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Bill C-56

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 15, 2023
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act

  • Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act”.

    Part 1 amends the Excise Tax Act in order to implement a temporary enhancement to the GST New Residential Rental Property Rebate in respect of new purpose-built rental housing.

    Part 2 amends the Competition Act to, among other things,

    (a) establish a framework for an inquiry to be conducted into the state of competition in a market or industry;

    (b) permit the Competition Tribunal to make certain orders even if none of the parties to an agreement or arrangement — a significant purpose of which is to prevent or lessen competition in any market — are competitors; and

    (c) repeal the exceptions in sections 90.‍1 and 96 of the Act involving efficiency gains.

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House Motion No. 474

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Dec. 5, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act
  • That Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments].

House Motion No. 456

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Nov. 23, 2023, 11:45 p.m.
2nd reading of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act
  • That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.