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Bill C-58

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to, among other things,

    (a)amend the scope of the prohibition relating to replacement workers by removing the requirement of demonstrating a purpose of undermining a trade union’s representational capacity, by adding persons whose services must not be used during legal strikes and lockouts and by providing certain exceptions;

    (b)prohibit employers from using, during a legal strike or lockout intended to involve the cessation of work by all employees in a bargaining unit, the services of an employee in that unit, subject to certain exceptions;

    (c)make the contravention by employers of either of those prohibitions an offence punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 per day;

    (d)authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations establishing an administrative monetary penalties scheme for the purpose of promoting compliance with those prohibitions; and

    (e)amend the maintenance of activities process in order to, among other things, encourage employers and trade unions to reach an earlier agreement respecting activities to be maintained in the event of a legal strike or lockout, encourage faster decision making by the Canada Industrial Relations Board when parties are unable to agree and reduce the need for the Minister of Labour to make referrals to the Board.

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Bill C-20

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • 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-63

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 07, 2024
  • This is a bill called the Online Harms Act that was introduced in the Canadian Parliament. The purpose of the bill is to promote online safety, reduce harms caused by harmful content online, and ensure that social media services are transparent and accountable. The bill establishes the Digital Safety Commission of Canada, the Digital Safety Ombudsperson of Canada, and the Digital Safety Office of Canada to enforce the act and support users of social media services. The bill also imposes duties on social media service operators to act responsibly, protect children, make certain content inaccessible, and keep records. It also amends the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act to address online harms.
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Bill C-393

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 07, 2024
  • This enactment amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to prohibit the manufacture and the commercial importation of electronic products that contain a substance that is specified on the list of toxic substances in Schedule 1 of that Act unless a recycling program for electronic products containing such a substance is established.

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Bill C-72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • This enactment aims, among other things, to ensure that health information technology that is licensed, sold or supplied as a service by a vendor is interoperable and to prohibit data blocking by the vendor in order to promote a connected, secure and person-centered health system.

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Bill C-293

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • Bill C-293, known as the Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Act, aims to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in Canada. It requires the Minister of Health to establish an advisory committee to review the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and make recommendations for future preparedness efforts. The Minister of Health must also create a pandemic prevention and preparedness plan in collaboration with other ministers, which includes strategies for preventing disease outbreaks, collaboration with provincial governments and Indigenous communities, and training programs. The bill also amends the Department of Health Act to appoint a national pandemic prevention and preparedness coordinator. The plan and updates must be tabled in Parliament and published on the Department of Health website.
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Bill C-288

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • 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-277

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • This bill aims to create a national strategy to support and improve awareness, prevention, and treatment of brain injuries in Canada. The strategy will also focus on the rehabilitation and recovery of individuals living with a brain injury. It will include measures such as promoting preventive measures, providing education and guidance for healthcare professionals, promoting research and data collection, and creating national guidelines for brain injury prevention and treatment. The bill also emphasizes awareness, education, and collaboration with brain injury associations and service providers. Reports on the strategy's progress and effectiveness will be prepared and presented to Parliament.
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Bill C-64

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • 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-323

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 07, 2024
  • Bill C-323 is an amendment to the Excise Tax Act in Canada. It aims to exempt psychotherapy and mental health counseling services from the goods and services tax (GST). The bill recognizes that many Canadians have unmet mental health needs and that publicly funded services are often not easily accessible when needed. Canadians often have to pay for these services privately, but many do not have private coverage. The bill seeks to make mental health services more affordable and accessible by removing the GST on these services. The bill will come into effect six months after it receives royal assent.
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Bill C-40

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • This bill establishes an independent body called the Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission that replaces the review process in the Criminal Code for finding and verdicts on the grounds of miscarriage of justice. The Commission is given powers of investigation and may direct a new trial or hearing or refer a matter to the court of appeal if it has reasonable grounds to conclude that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred. The Commission is also authorized to provide supports to applicants in need and to provide the public with information about its mandate and miscarriages of justice. Lastly, the bill requires the Commission to make and publish policies and to present and publish annual reports that include demographic and performance measurement data.
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Bill C-234

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 10, 2024
  • Bill C-234 is a new law that changes the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. It expands the definition of eligible farming machinery to include equipment used for heating and cooling livestock or crops. It also allows marketable natural gas and propane to be exempt from the tax on certain farming fuels. The law will go into effect eight years after it is passed, unless Parliament decides to postpone it.
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Bill C-317

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • 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-49

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 06, 2024
  • Bill C-49 is an Act that amends the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act. It changes the titles of these acts to include offshore renewable energy management and establishes the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator and the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator as the regulating bodies for offshore renewable energy projects. The bill also establishes a land tenure regime for issuing licenses for offshore renewable energy projects and expands the application of safety and environmental protection regulations to include these projects. It allows for negotiations and compensation related to interests in abandoned facilities and establishes a regulatory and liability regime for these facilities. The bill also addresses other areas such as access to offshore infrastructure, hydrocarbon management in tra
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Bill C-353

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 05, 2024
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Bill C-69

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 05, 2024
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Bill C-70

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 05, 2024
  • 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-377

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 05, 2024
  • This bill, called Bill C-377, is an amendment to the Parliament of Canada Act. It states that if a member of the Senate or the House of Commons applies for a secret security clearance from the Government of Canada, they will be considered to need access to the information related to their application. This amendment aims to ensure that parliamentarians have sufficient access to critical information in order to hold the government accountable. The bill is available on the House of Commons website.
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Bill C-61

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 05, 2024
  • This bill, called the First Nations Clean Water Act, recognizes and affirms the inherent right of self-government for First Nations in relation to water, source water, drinking water, wastewater, and related infrastructure on First Nation lands. It sets out principles, such as substantive equality, to guide the provision of clean and safe drinking water and effective treatment and disposal of wastewater on First Nation lands. The bill also establishes minimum standards for water quality and quantity and wastewater effluent. It aims to facilitate source water protection and collaboration between First Nations and federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments. The bill is available on the House of Commons website.
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Bill C-378

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 05, 2024
  • This is a bill called C-378 that is being introduced in the Canadian Parliament. It aims to amend the Canada Labour Code to give former employees more time to make a complaint about harassment and violence in the workplace after they have left their job. The bill states that the obligations of employers regarding these complaints will apply if the occurrence becomes known to the employer within two years after the former employee stops working for them. It also allows former employees to make a complaint until two years after they stop working for the employer or until two years after the resolution process is completed, if notice of the occurrence was provided. The bill is available on the House of Commons website.
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