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 (254)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-56.
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…. Finally, I will present the Bloc Québécois's proposals. First, let me first remind the House that Bill C-56 essentially contains four measures. The first is a GST rebate for the construction of new rental apartment buildings. As everyone knows, this will not really bring prices down, no matter what the Min…
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…ogram in 2017. In July 2023, he told Canadians that it was not really his fault. Now today, we have Bill C-56, which is supposed to be a big new change coming to the housing portfolio. What is offered on housing in this bill? The Liberals are finally delivering on a promise they made back in the 2015 campaig…
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…the seniors who helped build our country. That is why I was pleased to see our government introduce Bill C-56, the affordable housing and groceries act, as the next phase of our government's plan to bring down the cost of living for Canadians. Could the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance tell my r…
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…uents and all Canadians. Canadians need more homes built faster and they need affordable groceries. Bill C-56, which the government tabled last week, would help to provide both. With this bill, we would remove the GST from the construction of rental housing to build more homes faster. We would empower Canada…
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…ic policies to try to create circumstances in which those prices are more affordable for Canadians. Bill C-56 sets out what the government is proposing to accomplish that. There are some good ideas about the Competition Bureau. However, I would say that more could be done. The bill introduced by the leader o…
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Madam Speaker, Bill C-56 includes measures to eliminate the GST on new rental housing. In the long term, this could impact supply, at least theoretically. However, this is for housing that will be built a long time from now,…
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…vation and lower costs for Canadians. With that, I hope that all members in this House will support Bill C-56 so that we can show Canadians, not only as government but as parliamentarians, that we will act to help them in times of high costs.
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…many are watching these debates. In times of need, at a time when they are asking for help, I think Bill C-56 is really addressing the most pressing needs of Canadians. One is around competition, one is around more housing and one is around the CEBA loans extension. I am always open to listening to members o…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the minister for Bill C-56. Some movement on the Competition Bureau is very important, and I appreciate his efforts. It is the 1386 “Yeoman's Tale” that the phrase “better late than never” comes from. It is good to see the eff…
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…always contributing to the debate in this House. I think she would find comfort in the fact that in Bill C-56 we are not only addressing issues around groceries and stabilizing the price of food in this country but also addressing the issue of housing. She is quite right that there is always more we should b…
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