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Bill C-59
- At report stage in the House of Commons
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- This bill, called the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, implements certain provisions of the fall economic statement and budget tabled in Parliament in 2023. It includes amendments to the Income Tax Act and other legislation, such as limiting the deductibility of net interest and financing expenses, implementing hybrid mismatch rules, allowing certain expenditures in the exploration and development of lithium to qualify as Canadian exploration expenses, and introducing various tax credits and exemptions. It also includes amendments related to digital services tax, Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax measures, excise tax measures, and other measures related to competition, bankruptcy and insolvency, money laundering, and more.
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Bill C-280
- At consideration in committee in the Senate
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- This bill aims to protect fruit and vegetable farmers by amending the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. It states that if a supplier sells perishable fruits or vegetables to a purchaser, and the purchaser doesn't fully pay for them and becomes bankrupt or subject to receivership, the fruits, vegetables, and their proceeds of sale should be held in trust by the purchaser for the supplier. This means that the supplier would have a claim to these assets even if the purchaser is unable to fully pay for them. The bill also includes provisions for the supplier and purchaser to seek court directions and appeal decisions. The laws of the province where the purchaser resides or does business apply to this trust, and any conflicts with this bill are resolved in favor of the provincial laws.
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Bill C-232
- At consideration in committee in the Senate
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- This bill declares April as "Arab Heritage Month" in Canada. It aims to recognize the important contributions of Arab Canadians to the country's social, cultural, and economic landscape. The bill acknowledges the rich history and vibrant culture of Arab Canadians, including their contributions to literature, music, food, and fashion. With this bill, Parliament aims to celebrate and honor the vital role that Arab Canadians have played in building Canadian society.
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Bill C-20
- At report stage in the House of Commons
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- Bill C-20 is an act that establishes the Public Complaints and Review Commission (PCRC) and makes amendments to certain Acts and statutory instruments. The PCRC is a new independent body that replaces the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Its main purpose is to review and investigate complaints concerning the conduct and level of service of Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canada Border Services Agency personnel. The PCRC is also authorized to conduct reviews of specified activities of these agencies. The Chairperson of the PCRC has the power to recommend disciplinary processes or measures for individuals who have been the subject of complaints. The bill also amends the Canada Border Services Agency Act to provide for the investigation of serious incidents involving officers and employees of the Agency. Additionally, the bill makes changes to federal statutes and other instruments to repla
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Bill C-69
- At second reading in the House of Commons
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Bill C-294
- At consideration in committee in the Senate
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- This is a bill that amends the Copyright Act to allow people to bypass technological protection measures to make computer programs or devices interoperable with other computer programs or components, under certain circumstances. It also includes limitations on the use of obtained information, technology, or components and does not allow benefit from the exceptions if the person commits copyright infringement or contravenes any Act of Parliament or any Act of the legislature of a province. This bill passed the House of Commons on June 14, 2023.
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Bill C-275
- At consideration in committee in the Senate
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- Bill C-275 is a law that changes the Health of Animals Act to make it illegal for someone to enter a place where animals are kept if there is a risk of exposing those animals to a disease or toxic substance. This applies to individuals and companies, and breaking this law can result in fines or imprisonment. The purpose of this bill is to improve biosecurity measures on farms and protect the health of animals.
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Bill C-244
- At consideration in committee in the Senate
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- This bill, known as Bill C-244, aims to amend the Copyright Act in Canada. It allows for the circumvention of technological protection measures in computer programs if it is solely for the purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, or repairing a product in which the program is embedded. It also permits the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, renting, and provision of technologies, devices, or components used for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of such products. Essentially, this bill allows for easier access to computer programs for the purpose of fixing or maintaining the products they are a part of.
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Bill C-226
- At third reading in the Senate
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- This bill, called the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act, requires the Minister of the Environment to develop a national strategy to promote efforts across Canada to address the harm caused by environmental racism. The strategy must include a study on the link between race, socio-economic status, and environmental risk, as well as measures that can be taken to advance environmental justice and assess, prevent, and address environmental racism. The Minister must consult or cooperate with interested persons, bodies, organizations, or communities to develop the strategy and ensure that it is consistent with the recognition and implementation of the rights of Indigenous peoples. The Minister must also prepare and table a report on the national strategy in Parliament every five years after its completion.
