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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (No. 262)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-20

An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission and amending certain Acts and statutory instruments

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — November 29, 2023 — — That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting the short title.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— November 29, 2023


Bill C-56
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — November 30, 2023 — — That Bill C-56 be amended by deleting Clause 1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— November 30, 2023

Motion No. 2 — November 30, 2023 — — That Bill C-56, in Clause 3, be amended

(a) by replacing lines 26 and 27 on page 3 with the following:

“10.‍1 (1) The Commissioner may conduct an inquiry into the state of competition”

(b) by replacing line 30 on page 3 to line 6 on page 4 with the following:

“(3) The Com-”

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— November 30, 2023

Motion No. 3 — December 1, 2023 — The — That Bill C-56 be amended by adding after line 16 on page 8 the following:

Coordinating Amendment

12.1 If Bill C-59, introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament and entitled the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, receives royal assent, then on the first day on which both subsection 247(2) of that Act and section 7.2 of this Act are in force, subsection 79(4.1) of the Competition Act is replaced by the following:

(4.1) If, as the result of an application by a person granted leave under section 103.1, the Tribunal finds that a person has engaged in or is engaging in a practice of anti-competitive acts that amounts to conduct that has had or is having the effect of preventing or lessening competition substantially in a market in which the person has a plausible competitive interest and it makes an order under subsection (1) or (2) against the person, it may also order the person against whom the order is made to pay an amount, not exceeding the value of the benefit derived from the conduct that is the subject of the order, to be distributed among the applicant and any other person affected by the conduct, in any manner that the Tribunal considers appropriate.


Bill C-57
An Act to implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — December 1, 2023 — — That Bill C-57 be amended by deleting the short title.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— December 1, 2023


Bill C-293
An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — October 30, 2023 — — That Bill C-293 be amended by deleting Clause 3.


Bill S-245
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — October 17, 2023 — The — That Bill S-245 be amended by deleting the Clause 1.2 that reads as follows:

“1.2 Paragraph 5.1(4)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) if, at the time of his or her adoption, only one of the adoptive parents was a citizen and that parent was a citizen under paragraph 3(1)(b), (c.1), (e), (g), (g.1), (h), (o), (p), (q) or (r), or both of the adoptive parents were citizens under any of those paragraphs;”.

Motion No. 2 — October 17, 2023 — The — That Bill S-245, in Clause 1, be amended by

(a) deleting the first subclause (2.1);

(b) replacing, in the second subclause (2.1), the words “(2.1) Paragraph 3(3)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:” with the following:

(2.1) The portion of subsection 3(3) of the Act before paragraph (a.1) is replaced by the following:

(3) Paragraphs (1)(b), (f), (g), (h) to (j), (q) and (r) do not apply to a person born outside Canada

(c) replacing, in subparagraph 3(3)(a.01)(ii) that is set out in the second subclause (2.1), in the French version, the word “manifestes” with the word “substantiels”.