and an amendment to the bill that have declared "traditional marriage" as being between a man and a woman and "civil marriage" as between two persons failed, 24 to 46, with 4 abstentions. Shortly after 11 pm, the Senate passed Bill C-38 on third and final reading by a margin of 47 to 21, with 3 abstentions.
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