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Bill C-355
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- This is a summary of a bill called the Prohibition of the Export of Horses by Air for Slaughter Act. The purpose of this bill is to stop the export of live horses from Canada by air for the purpose of being slaughtered or fattened for slaughter. The bill requires anyone exporting a horse by air to provide a written declaration stating that the horse is not being exported for slaughter. Failure to provide this declaration or providing false information can result in fines or imprisonment. The bill also includes related amendments to certain Acts. The bill will come into force 18 months after it receives royal assent.
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Bill C-375
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- This is a bill called C-375 that is being introduced in the Canadian House of Commons. It is an amendment to the Impact Assessment Act. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the federal government and the provinces to make agreements that would exempt certain projects from the requirements of the Impact Assessment Act. The bill outlines the conditions and processes for these agreements to be made, including the publication of the agreements and the ability for people to provide comments or objections. The bill also includes provisions for the termination of these agreements.
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Bill C-273
- At report stage in the House of Commons
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- Bill C-273, also known as An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Corinne’s Quest and the protection of children), is a proposed law that aims to make changes to the Criminal Code of Canada. The bill specifically seeks to repeal a provision in the Criminal Code that allows for the correction of a child through the use of force, under certain conditions. The bill was introduced in the House of Commons and is currently in the first reading stage of the legislative process. If passed, this law would remove the provision authorizing the use of force to correct a child.
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Bill C-270
- At consideration in committee in the House of Commons
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- Bill C-270 is a proposed law that would make changes to the Criminal Code regarding pornographic material. It would prohibit the making, distribution, or advertising of pornographic material for commercial purposes without first ensuring that everyone depicted in the material is 18 years of age or older and has given their consent to be depicted. Violators could face fines up to $500,000 or imprisonment for up to two years. The bill also includes provisions for verifying the age of participants and allowing for orders to be made to restrict internet use or remove material.
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Bill C-288
- At third reading in the Senate
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- This bill, called C-288, aims to make it easier for Canadians to access accurate information about fixed broadband services offered by Canadian carriers. It requires carriers to provide specific information to the public, including service quality metrics during peak periods, typical download and upload speeds during peak periods, and any other information deemed to be in the public's interest by the regulatory body, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The bill also mandates that the CRTC holds public hearings to determine how carriers should fulfill this obligation and to address various aspects, such as measurement methodologies, peak periods, exclusion of certain carriers, transmission systems, and ensuring the information is easily accessible and understood by the public. The goal is to increase transparency, enable informed decision-making, and promote competition in the telecommunications indust
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Bill C-389
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This enactment amends Schedule VI of the Excise Tax Act to add automated external defibrillators, kits containing them and pads and accessories designed to be used with them to the list of zero-rated supplies.
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Bill C-64
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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 respecting pharmacare”.
This enactment sets out the principles that the Minister of Health is to consider when working towards the implementation of national universal pharmacare and provides the Minister with the power to make payments, in certain circumstances, in relation to the coverage of certain prescription drugs and related products. It also sets out certain powers and obligations of the Minister — including in relation to the preparation of a list to inform the development of a national formulary and in relation to the development of a national bulk purchasing strategy — and requires the Minister to publish a pan-Canadian strategy regarding the appropriate use of prescription drugs and related products. Finally, it provides for the establishment of a committee of experts to make certain recommendations.
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Bill C-317
- At report stage in the House of Commons
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- Bill C-317, titled the National Strategy on Flood and Drought Forecasting Act, aims to develop a national strategy in Canada for providing key stakeholders, such as governments, Indigenous communities, universities, and industry, with the necessary information to accurately forecast floods and droughts. The strategy will assess the need for national coordination, new investments, and the application of novel technologies in forecasting. It will also evaluate the need for modeling that identifies properties and infrastructure at risk from floods, establish a national cooperative flood and drought forecasting system, and propose the creation of a national hydrological forecasting service. Reports on the strategy's progress and effectiveness will be prepared and tabled in Parliament. The bill acknowledges the increasing damages caused by floods and droughts in Canada and aims to address this issue by enhancing forecasting capabilities.
