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Bill C-356

Historical
Defeated

An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts

Bill C-356 was defeated and did not become law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Pierre Poilievre
Conservative
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2023-09-20

Other Bills Numbered C-356

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 12 sessions:

44-1

An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts

Defeated
42-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (donations to food banks)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-2

An Act respecting a National Strategy for Dementia

Defeated
41-1

An Act respecting a National Strategy for Dementia

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-3

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (volunteers)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (volunteers)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act to provide cost-of-production protection for the family farm

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act to provide cost-of-production protection for the family farm

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Sackville--Eastern Shore

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-2

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-1

An Act to amend the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal Act (Book of Remembrance for peacekeepers)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)

Division Votes (1)

Division #790
Negatived
2024-05-29T15:45:00

2nd reading of Bill C-356, An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts

117Yea
203Nay
8Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 149N
Conservative
116Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 28N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
1Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (30)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-356.

The Speaker2025-11-03
Points of Order
0

…ttention to a Speaker's ruling from February 1, 2024, about the need for a royal recommendation for Bill C-356, an act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other acts. In his response, the whip of the Bloc Québécois said that, according to a departmental ne…

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Yves Perron2025-10-30
Points of Order
0

Routine Proceedings

…Mirabel's amendment inadmissible, specifically the Speaker's ruling of February 1, 2024, concerning Bill C-356, has nothing whatsoever to do with the case before us today. That bill provided for some $100 million to be drawn from the consolidated revenue fund, which we can all agree would require a royal reco…

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2025-10-29
Points of Order
0

Government Orders

…vious Parliament, on February 1, 2024, the Speaker ruled on the need for a royal recommendation for Bill C-356, respecting a GST rebate on housing, standing in the name of the then member for Carleton. The Speaker stated: Following a careful review of Bill C‑356, the Chair is preoccupied with some elements th…

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Mr. Garnett Genuis2024-10-07
Committees of the House
0

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Madam Speaker, with respect to homelessness, I want to ask the NDP member about Conservative Bill C-356, the building homes not bureaucracy act. I suspect that the NDP would propose other measures that are not in this bill, but it is odd to me that the NDP voted against it because it contains some very…

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Mr. Garnett Genuis2024-10-07
Committees of the House
0

Concurrence in Committee Reports

…ent would have adopted these proposals, but sadly the government has not. Conservatives put forward Bill C-356, a comprehensive plan to address the housing challenges facing our country. It was put forward by the Leader of the Opposition. Bill C-356 is the proposed building homes, not bureaucracy act. People …

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Mr. Garnett Genuis2024-10-07
Committees of the House
0

Concurrence in Committee Reports

…on, Conservatives have put solutions before the House to address the housing crisis. One of them is Bill C-356, the building homes, not bureaucracy act. I am perplexed by the fact that all other parties voted against this common-sense piece of legislation. I asked the New Democrats tonight why they had oppose…

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Mr. Blake Desjarlais2024-10-07
Committees of the House
0

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for the opportunity to speak to Bill C-356. My biggest problem with Bill C-356, which, as I mentioned in my speech, is an accelerator to the housing crisis that the bill codifies, is using public land that taxpayers have owned collectively fo…

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Mrs. Dominique Vien2024-09-19
Committees of the House
0

Routine Proceedings

…ters, under bridges or in their cars. That is not normal. It is unacceptable. Our leader introduced Bill C-356, which was defeated. I do not understand how anyone could have possibly thought it was not a good idea. How could they think it was a bad idea? The bill died at second reading. I only have 10 seconds…

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2024-05-29
Building Homes Not Bureaucracy Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from May 27 consideration of the motion that Bill C-356, An Act respecting payments by Canada and requirements in respect of housing and to amend certain other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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The Deputy Speaker2024-05-29
Building Homes Not Bureaucracy Act
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-356 under Private Members' Business.

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