Royal Assent for Several Acts; EDAs Deregistered

Summary#

On June 20, 2024, several bills received Royal Assent, as listed in the House of Commons notice in the Canada Gazette. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer also announced that three local electoral district associations will be deregistered, effective June 30, 2024.

What it does#

• Lists bills that were assented to on June 20, 2024, including:
  • An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate) (Bill S-202)
  • An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (transparent and accurate broadband services information) (Bill C-288)
  • An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice (Bill C-226)
  • An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012 (Bill C-58)
  • An Act respecting accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs for workers and economic growth in a net-zero economy (Bill C-50)
  • An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (Bill S-9)
  • An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (Bill C-59)
  • An Act respecting countering foreign interference (Bill C-70)
  • An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024 (Bill C-69)
  • An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (Bill C-74)
  • An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (Bill C-75)
• Announces deregistration, under the Canada Elections Act, of the following registered electoral district associations, effective June 30, 2024:
  • Kenora Green Party of Canada EDA
  • PPC Selkirk EDA
  • Kenora (the listing appears as part of the first name above; the notice lists three deregistrations — see source)
• Notes that Standing Order 130 (about notices for intended applications for private bills) was previously published and provides contact info for the Private Members’ Business Office.

Who's affected#

• People and groups tied to the topics of the bills listed — for example, telecom customers, workers and unions, environmental justice advocates, and authorities dealing with foreign interference — may see changes once those Acts are implemented.
• The specific local party groups named — Kenora Green Party of Canada EDA and PPC Selkirk EDA — are directly affected by the deregistration notice.
• The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer and the political financing team (the notice is signed by Tamara Kluke) are involved in these electoral listings.

Why it matters#

• The Royal Assent entries show which federal measures completed the parliamentary process and are recorded in the official Gazette notice. The listed Acts cover practical topics people might notice in daily life: broadband information, labour rules, environmental justice, national security measures, and federal budgets.
• The deregistration of electoral district associations means those local party organizations are no longer listed as registered EDAs as of June 30, 2024. The notice does not spell out the practical consequences of deregistration.
• Overall, this item is mostly a formal record of recent parliamentary and electoral-administration actions.