An Act to amalgamate The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa and The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, in Ontario, Canada

Bill S-1001 was a private Senate bill (the S-1001 series is reserved for private bills incorporating non-profits, religious bodies, charities, and similar non-policy matters). Bill S-1001 specifically authorized the amalgamation of The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of certain Canadian dioceses, a federal-corporate-governance matter typically handled outside the standard government-and-PMB legislative process. Private bills under the Standing Orders of the Senate are referred to committee for clause-by-clause study and typically pass without political opposition. Companion to similar federal-corporate-amalgamation bills passed in successive Parliaments to update Canadian religious-organization governance frameworks under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (S.C. 2009, c. 23) and predecessor frameworks.