Standing Order 130 and Deregistration Erratum

Summary#

This Canada Gazette page (published March 7, 2020) contains two short Parliament-related notices. One reminds readers that Standing Order 130 (about notices for intended private bills) was published earlier. The other is an erratum from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer correcting errors in a previous deregistration notice under the Canada Elections Act.

What it does#

• Notes that Standing Order 130 respecting notices of intended applications for private bills was published in the Canada Gazette on November 30, 2019 and gives a contact for the Private Members’ Business Office for more information.
• Corrects a previous deregistration notice by:
  • Fixing a misspelling: the earlier notice had “Association PPC de La Pointe-de-l’Ïle” (incorrect) and it should read Association PPC de La Pointe-de-l'Île (correct).
  • Removing an entry that should not have appeared: Hull–Aylmer PPC Association was listed in error and should not have been included.

Who's affected#

• Members of Parliament and people or groups interested in introducing private bills (they may use the contact listed for the Private Members’ Business Office).
• The local political associations named in the deregistration notice (the listings for the two “PPC” district associations mentioned). If you are unsure whether your association was affected, the erratum indicates the record was changed.

Why it matters#

• It fixes the official public record so the right local political association is named and an erroneous listing is removed. That matters for transparency and for the groups involved if the listing affected their legal or public status.
• The Standing Order notice is routine but useful for MPs and applicants because it points to where to get rules and contacts for private-bill applications.