Bill C-56
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition 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:
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act
An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early Parole Act
An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make a consequential amendment to the International Transfer of Offenders Act
An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
An Act to amend the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Democratic representation)
An Act to give effect to the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and the Labrador Inuit Tax Treatment Agreement
An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act
An Act respecting assisted human reproduction
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 (180)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-56.
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The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-56, Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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…he member for Richmond Hill. It is an honour to rise to participate in today's debate in support of Bill C-56, the affordable housing and groceries act. I have heard from many residents in my riding of Don Valley West about the rising prices they face every day, about the impact of inflation on their daily l…
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to discuss Bill C-56. This affordability bill has two important parts: the temporary removal of the goods and services tax, the GST, from new purpose-built rental housing, and a significant improvement to the Competition…
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…mall grocers who provide to some of the ethnic community play a huge role, so this is welcome news. Bill C-56 is welcome news for those independent, ethnic-based grocers who are providing products for those types of communities.
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Mr. Speaker, any opportunity to improve Bill C-56 to ensure that we can increase the supply of housing, specifically purpose rental housing, is considered. I suggest that we pass this bill and get it to committee so that we can actually have the con…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to know why Bill C-56 does not include an affordability criterion as part of the eligibility for the GST credit. Including it would have made things simple. The government could force private builders to make housing trul…
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…rward to working with him in the future. There are a few things I want to talk about in relation to Bill C-56. I want to echo some of the comments I heard my colleague from Winnipeg South Centre mention a few minutes ago in response to the first question with respect to affordability, more generally speaking…
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…ng the chance to speak with constituents. It is very appropriate that I am able to speak in support Bill C-56, which is an act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, perhaps more appropriately known as the affordable housing and groceries act. Among other concerns that I heard from constituents…
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…sed that the first piece of legislation of the session that we have in front of us to talk about is Bill C-56, the affordable housing and groceries act. The government understands that many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet in these times of high inflation. Many measures that we have been introducin…
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…sharing my time with the hon. member for Winnipeg North. I rise today to speak at second reading to Bill C-56, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act; also known as the affordable housing and groceries act. I believe this is an important and very much needed piece of legislation. Before I…
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