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Oath of office for Parliament

C-210 An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (oath of office)

Lets senators and members of Parliament choose to take an oath of office, the oath of allegiance, or both.

What Bill C-210 would do

The bill would amend the Constitution Act, 1867 to give members of the Senate and House of Commons a choice of oaths before taking their seats. Parliamentarians could choose to take and sign the oath of allegiance, an oath of office, or both. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends section 128 of the Constitution Act, 1867 to provide that every member of the Senate or House of Commons of Canada may, before taking their seat, choose to take and subscribe the oath of allegiance, the oath of office or both.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Xavier Barsalou-Duval, Member of Parliament (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 16, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 16, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

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  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House now

  3. Committee in the House not yet

  4. Report stage in the House not yet

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 16, 2025.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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