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Friday, November 6, 2020 (No. 28)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-9

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy)

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — November 5, 2020 — — That Bill C-9, in Clause 2, be amended

(a) by adding after line 34 on page 3 the following:

“(5.1) The definition eligible entity in subsection 125.7(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “(entité déterminée)” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

It does not include a political party within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Canada Elections Act or of any Act of the legislature of a province relating to provincial, municipal or school board elections. (entité déterminée)”

(b) by replacing line 20 on page 14 with the following:

“(23) Subsections (1) to (10), except subsection (5.1), and subsections (14) to (17) are”

“(24) Subsections (5.1), (11) to (13) and (18) to (22) are”

Motion No. 2 — November 5, 2020 — — That Bill C-9, in Clause 2, be amended

(a) by replacing lines 42 to 46 on page 7 with the following:

“B is the total of all amounts, each of which is

(a) received or receivable by the eligible entity in respect of the qualifying period, either directly or indirectly, from a party with which the entity deals at arm’s length and is described in paragraph (a) of the description of A; and

(b) received or receivable by the lessor under the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program in respect of the qualifying period.”

(b) by replacing line 12 on page 8 with the following:

“(ii) it had a business number on April 11,”

“deemed to have come into force on April 11,”

Motion No. 3 — November 5, 2020 — — That Bill C-9, in Clause 2(22), be amended by adding after line 19 on page 14 the following:

“(12) For the purposes of the definition qualifying rent expense in subsection (1), an amount is deemed to have been paid by an eligible entity on the date it first became due under an agreement, and not at a later date, if the individual referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition qualifying renter attests that the eligible entity intends to pay the amount due under the agreement no later than 60 days after the day on which the Minister makes the first refund under subsection 164(1.6) in respect of the amount deemed to have been paid (referred to in subsection (13) as the "payment deadline").

(13) Subsection (12) is deemed not to have produced its effect if the amount due referred to in subsection (12) is not actually paid on or before the payment deadline.”