First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
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FIRST READING, December 13, 2021
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Mr. Bachrach |
This enactment amends the Canada Elections Act to lower the federal voting age in Canada from 18 to 16 years of age.
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
BILL C-210 |
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Right to Vote at 16 Act.
2000, c. 9
future elector means a Canadian citizen who is 14 years of age or older but under Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age. (futur électeur)
3 Every person who is a Canadian citizen and is Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older on polling day is qualified as an elector.
5 (1) Subparagraph 281.3(a)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(ii) is not Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older — or will not be Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older — on polling day; or
(ii) is not Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older — or will not be Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older — on polling day.
(b) the elector is Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older or will be Insertion start 16 Insertion end years of age or older on polling day;
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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