Bill C-31

Historical
Law (royal assent given)
Law

An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing

Bill C-31 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Jean Yves Duclos
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2022-09-20

Other Bills Numbered C-31

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 13 sessions:

44-1

An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Second reading (House)
42-1

An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and the Identification of Criminals Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

In committee (House)
39-2

An Act to amend the Judges Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-1

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Public Service Employment Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to establish the Department of International Trade and to make related amendments to certain Acts

Defeated
37-3

An Act to give effect to a land claims and self-government agreement among the Tlicho, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada, to make related amendments to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

In committee (House)
37-2

An Act to amend the Pension Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

An Act to amend the Export Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (6)

Division #205
Agreed To
2022-10-27T19:00:57

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing

172Yea
138Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
146Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 107N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
0Y / 1N
Division #204
Agreed To
2022-10-27T15:35:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing

175Yea
145Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Division #203
Agreed To
2022-10-27T15:25:00

Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing (report stage amendment)

206Yea
113Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 112N
Bloc Québécois
30Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Division #202
Agreed To
2022-10-27T15:15:00

Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing (report stage amendment)

207Yea
114Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 113N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Division #195
Agreed To
2022-10-19T15:25:00

2nd reading of Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing

212Yea
113Nay
6Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
154Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 112N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Division #194
Negatived
2022-10-19T15:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing (reasoned amendment)

115Yea
212Nay
6Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 154N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
1Y / 1N

Parliamentary Debates (496)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-31.

Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

…oing relatively well, we still need to take direct action to support Canadians. That is really what Bill C-31 would be doing, while at the same time establishing a national dental program for our children. I am wondering if the member can expand on its true value and how it is helping in a time of need but a…

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Mr. Xavier Barsalou-Duval2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to the much-discussed Bill C-31 introduced by the Liberal government. What to think about it? This is an unusual bill. On the one hand, it proposes helping families with children under the age of 12 access dental care. On the other…

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Mr. Denis Trudel2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I would like to know how my colleague feels. Bill C-31 provides for a $500 rent assistance cheque, but it excludes 87,000 people who live in social housing. We are talking about seniors, women who are victims of domestic violence, people with mental heal…

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Mr. Sean Casey2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to kick off the debate on the report stage of Bill C-31, the cost of living relief act, no. 2. As the chair of the Standing Committee on Health, I had the honour to preside over five hours of meetings on Monday. We heard from the Minister of Health and th…

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Hon. Mona Fortier2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

moved: Motion No. 1 That Bill C-31, in Clause 3, be amended (a) by replacing line 17 on page 18 with the following: vices, only 90% of the payment is to be taken into account (b) replacing lines 23 to 29 on page 18 with the following:…

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The Speaker2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
Procedural

Government Orders

There are two motions in amendment standing on the Notice Paper for the report stage of Bill C-31. Motions Nos. 1 and 2 will be grouped for debate and voted upon according to the voting pattern available at the table. I shall now propose Motions Nos. 1 and 2 to the House.

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2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
Procedural

Government Orders

The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing, as reported (with amendments) from the committee.

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

…d to providing relief where we can. I made reference to this in a question to the previous speaker. Bill C-31 complements other pieces of legislation, in particular Bill C-30. Bill C-30 provided a doubling of the GST tax credit. That has impacted over 11 million Canadians. Our population is about 38 million …

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
0

Government Orders

Madam Speaker, here we are on the third and final reading of Bill C-31. We just went through a voting process, and I suspect that most Canadians would likely be somewhat disappointed in the Conservatives and the Bloc for voting against Bill C-31 at report stage concurre…

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Hon. Patty Hajdu2022-10-27
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2.
Procedural

Government Orders

moved that Bill C-31, An Act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care and rental housing, be read the third time and passed.

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