C-45 , 44th Parliament, 1st session Monday, November 22, 2021, to Monday, January 6, 2025
An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act
This bill received royal assent on Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Statutes of Canada 2023, c. 16
When the date of a written declaration differs from that of royal assent, the date shown here is the date on which the two Houses of Parliament were notified of the written declaration.
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Thursday, March 23, 2023
Chamber sittings
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
Sitting 190
Agreed to
(Journals 190)
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented with amendments, Friday, May 12, 2023
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Minutes |
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Monday, May 8, 2023 |
Meeting 63 |
Chamber sittings
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Monday, May 15, 2023
Chamber sittings
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Monday, May 15, 2023
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
Sitting 197
Agreed to
(Journals 197)
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Senate
End of stage activity
First reading, Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Referral to committee, Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
Meeting 47 |
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 |
Meeting 50 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Thursday, June 15, 2023
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 |
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Thursday, June 15, 2023 |
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
There are currently no recorded votes for this bill.
Senate
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There are currently no Speaker's rulings and statements.
Major speeches at second reading
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | Senator |
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| Tuesday, May 30, 2023 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 127) | Martin Klyne (Progressive Senate Group) |
About
Legislative summary
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On 23 March 2023, the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations introduced Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act, and it was given first reading.
Bill C-45 amends the First Nations Fiscal Management Act to expand and modernize the mandates of the First Nations Tax Commission and the First Nations Financial Management Board in order to better reflect their current and future activities.
The enactment also establishes a First Nations Infrastructure Institute that will provide First Nations and other interested Indigenous groups and organizations with tools and support, including with respect to best practices, to implement and manage their infrastructure. It also provides First Nations named in the schedule to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act with the power to make laws to regulate services provided by or on behalf of the First Nations.
The enactment also aims to improve the functioning of that Act, including by integrating the content of the Financing Secured by Other Revenues Regulations, by combining into a single fund the debt reserve fund for financing secured by property tax revenues and the debt reserve fund for financing secured by other revenues and by simplifying the way certain Indigenous groups participate in pooled-borrowing.
Finally, the enactment makes consequential amendments to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act and includes a clarification that addresses a transitional administrative oversight that followed the establishment in 2019 of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and the Department of Indigenous Services.
On 23 March 2023, the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations introduced Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act, and it was given first reading.
Bill C-45 amends the First Nations Fiscal Management Act to expand and modernize the mandates of the First Nations Tax Commission and the First Nations Financial Management Board in order to better reflect their current and future activities.
The enactment also establishes a First Nations Infrastructure Institute that will provide First Nations and other interested Indigenous groups and organizations with tools and support, including with respect to best practices, to implement and manage their infrastructure. It also provides First Nations named in the schedule to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act with the power to make laws to regulate services provided by or on behalf of the First Nations.
The enactment also aims to improve the functioning of that Act, including by integrating the content of the Financing Secured by Other Revenues Regulations, by combining into a single fund the debt reserve fund for financing secured by property tax revenues and the debt reserve fund for financing secured by other revenues and by simplifying the way certain Indigenous groups participate in pooled-borrowing.
Finally, the enactment makes consequential amendments to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act and includes a clarification that addresses a transitional administrative oversight that followed the establishment in 2019 of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and the Department of Indigenous Services.
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