C-31 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session October 16, 2013, to August 2, 2015

An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
Short title: Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1
Bill type
House Government Bill
This bill received royal assent on June 19, 2014

Statutes of Canada 2014, c. 20

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, March 28, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
March 28, 2014
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, April 8, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 2, 2014
Sitting 67
Major speeches
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April 3, 2014
Sitting 68
Major speeches
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April 4, 2014
April 7, 2014
April 8, 2014
Sitting 71
Agreed to (Vote 99)
2nd reading and referral to committee - FINA
End of stage activity
Committee report presented with amendments, May 30, 2014
Committee meetings
Meeting date Minutes
May 1, 2014
Meeting 31
May 6, 2014
Meeting 32
May 8, 2014
Meeting 33
May 13, 2014
Meeting 34
May 14, 2014
Meeting 35
May 15, 2014
Meeting 36
May 27, 2014
Meeting 37
May 29, 2014
Meeting 39
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
May 30, 2014
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, June 9, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
June 4, 2014
June 5, 2014
June 9, 2014
End of stage activity
Third reading, June 12, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
June 11, 2014
June 12, 2014
Sitting 102
Agreed to (Vote 207)
3rd reading
End of stage activity
Committee report on subject matter of bill tabled, May 29, 2014
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
April 29, 2014
Meeting 34
April 30, 2014
Meeting 35
May 1, 2014
Meeting 37
May 6, 2014
Meeting 38
May 6, 2014
Meeting 39
May 7, 2014
Meeting 40
May 7, 2014
Meeting 41
May 13, 2014
Meeting 42
May 14, 2014
Meeting 43
May 27, 2014
Meeting 45
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 9, 2014
Sitting 51
Pre-study of House bill
Subject-matter of bill referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance AND certain other Senate Committees --- (See explanatory note below)
May 29, 2014
End of stage activity
First reading, June 12, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
June 12, 2014
End of stage activities
Second reading, June 16, 2014
Referral to committee, June 16, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
June 16, 2014
Sitting 72
Major speeches
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, June 17, 2014
With Observations
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
June 17, 2014
Meeting 51
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
June 17, 2014
End of stage activity
Third reading, June 18, 2014
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
June 18, 2014

Notes

On April 9, 2014, the following motion was adopted by the Senate:

That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject-matter of all of Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures, introduced in the House of Commons on March 28, 2014, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to sit for the purposes of its study of the subject-matter of Bill C-31 even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto; and

That, in addition, and notwithstanding any normal practice:

1. The following committees be separately authorized to examine the subject-matter of the following elements contained in Bill C-31 in advance of it coming before the Senate:

(a) the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications: those elements contained in Divisions 15, 16 and 28 of Part 6;

(b) the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: those elements contained in Divisions 11, 17, 20, 27 and 30 of Part 6;

(c) the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence: those elements contained in Divisions 1 and 7 of Part 6;

(d) the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce: those elements contained in Parts 2, 3 and 4 and Divisions 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 14, 19, 22, 24 and 25 of Part 6;

(e) the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: those elements contained in Division 5 of Part 6;

2. The various committees listed in point one that are authorized to examine the subject-matter of particular elements of Bill C-31 submit their final reports to the Senate no later than June 19, 2014;

3. As the reports from the various committees authorized to examine the subject-matter of particular elements of Bill C-31 are tabled in the Senate, they be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting; and

4. The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be simultaneously authorized to take any reports tabled under point three into consideration during its study of the subject-matter of all of Bill C-31.

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 97 — April 3, 2014
Result:
Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
Yeas:
133
Nays:
117
Paired:
0
Total:
250
Vote 98 — April 8, 2014
Result:
Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (reasoned amendment)
Yeas:
125
Nays:
149
Paired:
0
Total:
274
Vote 99 — April 8, 2014
Result:
Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
Yeas:
149
Nays:
125
Paired:
0
Total:
274
Vote 168 — June 5, 2014
Result:
Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
Yeas:
137
Nays:
105
Paired:
0
Total:
242
Vote 170 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
86
Nays:
177
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 171 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
117
Nays:
147
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 172 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
118
Nays:
147
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 173 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
88
Nays:
177
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 174 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
88
Nays:
177
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 175 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
114
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
262
Vote 176 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
116
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 177 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
116
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 178 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
115
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 179 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
115
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 180 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
87
Nays:
176
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 181 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
113
Nays:
147
Paired:
0
Total:
260
Vote 182 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
113
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
261
Vote 183 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
113
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
261
Vote 184 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
114
Nays:
147
Paired:
0
Total:
261
Vote 185 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
86
Nays:
177
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 186 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
115
Nays:
148
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 187 — June 9, 2014
Result:
Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
Yeas:
148
Nays:
115
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 206 — June 12, 2014
Result:
Negatived
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (reasoned amendment)
Yeas:
94
Nays:
147
Paired:
0
Total:
241
Vote 207 — June 12, 2014
Result:
Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
Yeas:
148
Nays:
94
Paired:
0
Total:
242

Senate

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Speaker's rulings and statements

House of Commons

Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
May 12, 2014 Sitting 84

Major speeches at second reading

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
April 2, 2014 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 67) Andrew Saxton (Conservative)
April 2, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 67) Nathan Cullen (NDP)
April 3, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 68) Scott Brison (Liberal)

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
June 16, 2014 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 72) Larry Smith (Conservative)
June 16, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 72) Joseph A. Day (Liberal)

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