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Bill C-70
- At second reading in the House of Commons
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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 respecting countering foreign interference”.
Part 1 amends the Canadian Security Intelligence Act to, among other things,
(a) update provisions respecting the collection, retention, querying and exploitation of datatsets;
(b) clarify the scope of section 16 of that Act;
(c) update provisions respecting the disclosure of information by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service;
(d) provide for preservation orders and production orders as well as warrants to obtain information, records, documents or things through a single attempt;
(e) expand the circumstances in which a warrant to remove a thing from the place where it was installed may be issued; and
(f) require a parliamentary review of that Act every five years.
It also makes a consequential amendment to the Intelligence Commissioner Act.
Part 2 amends the Security of Information Act to, among other things, create the following offences:
(a) committing an indictable offence at the direction of, for the benefit of, or in association with a foreign entity;
(b) knowingly engaging in surreptitious or deceptive conduct at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State or being reckless as to whether the conduct is likely to harm Canadian interests; and
(c) engaging in surreptitious or deceptive conduct, at the direction of or in association with a foreign entity, with the intent to influence, among other things, the exercise of a democratic right in Canada.
It also amends that Act to remove as an element of the offence of inducing or attempting to induce — at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity or terrorist group — by intimidation, threat or violence, a person to do anything or cause anything to be done, that the thing be done for the purpose of harming Canadian interests when the person who is alleged to have committed the offence or the victim has a link to Canada.
It also amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, broaden the scope of the sabotage offence to include certain acts done in relation to essential infrastructures and ensure that certain provisions respecting the interception of “private communications” as defined in that Act apply to certain offences in the Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act.
Finally, it makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Part 3 amends the Canada Evidence Act and makes consequential amendments to other Acts to, among other things,
(a) create a general scheme to deal with information relating to international relations, national defence or national security in the course of proceedings that are in the Federal Court or the Federal Court of Appeal and that are in respect of any decision of a federal board, commission or other tribunal;
(b) permit the appointment of a special counsel for the purposes of protecting the interests of a non-governmental party to those proceedings in respect of such information; and
(c) allow a person charged with an offence to appeal a decision, made under the Canada Evidence Act with respect to the disclosure of certain information in relation to criminal proceedings, only after the person has been convicted of the offence, unless there are exceptional circumstances justifying an earlier appeal.
It also adds references to international relations, national defence and national security in a provision of the Criminal Code that relates to the protection of information, as well as references to international relations and national defence in certain provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that equally relate to the protection of information.
Part 4 enacts the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act which, among other things,
(a) provides for the appointment of an individual to be known as the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner;
(b) requires certain persons to provide the Commissioner with certain information if they enter into arrangements with foreign principals under which they undertake to carry out certain activities in relation to political or governmental processes in Canada;
(c) requires the Commissioner to establish and maintain a publicly accessible registry that contains information about those arrangements;
(d) provides the Commissioner with tools to administer and enforce that Act; and
(e) amends the Public Service Superannuation Act, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act.
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Bill C-241
- At third reading in the Senate
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- This bill lets tradespeople and apprentices deduct travel expenses from their income tax if they work on a job site that is at least 120 km away from their home. This only applies if they had to pay for the expenses themselves and did not receive an allowance for it, and if they do not claim it as a deduction or a tax credit under any other provisions of the Income Tax Act. This rule applies starting from the 2022 taxation year.
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Bill C-388
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This enactment provides for the preparation of a plan to fast track Canadian energy and mining projects.
It also amends the Defence Production Act, the Export and Import Permits Act, the Export Development Act and the Business Development Bank of Canada Act to facilitate the provision of munitions to Ukraine by
(a) requiring the donation of surplus defence supplies to Ukraine;
(b) removing the authority to include on the Export Control List certain munitions if intended for export to Ukraine;
(c) extending the General Export Permit No. 47 — Export of Arms Trade Treaty Items to the United States to include the export of certain munitions to Ukraine;
(d) extending the General Brokering Permit No. 1 to the brokering of certain munitions that are to be imported into Ukraine for end-use in Ukraine; and
(e) directing Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada to give preference to the development of munitions manufacturing capacity in Ukraine.
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