Bill C-56
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act
Bill C-56 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-56
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:
Affordable Housing and Groceries Act
An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early Parole Act
Statutory Release Reform Act
Combating Counterfeit Products Act
Preventing the Trafficking, Abuse and Exploitation of Vulnerable Immigrants Act
Fairness for the Self-Employed Act
An Act to amend the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
Constitution Act, 2007 (Democratic representation)
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act
An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act
Assisted Human Reproduction Act
Division Votes (6)
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act
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Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act
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Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act (report stage amendment) (Motion No. 3)
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Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act (report stage amendment) (Motion No. 2)
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Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act (report stage amendment) (Motion No. 1)
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2nd reading of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act
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Parliamentary Debates (254)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-56.
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…in the debate. I will be sharing my time with the excellent member of Parliament for Prince Albert. Bill C-56 is an interesting bill, and I must give the Liberal government some credit for taking a page directly from the leader of the official opposition's affordability plan and proposing to remove the GST f…
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…l say that members should be judicious in their discussions here tonight and stick to the debate on Bill C-56 as it is before us. If there were fewer attempts to create a diversion in the House, that would be wonderful. The hon. member for St. Catharines.
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…not talk about the cost of food with respect to the costs of climate change. They do not talk about Bill C-56, which would enact competition law that would bring forward better regulations on competition and would have impacts. Again, it is just delay and deny. If only the rhetoric of question period, that 4…
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…uncements in the fall economic statement. Let us see more purpose-built rentals getting built under Bill C-56. The hon. member can keep yelling, but we are focused on Canadians, and we are going to get more housing built.
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…petition Bureau was asking for months ago. I cannot control when the government decides to schedule Bill C-56 for debate. However, I do know that many members in this place have already had the opportunity to give their thoughts at second reading. This is a vote on the principle of the bill, and I think ever…
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Madam Speaker, Bill C-56 has a fairly narrow focus, but that is why we were hoping, not only through the fall economic statement but in the budget next year, to start to see measures that would address this. I will remind th…
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…ly more human resources but I think a little bit more of a legislative flex in the Competition Act. Bill C-56 would deliver that. There was a significant improvement made to the bill, thanks to the efforts of the NDP and particularly our leader, the member for Burnaby South. New Democrats are here to work. W…
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…try to narrow the focus, because—I just have to say it—I am very professional. We are talking about Bill C-56, so I will talk about Bill C-56. If we were talking about something else, I would talk about that. Let us get back to Bill C-56 and take a look back at the Conservative opposition day on April 28, wh…
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Madam Speaker, I would just like to check something with my colleague. The Bloc Québécois supports Bill C-56. We support the elements of Bill C-56 amended by the motion, but we oppose the super closure motion, which limits all debate and committee study. Take, for example, the elimination of the GST on new …
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…ocracy on behalf of all of us. My hon. colleague is right; he brings words of wisdom to this House. Bill C-56 is about helping Canadians with housing and affordability. Will the Conservatives ever vote in favour of Canadians? We are going to be watching them.
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