Bill C-42
An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
Bill C-42 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-42
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:
An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
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An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Code
An Act to amend the Museums Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
An Act to amend the Quarantine Act
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2006
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An Act to amend certain Acts of Canada, and to enact measures for implementing the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, in order to enhance public safety
Division Votes (5)
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
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Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
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Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (report stage amendment)
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Time allocation for Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
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2nd reading of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
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Parliamentary Debates (48)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-42.
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Madam Speaker, I am happy to rise today and speak to Bill C-42. There is a lot of talk in this place about government gatekeepers, and rightly so. There are a lot of important decisions made within government that have an impact on Canadians' lives, and Parliame…
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…o speak to a bill that is of crucial importance to the Quebec and Canadian economies, specifically, Bill C-42, an act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other acts. Bill C-42 was introduced in the House of Commons to modernize the Canada Business…
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…nformation exchange agreements with Canada remains tax-free. This has to stop. Yes, we will support Bill C-42, but it does not go far enough. A registry is good, but tax fairness is better.
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The House resumed from March 31 consideration of the motion that Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously the question is not part of Bill C-42 that we are debating. I would like to take this opportunity to solicit the support of the Bloc Québécois to pass this important legislation that we are debating today.
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…easures also dovetail to other measures that we are currently debating in this House. We introduced Bill C-42 to create a national beneficial ownership registry so we will know who are the people behind a lot of the numbered companies, which are sometimes using this to evade paying taxes, evade sanctions or …
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Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we will resume second reading debate on Bill C-42, regarding the Canada Business Corporations Act. On Monday, we will continue to debate Bill C-47, the budget implementation act. On Wednesday, we will commence report stage debate of Bill S-5, regard…
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…anguages Act, at report stage and third reading. On Friday, we will resume second reading debate of Bill C-42 regarding the Canada Business Corporations Act. Finally, there have been discussions among all parties and if you seek it, I am certain you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That,…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the minister for tabling this bill today. We are here today to debate Bill C-42, an act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other acts. The government's stated objective in introducing this legislation is to protect C…
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…should be public. There is nothing like transparency for combatting fraud. That is essentially what Bill C-42 addresses. It amends the Canada Business Corporations Act to force the directors of federally incorporated businesses to report their real owners to Corporations Canada. Then, Corporations Canada can…
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