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.
Routine Proceedings
…nt that we address this issue. Moreover, we were scheduled to discuss this, as part of the study of Bill C-56. However, right now, there are people losing their lives in Nagorno-Karabakh and the international community is showing little or no concern. There are only a few countries, including France, in part…
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The House resumed from September 25 consideration of the motion that Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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… hand today, because I would like to move to the conversation on the floor. It is an important one. Bill C-56 is a nice try at some new legislation but, ultimately, as the saying goes, “too little, too late”. Right off the top, I want to make clear that the government should have started building houses eigh…
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…dress the House of Commons on behalf of the people of Chilliwack—Hope. We are here today discussing Bill C-56, the affordable housing and groceries act, which the government whipped together after its London caucus meeting. The government is great at the announcement part of things. It is great at the glitzy…
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… the number one issue for Canadians is affordability and the price of groceries. We have introduced Bill C-56 which, for one, will tackle competition, because we want more of it in this country. I expect my colleague to support this bill so that we can move forward for the—
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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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…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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