This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
Legislative summaries
Looking for older publications?
Displaying 121 - 130 of 181
Displaying 121 to 130 of 181 results.
-
-
This bill aims to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and accessibility of the criminal justice system in response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the bill: allows law enforcement officers to obtain warrants by telecommunication (i.e., “telewarrants”) in a wider range of circumstances;·clarifies and broadens the circumstances under which accused individuals, offenders, and others involved in criminal proceedings may appear by video and/or audioconference;·permits prospective jurors to appear by videoconference during the jury selection process and provides for jury selection via electronic or other automated means;·allows courts to compel the attendance of an accused or offender for finger printing or other identification measures in certain additional circumstances;·removes restrictions on the development of case management rules for accused individuals not represented by counsel; and makes a number of technical amendments to correct minor errors and simplify the language in the Criminal Code.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
This bill creates specific offences under the Criminal Code in relation to trafficking in human organs, including “transplant tourism.” It also amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to make inadmissible to Canada permanent residents or foreign nationals who, in the opinion of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, have engaged in any activities relating to trafficking in human organs.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
This bill amends three pieces of legislation. First, it amends the Employment Insurance Act (EIA) to temporarily increase Employment Insurance (EI) regular benefits to a maximum of 50 weeks. It also amends the EIA to allow self-employed workers who have opted into the EI program to temporarily use a 2020 earnings threshold of $5,000 to access EI special benefits. Second, it amends the Canada Recovery Benefits Act (CRBA) to add a new eligibility condition, such that individuals are eligible for benefits if, during the benefit period, they were not required to quarantine or self-isolate as a result of entering into Canada. This new eligibility condition is subject to certain exceptions. The bill also amends the CRBA to authorize the disclosure of personal information obtained under the Quarantine Act for the purpose of verifying whether the person meets the new eligibility condition.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
Thee first reading version of Bill C-220 proposed amending the Canada Labour Code to extend the period of compassionate care leave beyond the week of the death of a family member. Provided that the maximum 28-week entitlement had not been exhausted, the compassionate care leave period would be extended by up to three weeks.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
This bill requires the Minister of Finance to make additional fiscal equalization offset payments to Nova Scotia from 2020–2021 to 2022–2023. These payments will offset the equalization payment reductions over that period that result from an arbitration settlement the province received in 2018, concerning past royalties from an offshore natural gas project.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
This bill contains a series of measures that temporarily supersede sections of the Canada Elections Act (CEA) to assist Elections Canada in administering a potential federal general election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it widens the existing power of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to adapt provisions of the CEA to include ensuring the health and safety of electors or election officers during an election period or within 30 days after it; expands the voting period from a single day (usually a Monday) to a polling period of three consecutive days consisting of a Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and sets the hours for voting each day; maintains four consecutive days of advance voting but moves the starting period for advance voting forward by one day; adjusts opening and closing procedures at polling stations related to ballot boxes to account for multiple consecutive days of voting; authorizes returning officers to establish polling divisions that consist of a single institution, or part of an institution, where seniors or persons with disabilities reside, and sets the days and hours for voting at these polling divisions; authorizes the CEO to modify deadlines or periods of time prescribed in the CEA by moving the days, or start dates or end dates, forward or backward, by up to two days; and· adapts certain provisions of the CEA related to special ballots (e.g., voting by mail) with respect to applications for registration for a special ballot, exceptions to voting by special ballots only, modes of transmission of special ballots and secure reception boxes and ballot boxes.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
This bill affirms that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), adopted as a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on 13 September 2007, has application in Canadian law and provides a framework for the federal government to ensure that its laws are consistent with it.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
Bill C-9 amends the Income Tax Act (ITA) to: Extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) to June 2021 and amend its rates, change the definition of eligible employees and baseline remuneration, extend the application and election deadlines, and broaden the application of the CEWS in certain cases involving the acquisition of assets; and introduce the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) and top-up subsidy (lockdown support) which provide emergency assistance to businesses for rent and other property-related expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CERS replaces the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA).
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.
-
This bill amends the definition of “lottery scheme” in section 207(4)(b) of the Criminal Code (Code). The effect of this amendment is described as decriminalizing single event sport betting in Canada while maintaining the federal government’s role in overseeing pari-mutuel betting on horse racing.
This legislative summary is available as an unedited preliminary version in PDF format only. If the bill receives Royal Assent, this version will be replaced by a final version available in both HTML and PDF formats.