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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… pleasure and honour to rise in this most honourable of House to speak to something very important: Bill C-56, the affordable housing and groceries act. I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, who will rise after I speak. With that, let me first say that as an indi…
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…acking, I think Canadians watching are going to hear that the Conservatives are going to fast-track Bill C-56 because, as they claim, a lot of their good ideas are in it. I suspect what I am hearing very loudly now is that the Conservatives are going to support and even fast-track this bill. What a great gif…
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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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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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…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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…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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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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…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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…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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…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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