Bill Detail

This private member's bill, known as Bill C-279, proposes to repeal the Clarity Act. The Clarity Act, passed in 2000, set conditions under which the federal government would recognize and negotiate a province's secession. The bill's preamble asserts that the Québécois people form a nation, that this nation has been recognized by the House of Commons, and that decisions about its future rest with them. Therefore, the bill argues that the federal government should not dictate the terms of Quebec's self-determination.