Bill C-34 · 41th Parliament · Stephen Harper
Tla'amin Final Agreement Act
An Act to give effect to the Tla'amin Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Government bill. Became law.
- IntroducedApril 28, 2014
- Debated in principleApril 28, 2014
- Studied by a committeeDone
- Passed its first chamberApril 28, 2014
- Passed the second chamberJune 10, 2014
- Became lawJune 18, 2014
Leading supporters
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
Who carries this bill
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What it set out to do
The Library of Parliament does not prepare Legislative Summaries for bills that implement treaties, conventions, agreements or administrative arrangements bills. The following is a short summary: On 29 April 2014, the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development introduced Bill C-33, An Act to give effect to the Tla’amin Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Tla’amin Final Agreement Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. The Tla’amin Nation, also known as the Sliammon First Nation, entered the British Columbia treaty process in May 1994. The Final Agreement was ratified by Tla’amin members through a community vote on 10 July 2012. On 14 March 2013, the Tla’amin Final Agreement Act, British Columbia’s legislation ratifying the Final Agreement, received Royal Assent. The signing of the Tla’amin Final Agreement by the three parties was completed on 11 April 2014 when Canada signed the Final Agreement. The Tla’amin Nation is located on the northeast coast of the Strait of Georgia, 130 km northwest of Vancouver, BC. The Tla’amin Nation has approximately 1000 members, 60 percent of whom live on reserve just north of Powell R…
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How precisely it is written
mostly preciseChallenging the law: HardDisputing a charge: Moderate
The Act uses defined terms and clear hierarchy rules to give the external Agreement force of law and to set exact notice periods and publication rules. A few provisions still rely on subjective necessity tests or leave details to the Agreement itself.
Open to argument
“any orders and regulations that are necessary for the purpose of carrying out any of the provisions”
Uses a broad purpose-based test instead of listing specific powers or objective criteria.
Clear-cut
“the issue must not be decided until the party raising the issue has served notice on the Attorney General of Canada, the Attorney General of British Co”
Creates a mandatory precondition with named recipients and fixed timing.“be served at least 14 days before the day of argument, unless the court or tribunal authorizes a shorter period”
Supplies a concrete number and an explicit exception mechanism.“The Agreement prevails over this Act and any other federal law to the extent of any inconsistency between them”
States a clear conflict rule without qualifiers such as 'in the opinion of'.
Discretion. The Governor in Council holds open-ended power to issue any orders or regulations needed to implement the Agreement or Tax Treatment Agreement, and many substantive rules remain inside the external Agreement.
Challenging the law itself. The Act implements a treaty and land-claims agreement under sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, so vagueness or overbreadth arguments face a high threshold.
Disputing a charge under it. Because many obligations are defined only by reference to the Agreement, a person could argue about the exact scope of incorporated rules, though the Act's hierarchy clauses limit the room for dispute.
Read by a language model from the royal assent text; every quoted phrase appears in the bill. A reading of the drafting, not legal advice.
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